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Here's another one started decades ago and put away. I built a Boss 302 Eliminator many years ago, but it's one of those prepainted ProShop models. I included it in a side by side. These are fairly easy to build kits considering the age and origins. Paint is Tamiya dark green with pearl. I pre drilled the distributor way back when so I added the wires. Thanks for looking!

Thanks so much! Many years ago I was at an air show and the Breitling Connie was there. I'd seen plenty of pictures, but to see it fly was something else. Thank you! Thanks! Thank you! Yeah, they started as cargo aircraft, C-121s. Then some were converted to AWACS with the big antennas on the top and bottom. This aircraft and another like it were once like that too, but the antennas were removed for their Vietnam mission.

My son got this for me several years ago because he knows the Connie is one my favorite aircraft. Tiniest scale model I've ever built. The least detailed also. Reference material is really lacking. Colors were not what I hoped for, but it is what it is. Relatively easy build, the biggest issue were the gear doors. I added some thin wire to reinforce the attachment. Not a weathering person either. I like factory fresh. I added a few extra decals from a nice Caracal decals set. Paint is all Tamiya. I have four aircraft left in my stash, and the plan is build one a year until they're finished. Thanks for looking! Decal sheet did not include prop ring of death stripes, plus they were terribly out of registration. The insignia was especially affected. The Caracal decals were a good cover. Both were made by Cartograph Weirdly cambered nose wheels, but the axles are not moled that way. I may have overdid it a bit. Props are pitched for reverse Other than flight controls, there are no panel or door lines on the fuse and wings. Gear details were meh First paint, this and the light green were the only colors I was relatively happy with. The olive drab was too light. First prime, going to need a few more spots of putty.

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Thanks! Thank you! Thanks! Thank you! Thanks! Yeah the hood could close without the hoses. They are too wide. They sit down on the valve covers. The left exhaust manifold hits the crossmember, that's why it sits crooked. Seen someone else's build that has the same problem on Youtube. I'd have to tear it all apart to fix it, so the easiest fix is to remove the hoses for now. Thank you! Yeah, I agree! Thanks! Yeah, it's crooked because the left exhaust manifold hits the crossmember. Seen someone else's build that has the same problem on Youtube. I'd have to tear it all apart to fix it, so the easiest fix is to remove the hoses for now. Thank you! I'd have to tear it all apart to fix it, so the easiest fix is to remove the hoses for now. Thanks! Thank you! Thanks! Thank you!

Another one I started decades ago. It was the 1994 issue and I painted it with a lovely shade of gold. Unfortunately it was too hot and went through the primer and wrinkled the plastic. I just put it away and moved on. I pulled it out a few weeks ago and dunked it in the purple soup. The paint came off, but the plastic was ruined. So, I ordered the Jolly Green Gasser kit and used the body, decals, slicks, and green tinted plastic. Everything else was as it came in the old box. I used Testors Metallic green, but it just didn't want to lay down well. If I use it in the future, I'll decant, and airbrush it. The hood won't shut with the air intake hoses. We'll executed AMT! I'm guessing when they added these parts in the seventies, no one tried to see if they'd fit. I've just realized these wheels are not kit originals. I have no idea what I robbed them from, They were in the box and painted. Anyways it's finished. Other than the body parts, from the gasser kit, everything below was how I left it three decades ago. The white and chrome parts are a little beat up. I could have used the gasser chrome, but it's not that great to be new. Here's the body, hood and trunk lid after the purple pond. I'm going to keep it and used the custom parts for a future build. Lots of sanding and smoothing. Hopefully, it won't take three decades to finish!

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Or the Coca-Cola logos that have been missing since the original releases

Thanks! I've had some warped bodies and chassis, but so many parts on this were out of shape. Thank you! Thanks! Thank you! Tamiya paints are hard to beat! Thanks! Thank you! I look forward to seeing yours finished!

If my son hadn't given this to me as a gift, it never would have been assembled. This has to be the most misshapen model I have ever built. Everything was distorted. If you look at the last photo, you can see how twisted the sprues are. I think they were pulled before the mold was cool. There's a feed tag on one that's stretched and leaning over it. I spent hours at the sink and with a hairdryer trying to get it where it is. The chassis is even too long! It would have been an easy build kit otherwise. Has the Japanese motorized gimmick that was poorly deleted, so many details are missing or half there. Tamiya paint on this one too. Thanks for looking!

