The engine compartment lid fit poorly.

This is an excellent kit if you are looking to build a stock VW, it is very accurate. The tire are realistic and really catch the eye when viewing the model. The addition of photo-etched emblems is a plus.

Some of the small parts required a little cleaning due to a little flash. (i'm nit picking here) it really is a good kit. The metal transfers are great, but I would have loved to have seen additional transfers or decals for the mud flaps.

This kit is great to build as a factory stock but offers heaps of other potential. You could go for a japanese style tuner by adding side skirts and wings (not provided), or a rusty wreck. The possibilities are almost as endless as this classic beetle. Highly recommended.

Trunk and engine cover difficult to attach, rear bumper mount needs modification for bumper to sit correctly and rear taillights difficult to paint (housing and lenses one piece- you must paint housing with the body and mask the lenses).

Typical Tamiya quality, with the exceptions listed above. It builds to a great little model.

Front indicator lights are fully chromed and have no clear parts. Some mold lines in critical places, especially on some of the smaller parts with tiny details. Some of the parts were pipes for the heat exchanger with a coil-like surface; these had some misalignment between the two halves on each side of the mold line, I had to give up trimming these.
Interior side panels seemed to be slightly low compared to the window line.
Some chrome parts had injector channels in places that would expose the bare plastic on the model.

The flaws are easy to live with considering the overall accuracy of the model and the pleasure of building it. This kit is good example of, why I am such Tamiya-fan.

- Patience is required when dealing with the tailpipes and the bumpers.
- The taillights were a little hard to make right, as the housing and lenses are one, clear piece.
- No extra parts included, stock "only".

This kit was a joy to build. No issues, except a little brittle tailpipes and a rear bumper that was hard to set right. The cons I've listed can hardly be called "cons", they were the only things that got my sweat dripping a couple of times
All in all a VERY good kit, and I recommend it to anyone looking for a good and accurate beetle kit.