{"id":834,"date":"2010-10-05T07:11:10","date_gmt":"2010-10-05T15:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/?p=834"},"modified":"2010-10-05T07:29:41","modified_gmt":"2010-10-05T15:29:41","slug":"ror-review-20101005-vw-t1-samba-bus-revell-kit-85-4292","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/?p=834","title":{"rendered":"RoR Review 20101005 &#8211; VW T1 Samba Bus Revell Kit #85-4292"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"twttr_button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/?p=834&text=RoR Review 20101005 - VW T1 Samba Bus Revell Kit #85-4292\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here if you like this article.\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/twitter-plugin\/images\/twitt.gif\" alt=\"Twitt\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><p><strong>RoR Review 20101005 &#8211; VW T1 Samba Bus Revell Kit #85-4292<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u00c2\u00a0See the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/?p=832\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Step-by-Step review<\/span> <\/a>by John Martin<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"VW8 by dougcole2000, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/29474631@N04\/5053928731\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4149\/5053928731_e2918052bd.jpg\" alt=\"VW8\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a style=\"border: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B003OXHE0Y?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=rightonreplic-20&amp;link_code=as3&amp;camp=211189&amp;creative=373489&amp;creativeASIN=B003OXHE0Y\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Buy This Kit!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Who doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t remember cruisin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 the highways on vacation and performing a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153double-take\u00e2\u20ac\u009d when one of these little vans went by the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Family Truckster?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00c2\u00a0They represented a certain freedom and adventure that \u00e2\u20ac\u0153dear \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcole dad\u00e2\u20ac\u009d just didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t buy into for his clan.\u00c2\u00a0 Volkswagen began production in early 1950 and there are still a few of these on the roads today, but the numbers are dwindling.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Revell makes a trip down memory lane with this updated reissue of the 1958 kit and provides the option of building a \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcUS\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 or \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcEuropean\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 version of the bus.\u00c2\u00a0 The \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0European version was chosen to highlight the lights and bumper configuration over the US version, but artistic license was taken for the paint colors.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This kit would make an awesome display for any modeler\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s shelf and for those old timers that are \u00e2\u20ac\u0153stuck in the sixties\u00e2\u20ac\u009d it would give you something to gaze upon while you play those good old Grateful Dead records!\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s plenty for the hobbyist in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/?p=832\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Step-by-Step review<\/span><\/a>. 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