seanyb505

Yeah, of the various pushes to build kits from the stash, this has been my strongest. I mention the houses as there were several moves including apartments, and my whole stash has lived in moving boxes for 20 years. This strong push to complete kits meant a lot of kits saw the light of day for the first time in 20 years lol. This one being closer to completion of the really old ones meant it got the nod to come out.

I started this build at least 16-17 years ago with my girlfriend now wife. She was doing her best to show interest in my hobbies as teenagers. 15 years of marriage, 2 houses, 3 kids later and it's one of the kits I have closest to completing. Restarted by scribing lines and throwing sprue glue on some of the part gaps. I want to lower it another 3-4 scale inches for a different overall presence. After that it's repaint almost the whole car, start adding details and wrap it up.

Looking good! I've never thought to add weight to the engine, but now I kinda wanna lol

I started this one 5 years ago while living in an apartment waiting for our house to be built. Initially it was meant to be a highly basic, whatever-Hobby-Lobby-has type build. Eventually it became, build the airbrush booth, experiment with clear coats, I could probably detail this or that type build. Lots of errors, including destroying decals with tape. I also took some creative liberties like cutting out Daytona decals, using yellow mirrors, etc. Overall I enjoy the subject, and the right side is super acceptable for office shelf work.

Looking for suggestions on decent kits aimed at younger builders. My daughters and I have done a couple pre painted no glue Maisto 1/24 models, though I would like to see what she can do with something a little more complicated. My wife got us a hotwheels snap together Viper, which was absolutely horrible. I probably wouldn't be as enthusiastic with a similarly cruddy kit. Ideally I'd like something simple that would allow them to practice painting and assembly, but still appears that adults engineered it. One daughter likes corvettes, the younger one is open for influence lol. Thanks!

Thanks - I wanted to verify I was ordering the chromiest version regardless of bottle size or application method. I guess the silver foil results are the same as liquid chrome.

I don't think I saw this unless I'm a moron - is there a benefit to getting the fluid silver foil over the liquid chrome they offer? The Am.zn listing says liquid chrome is a larger volume plus airbrush ready. But if that's all it is and both produce the same mirror sheen, I can stick with the smaller, silver foil size.

Thanks for the heads up. Luckily I think the body just sits over the chassis, so I probably won't try to glue it down initially.

Coming along. Not great, not terrible. Happy to be nearing clear coat and further detailing

Small 5 year hiatus. I pulled this out of the closet after I finally had the gumption to build a proper airbrush booth. We've only been in the new house for 5 years, so the timing is, uh, better late than never! I re sprayed the body with scalefinishes competition yellow, and airbrushed Tamiya x paint for the taped off black. The lines aren't as crisp as I'd really like, but they'll do the job on a shelf for the rest of my life lol. Body decals now underway. A couple smudges here and there, but they should clean up okay after clear. Funny enough, I only stumbled on this old thread while researching some decal locations! Finally, a little real life inspiration over the weekend!

Brilliant thinking on the mirrors

Your poor picture quality is better than my real life build quality!

I'd go to the dealership for the grand am, and leave with this!

Gorgeous build. One of my favorite modern car designs

Is the fiero a monogram tooling? I bought one of those 20 years ago and still haven't built it lol