In a message dated 2/20/00 4:04:34 PM, bpchristensen1@HOME.COM writes:

<< I just started building a model of an 80-83.5 Westy from Revell. Bought it

on eBay for $15.  I assumed when I saw it on eBay, that it was pretty old,

but when I looked at the instructions, I found they are copyrighted 1997!

Are these things still sold new?  Anyone ever seen a model of a late-model

Westy?

I am also planning to try to modify the suspension to make it look like a

Syncro.. Amazing what we'll do when it is too rainy to work on our Vanagons,

eh?  :-)   Maybe I'll use Euro-spec clear turn signals...

Brent Christensen

'89 GL Syncro Westy

Santa Barbara, CA >>

Brent;

Hate to tell you this but you got ripped on eBay.  Revell's Westy was
discontinued last year -- there are still quite a few in the shops here in
Cincinnati.  I picked up a couple at Big Lots for $5 a pop.

I've only seen one other Vanagon kit.  I'm not sure if it was done by
Revell-Germany or one of the Japanese companies (Imai comes to mind).  It was
done as a fire truck/emergency response vehicle.

These little plastic things are almost as nasty a habit as their full sized
counterparts.

Chuck
'85 Westy