Thanks! Well, the body tool likely still exists, but not sure about the grill and hood for the Charger 500 seeing how the two bodies are exactly the same including the 500 emblem on the rear panel. It was last released in 2011. Looks like the 500 grill and hood were in the same locations on the tool as the regular Charger that was repopped as the DOH and County Charger. I agree about the tooling for the Daytona being inaccurate and fiddly. Lots of sanding, plastic card, and filler in mine. Thank you! Thanks! Thank you! Thanks! Thank you! Sometimes, Testors colors do well occasionally. Thanks! Thank you! Agreed! Several years ago I went through all my open kits(most are) and isolated the tires from everything. Unfortunately, several had suffered tire burns. I was not aware for a long time that the tires were still a problem until I opened up all these kits I had stored for years. Such a disappointment. Thanks! Thank you! Thanks! Thank you! Thanks! Thank you! Thanks! Thank you! Thanks! Thank you!

Another one started thirty some odd years ago. Next to last picture is how it was in the box save a tire inconveniently burning the windshield glass. AMT converted the Charger 500 into this car which ironically had once been a Charger Daytona before becoming the DOH kit, hence the incorrect rear window for so many early issues. This old mold has been around. I stole some parts from the Revell Daytona that weren't needed for the race version. I used this kit's decals...regretfully. I really had no options. The Revell decals were terribly brittle. The color is Testors dark red over black primer. I used Fireball resin wheels and hubcaps. I also purchased a recent issue "Country" Charger for window glass and a better bumper. The last picture was the filler I used way back when. Super glue and baking soda. A lot of my old models have had this filler fail. I scrubbed it with Wesleys and a toothbrush, then coated it in spot filler. I also created a front spoiler from sheet plastic. I copied the Revell piece. Thanks for looking!

Yep! I have several reissues of the Petty kit car, the millennium reissue and the Jim Cushman reissue. They all share the same chassis and most of the roll cage. Built one of the Petty cars so far. More to come.

Thanks! I could have used this site when I was researching. I used cars sold on Bring A Trailer, knowing they have flaws, but lots of pictures. I'll use it for the next build. Way off in the future.

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My son gave this to me to build a while ago. I knew it was not going to be an easy kit and I wasn't disappointed. A lot of detail and features in this ancient model, but obvious items are missing. There is no interior mirror and a master cylinder with brake booster should be under the hood. I had nothing in my spares, so I went without. Paint is Tamiya gloss aluminum, metallic red, and light sand. Not exactly factory correct, but close enough for me. I have another one that I plan to build in the future as a 1964 version. Thanks for looking! I'm so happy they tooled up factory mags. The old deep dish slots that are still included, never looked good to me. For those that might be building this, the vents on the left side cowl on the raised bump, should not be there. I didn't realize it until I started detailing and foiling. Other than some slight flash, a few sink holes, and the parting lines, the clean up and mock up went well. It was the engine that eventually threw a wrench in the works. The oil pan or something makes it sit way too high.

Wow! That's an eyeful!

Not my build, it's one of the late Harry Pristovnik's, but I'm the caretaker and it's red plastic is polished.

Thanks! Looking forward to seeing yours finished! Thank you! Thanks! Thank you! Thanks! Thank you! It was only a few of the decals I had problems with cracking, those that I had cut the carrier film close to the color seemed to be the most affected. It took a lot of decal solution to get them to snuggle down and silvering was a problem with a few. Thanks! Thank you! I'm happy Polar Lights created drag cars and NASCARs, but man I wish if they had sent test shots to builders, they would have found all the deficiencies in their kits, because they fill some empty voids. I know Round2 has the molds, but they usually don't reengineer existing kits, just repop them or add new parts and decals. Thanks! I wasn't aware of a Don Nicholson Cuda FC, I thought his FCs were Comets and Cougars before switching to Pro Stock. Maybe Don Schumacher?

If you don't mind a change of wheel, the Monogram/Revell 70 Boss 429 Mustang Magnum 500s work great

Second Polar Lights race car I've built. Started it years ago like so many others. I'm glad it's finished. Not a fun build. Many parts do not fit without massage, so be warned. I shortened the chassis 3/16" to get the front wheels closer to the center of the opening. See last two photos. The Slixx decals were brittle as usual, but only a few were affected. Also, several decals were out of scale. Color is poppy red that I mixed myself with Testors bottles. One thing I wish had been done, was a better decals guide. There were none, and the Net wasn't the greatest for the 1969 version.

Ding ding ding! That's my selection too. To be a relatively "modern" kit from the end of AMTs Dyersville new kits, this thing's got some great detail and once finished it looks awesome, but the execution is abysmal. It's like whoever did the original test shot build for this kit must have been used to building the old sixties kits with worn out molds and felt it was close enough to just send it. The only other model I've been nearly as flustered with is the Monogram sprint cars. I bought two when they were released in the eighties. One developed wings when I was building it and was never heard from again, except for a few found pieces and I finished the second one last year with the wheels and tires from the first one.

Looks terrific! My stepfather had one of these back in the nineties. I always thought the name was ironic even if it wasn't spelled the same because it couldn't accel at all. Scarry car in traffic with a top speed of about seventy on a good day.

I guess I'll add my Rancheros. Cheap diecast I made some slight detailing to Recently finished this