The Gold Bug
Built a Monster Beetle a while back, all stock parts from the Bay, except Duratrax shocks and a couple of my own products at the time, Spike lug nuts and license-plate frames. Had member here Jerry Gold-plate all the alloy on the whole car, and puta flawless paint job on it after joining the body & nose (Took a while.) Just a couple details to finish, very happy with it.
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mighty peesh
fantastic body, looks beautiful without the join.
bfst24
you should be happy,its stunning.great paint job and the gold plated bits look really good.maybe a loaded gold plated chassis next?
Tobbe70
Great job, love the colour!
bfst24
are you going to put the monster beetle decals on it?
lightboy
really nice job, gotta love the bugs..cheers
mymonsterbeetleisbroken
Thats gorgeous! I'd get a front bumper on there though, it just doesn't look complete without one.
Toyranosaur
No decal plans, front bumper will be on as soon as I make one: The factory unit is just too.....You know!
Crash Cramer
I'm with you on the factory bumper, nice looking rig. I want to do a candy apple red MB, but may do something else when I get the time. I would like to hear more about those spike wheel nuts though.
Toyranosaur
Crash, I always wondered how a rig would look if you could get a chromed body & shoot it w/transparent red: The ultimate candy finish? The nuts were one of my 1st products when I started my little biz, Rogue Element Components, a few years back. I'll be doing parts within 90 days or so again once I get my own CNC mill & a lathe, may do more Spikey nuts?
Crash Cramer
Let me tell you, you will have a bunch of folks waiting with baited breath for the cool stuff you will be making. I hope the Tamiya bug gets into that mill and lathe.
loaded
This looks great, I like the missing front lights and the join at the nose being invisible. Very nice job indeed. How about trying different tyres, perhaps the Blackfoot ones? Just a thought!
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