VW Beetle 8GB USB Flash Drive

by awesomecreations

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Intro: VW Beetle 8GB USB Flash Drive

This is an album of photos of a Volkswagen beetle model (about 1:64 scale,) which I dismantled and handpainted with a toothpick to look like an abandoned beetle found and painted by hippies. After painting, sufficient grinding and matte laquer spray, I glued an 8 GB USB inside and glued the "chassis" back to the die-cast shell.

5 Comments

awesomecreations 11 years ago

Thanks PeoplesCar! I have no recollection of what make of toy car this one is, and all it said underneath was "MADE IN TAIWAN". I made this one for my geography teacher because he is a surfer and wanted an old type 2 VW Kombi in hippy colours, but after a few weeks of searching, all I could find was this beetle. I decided to not only make it look like some dirty hippies had their way with it, but make it look old, rusted and matte (faded paint). I sold this 8GB USB to him for 180 South African Rand. (More or less $200 USD) For some reason instructables won't let me reply to any comments, must be some problem with the captcha

awesomecreations 11 years ago

Didn't have any pics of it pre-sanding, so the first pics are of the already sanded shell.

PeoplesCar 11 years ago

I have tons of Beetle toys, I think I recognize this one (originally metallic orange, right? Made by Maisto?). I have used some of mine for art projects before, but never anything functional. Very cool.