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[azers]

I thought i would post a few pictures of some mpc glue bombs i bought off of evil bay. The first is a 73 firbird formula. I used several old firebord gluebombs to save. It was painted italian red but changed it to tamiya bright red. The second is a mpc camaro that i combined with a 74 firebird chassis because it was already set up with the racing option.

Firebird

[azers]

Camaro

[jeffs396]

NICE!!!

[slusher]

Nice builds..

[RichiePetes]

ive always been scared to buy glue bombs from ebay because of how bad they are. are there any tutorials on how to restore glue bombs? i;d love to try one someday! i actually have a couple I built when i was younger that id like to restore since i'm much better now.

 

You did a great job with rebuilding these from glue bomb status!

[plowboy]

Nice saves on both builds Joe!! To me, restoring an old glue bomb is much more fun and satisfying than a new kit. Nice work!

[Grant]

That '73 Formula is sweet! Gorgeous paint job too!

[diymirage]

looks great

ive always been a big fan of MPC kits

 

a word of advice on the race car though

you know the tape you use to join two pieces of drywall ?

that would make a much better representation of the safety net than the plastic kit piece

(just my opinion)

[azers]

I built the racecars before i read your advice on the netting. I promptly appropriated some from our remodel of our kids room to a hobbyroom. I just slid the entire chassis rollcage assembly from the firebird into the camaro without modification. Thanks for your ideas.

[azers]

On a tutorial on restoring glue bombs that sounds like a great idea. I'll start one after the first of the year on one i planned to do. I enjoy doing them as much as doing kits. I think the real enjoyment is taking a hunk of plastic and making something nice out of it.

[MsDano85gt]

Love me glue bombs as much as I do kits too hope my bombs turn out that nice!