Thursday, October 30, 2008

Schuco Type 2


Schuco Type 2
Originally uploaded by Phil_Parker.

It's the one everyone has been waiting for - a sensibly priced bay window VW Type 2 van !

I picked this 1:87 scale model up from my local model shop for £3.49.

It looks pretty good. At first sight the side windows looked small but I think this is the think black edging meant to look like window rubbers. A re-paint will sort this out.

Obviously it is left hand drive but you can't have everything.

On the Schuco website there are plenty of models on offer and some of them look seriously tempting. I like the farmer wide bed pickup. And the fire engine. The 1:18 scale panel van looks good. And the camper with side opening roof looks just like mine but in the wrong colour. The crew cab is neat. Ooooh a pickup with pole trailer. Even the 1:18 pickup is lovely and workman like. There's even a cute diorama.

Someone has been busy here - there are loads of variants and they all look good. That's quite an investment in tooling. Bet the VeeDub collectors will go nuts for these !

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