Thanks Robin!

This is not an original Type 82e, or war time VW. This is either an early model sedan modified to look like the actual thing for diorama purposes, or a Type 82e with a lot of replacement sheet metal. If you notice on the front quarter panel ahead of the passenger door there is a small rectangular panel with a pointy side; that is the 'crotch cooler' air vent meant to allow fresh air to enter the cabin so-named because that fresh air roughly hit at crotch height. This feature was only found on Type 1 models produced from '51-'52.

Thanks Shell! I guess the Sinsheim museum is faking it using some, ahem, "artistic license" At least it shows the height difference which is what I wanted from it. All those small differences that only the experts know about / Robin Model 1951 with the ventilator opened:

My first car was a 63 Volksie, primer grey with black trim. The Spook. Turn the headlights off at night and you'd loose it. (Came out from a friend's one night and thought it'd been stolen. Couldn't see it across the street. ) Have built a couple CMK VWs. One a Reichpost "van" with the holzbrenner conversion. Anybody thinking about a Reichpost one, I have decals. Let me know.

Gotta get one or two of these. Cool little cars.

They were downright COLD during the Winter- The heater seemed to consist of two over-worked "lightning-bugs"... I had an old, beat-up '61 that I used while I was working on "souping-up" my '69 Dodge Dart GTS 340. It was a fun car (both were, actually), and my Bug was always one of the only cars on the road during a blizzard, while my Dart was in pieces my Dad's heated garage... A bit of trivia: It was the British Military Authorities which managed to get Dr. Porsche out of internment and they cooperated together to get the Volkswagen Factory started again, post-war... I have 3 or 4 of those CMK VW kits in my stock of un-built kits, one of which I did start. I HOPE that RYE FIELD's V-Dub kits will be much better than CMK's...

All of these VWs brings back a lot of memories of my own 'dubs over the years and I'm sure that all of the VW fanatics will be crawling out of the wood works on this one. A very welcome addition as would another Schwimmwagen. Looking forward to hearing more about the RFM kit.

They were downright COLD during the Winter- The heater seemed to consist of two over-worked "lightning-bugs"... [/quote] That's funny, because my bus would get so hot I sometimes stripped down to t-shirt and shorts on long drives in mine. Got to make sure the seals on those heater boxes are tight, bro.

They were downright COLD during the Winter- The heater seemed to consist of two over-worked "lightning-bugs"... I had an old, beat-up '61 that I used while I was working on "souping-up" my '69 Dodge Dart GTS 340. It was a fun car (both were, actually), and my Bug was always one of the only cars on the road during a blizzard, while my Dart was in pieces my Dad's heated garage... A bit of trivia: It was the British Military Authorities which managed to get Dr. Porsche out of internment and they cooperated together to get the Volkswagen Factory started again, post-war... I have 3 or 4 of those CMK VW kits in my stock of un-built kits, one of which I did start. I HOPE that RYE FIELD's V-Dub kits will be much better than CMK's... [/quote] We also had several VWs when I was growing up. When I was in Germany my ex-wife and I had a VW cabriolet that had a fiberglass rear body that resembled a '32 roadster. It had a beat up white rag top. My ex-brother-in-law was a draftsman and helped me make a new top from material we special ordered. It turned out great. Try driving that thing in the winter...talk about cold.