Tamiya VW Karmann Ghia 'Outlaw'

[StokeModels]

I had been looking for this kit for a while and ended up finding one local to me for a decent price. I had a few different ideas for the build but ended up going with an 'Outlaw' build in the style of Rod Emory's Porsche builds.

 

 

I made a few 3D printed changes to the kit including the wheels, tires, mirrors, fog lights, seats, steering wheel and engine.

 

 

The body colour was a custom mix of silver, black, engine grey and a little bit of brown.

 

 

I made the 3D files for the most of the parts myself but the engine and seats are from blackboxstl.

 

 

For the interior, I added a textured fabric for carpet, seat belts from Studio 27 and drilled out the gauges to make bezels with aluminum tube and then put clear plastic and gauge decals inside them.

 

 

Some detail shots:

 

 

 

 

Thanks for looking!

 

Martin.

 

[shoopdog]

What a great find on this kit. Looks fantastic!

[Kah puts]

Holy cow, from the photography  and attention to detail it’s a win win ??

[rrb124@sbcglobal.net]

Definitely looks like a trouble maker! Sharp everywhere.

[Alegitbot]

excellent photography, what is your camera and photo set up like? 

[Fat Brian]

At first I thought those were pics of the real car you were building a model of. That is truly incredible work. 

[Roger U]

Very nice. A very clean build with beautiful paint.

[jaymcminn]

That is amazing. Beautiful detail and great photography. The fabric you used for the carpet looks exactly like German square weave!

[dragstk]

Martin, you hit one, clean out of the park!! Outstanding build.

[89AKurt]

Awesome build!  I recently got some Porsche engines from Texas 3D, so I could use yours for the color reference.

[Rattlecan Dan]

Outrageously gorgeous! Beautiful detail and workmanship. Fantastic job.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Oh man...this thing blows me away. Beautiful work and photography. 

[Stanward VonDiederichs]

4 hours ago, StokeModels said:

I had been looking for this kit for a while and ended up finding one local to me for a decent price. I had a few different ideas for the build but ended up going with an 'Outlaw' build in the style of Rod Emory's Porsche builds.

 

 

I made a few 3D printed changes to the kit including the wheels, tires, mirrors, fog lights, seats, steering wheel and engine.

 

 

The body colour was a custom mix of silver, black, engine grey and a little bit of brown.

 

 

I made the 3D files for the most of the parts myself but the engine and seats are from blackboxstl.

 

 

For the interior, I added a textured fabric for carpet, seat belts from Studio 27 and drilled out the gauges to make bezels with aluminum tube and then put clear plastic and gauge decals inside them.

 

 

Some detail shots:

 

 

 

 

Thanks for looking!

 

Martin.

 

This is one beautiful Carmen gia and I agree the photographs do it proud. I bought this kit back in the mid-2000 I've never built it this makes me want to.

[catpack68]

Killer work Martin! The photography,stance and color are perfect?

[Chuckyg1]

Wow, what a cool build. It's low and mean. I like the custom paint, just right. just a very nice build.

[Intmd8r]

Love it!

[bobss396]

Outstanding, color me floored. I have always thought that was one of the best looking cars of all time, you nailed it. I used to drive one now and then when I was fixing cars, they handled like slot cars.

[rickcaps55]

Beautiful, I love the color awesome build. I have been waiting to do one for years i finely found one on spotlight Hobbys last month and got the same motor from Iceman 3D I hope to start it in a couple of months.

[papajohn97]

Hard to believe that’s a scale model. Amazing!!!!!

[ChrisR]

AWESOME BUILD!

[o-man]

Wow!

[moparmike619]

Speechless. Just…wow. Every build I see of yours leaves me with the same reaction. Excellent, excellent work. 

[Gluebomber]

I'm a bit of a purist so I was prepared to not like this but, Man, you won me over!  Great concept, execution, color and photography.

Fantastic Job!

[Perspect Scale Modelworks]

Fantastic all around 

[Hi-Po]

Absolutely beautiful build!  Gotta love that paint job!