I know I paid tto much, but none of the hobby shops around here even knew
what I was talking about, and it was a lot easier than calling all over the
country.  :-)

And you're right - it will be addictive.  The nice thing is I can do it on
the dining room table while my wife sits in the living room and reads - that
sure makes her happy!  :-)

Brent Christensen
'89 GL Syncro Westy
Santa Barbara, CA

----- Original Message -----
From: <CMathis227@aol.com>
To: <bpchristensen1@home.com>; <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2000 6:28 PM
Subject: Re: Plastic Vanagon Models

>
> 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