Go large!
Volkswagen model kit builders, let me have your attention, please. Yes, put a new blade in your craft knife, buy a fresh pot of glue, ready those paintbrushes and clear off about three square yards of work area, for your mission this month is a big one. Th e big one. You might also want to say goodbye to your family and friends, because you’re not going to be finishing this project in an afternoon!
If you’re wondering why we’re referring to a Revell plastic model kit as ‘the big one’, check out the scale on the box. This isn’t your regular 1/24 or 1/25-scale kit, oh no, the Revell Classics Volkswagen Käfer comes in at a whopping 1/16th scale, meaning it’s approximately 10 inches, or 25.6cm in length. Best clear some space on the mantlepiece too then.
This build-it-yourself version of a 1951 / ’52 Split Window Beetle is a Revell Germany production and was first released in 1991 as kit no. 7488. The following year, a sunroof version (kit no. 7490) hit the market and that’s the harder one to find today. It was re-released in 2001 with
