avidinha

#18 Spring has finally sprung and brought some nice painting weather. I'm going with a black/red two tone. Because of the way this kit was molded, the only parts I actually had to two tone were the doors. Because I got the lower half of the car painted I was able to get the interior installed. Considering this is a former motorized toy, the interior is amazingly detailed, it even came with the seat belts. I was also able to get bonnet installed. I'm thinking some modern large diameter Ferrari wheels would look right at home on this, hopefully I'll be able to find a nice set. More next time.

I built this Revell T3 Westfalia using Tim Kolankiewicz's tips from issue #213 and a bunch of orange stuff I had from my T2 build. I made the plates, everything else came from the box. And here she is with her big sister.

That's way cool. It reminds me of a truck that would drive around the city I used to live in. It was all different colors, like yours, and had a sign on the back that said "this truck was built with all used parts" then had the name of the wrecking yard and their phone number.

#18 I started on the interior. This kit came with a sheet meant to be cut into 2mm strips to make seatbelts. It also came with hardware for the buckles. I'm going with a tan interior with a black dash and carpet. Another cool feature of this kit is that the floor trim is molded separately from the floor pan. It makes it a lot easier to have a different color carpet like many of the 1:1 cars do. More next time.

I built this replica of Tej's '63 Galaxie from the AMT kit. I got this kit years ago in a lot of kits that had already been started. The body had been painted but nothing else had been done. After I stripped the paint I repainted it black, I only used one coat of clear so it would look a little dull. The wheels and tires were missing, but since I was going to replace them with ones from a '67 Fairlane kit, it did matter. I printed some movie correct plates. Everything else came in the box.

I just finished this replica of Dom's Impala from Fate Of The Furious. The car wasn't in the movie very long and it was hard to find reference photos online. From what I could find, it seemed like it had custom wheels and custom exhaust on an otherwise stock car, so that's how I built it. I built it from the AMT kit. I modified the spindles to get the stance I wanted. I modified the exhaust with solder and some aluminum tubing. The wheels and tires are from Pegasus. The brakes and antennas are from my parts box. I made the plates.

You did more than just save it. Great job!

#18 I actually thought the drive train from the new Corvette might fit in there nicely, but one of the reasons I like the BB so much is the flat 12. Maybe I can save that idea for the 308 I also got from this series. I did some detail painting on the molded in parts on the "engine" and got it assembled. While I was at it I painted the calipers on the front brakes. I thought it was odd that the front brakes came with calipers but the rears didn't. I'll have to see what I can dig out of my parts box. I also did some detailing on the lights.

I built this from the AMT kit. Even though 8 wheels is movie correct I couldn't imagine 4 more wheels appearing out of nowhere, so I modified the kit so it would only have 4 wheels. It needed bigger rear tires, so I grabbed some from my parts box.

I didn't have anything in mind for this year's Cannonball, but after picking up this Cannonball kit I just had to enter it. It came with this cool map of the Cannonball route and some info about the rally. Between Google translate and my Japanese grandma, I was able to get most of it translated. The instructions came with diagrams on how to wire up the motor and led lights, but it didn't come with the motor or lights, so I guess I don't have to worry about any of that. This is all the stuff it came with for the batteries and to wire everything that I won't be using. It even came with a toothpick and a small tube of glue. It has opening doors, hood and headlights. It's a semi-curbside kit, with only the top of the engine. The molded in detail looks pretty nice though.

My LHS bought an old collection and there were several of this kit and the Ferrari 308 from the same series, but none of the others. I grabbed 1 of each.

I would like to enter this year with this Ferrari 512 BB.

Thanks! No, I actually built that one to test some paint I special ordered. It was supposed to be Midnight Purple II, but just ended up being a really dark purple almost black.

Happy New Year everyone! I got a lot done in 2023, hopefully 2024 will be just as fun.

I built this one in 1995 when I was 18. I wanted to see what a 2 door Impala would look like.

Thanks. Sorry, no pictures of the engine or interior.

I built this from the AMT kit. The wheels, tires and brakes are 3D printed. The hood is resin. I got the front seats, NOS tank, steering wheel and spoiler from my parts box. I had trouble getting the body to sit down over the chassis. I had to trim 2mm out of the firewall, inner fenders and core support. I watched some build videos and read some reviews. It seems like I'm the only one who had that problem.

Nice build! Just FYI the holes in the bumper are for the exhaust not tail lights.

Does anyone have an extra body from the MPC '32 Ford Sedan Delivery they don't need? It doesn't have to be from the Coke version. I just need the main body, I don't need the fenders or anything else. I have lots to trade. Thanks.

Great job! I've built that kit, and you're not wrong about how terrible it is. Great save!

Have one that's similar.

Here are a few of mine. I like Cadillacs, in case you couldn't tell.

I built this replica of Brian's R34 from Fast & Furious from a Tamiya Z-Tune kit. I modified the body by smoothing out the louvers in the hood, removing the lips on the rear wheel well openings, sanded down the vents in the front fenders and removed the skirts from the sides of the rear bumper. The wheels are from Aoshima and the paint is Bayside Blue from Automotivetouchup.com. I also made the license plate.

I built this box stock from an Aoshima kit. It's an old motorized toy turned model kit so it doesn't have a lot of chassis detail. The only thing that came chrome were the wheels, so the rest of the chrome was done with BMF or a Molotow pen. The paint is Bayside Blue over a silver base.