Guy Beaudette Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 Good evening guys, One more for tonight. I built a couple of these kits. The first one was around '67....Glue bomb but, I loved it! The second was around '72. I lost it when I moved out of the house and got married. Mom cleaned up! It wasn't that great anyway. This one here is my third and final shot. I had to make it count. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STYRENE-SURFER Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 Holy camoly ... that is one beautiful looking crate! that must have taken a great deal of patience/skill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khils Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 Extremely Nice build Guy! You "Made it count" indeed Sir!! Especially on a kit that I have written off for a real rectal discomfort! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike morelli Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 I love the detail in the "Zolotoned" inner body sections...….as was the real car. This is a very well done piece of art. Certainly , this is as perfect a job as most anyone can aspire to. I have this kit on my "to do" shelf, along with maybe 50 other kits. If I ever get to it, now I know where the "bar" is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 Dude...….this is serious. By the time you reply I will STILL be looking at this. Very neatly and meticulously done. First class/ rate stuff going on in this build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 Outstanding, you sure made it count!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modelbuilder Mark Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 Wow, might be the best rendition of this kit I have seen completed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straightliner59 Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 Glad to see you posting some stuff here, bud! This is still, easily the best Orange Crate I've ever seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 Extremely nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnslow Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 Best rendition I've ever seen . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 Great job on one heck of a tough kit. I tried to build it once years ago. Pretty sure I turned it into an airplane as it crashed against a wall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen Powers Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 Seeing this car in person at the MASSCAR show a number of years ago was a treat for me. The more I looked the more I found. I seem to recall being traumatized by this kit when I started building as a kid Glen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grodudulle77 Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 Very awesome work !!!??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyjim Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 Very well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonW Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 Always my favourite kit and this is easily the best I've seen. Revell's finest hour imho... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catpack68 Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 Very nice work Guy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jantrix Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 2 hours ago, oldnslow said: Best rendition I've ever seen . Yep, that he said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bainford Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 Excellent work on a difficult kit. Top notch detailing and finishing throughout. Very well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STYRENE-SURFER Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 Guy, no fair sneaking in pictures of the actual car. Ha Ha ? In all seriousness, studying your pics I see a great amount of scratch building. That is a work of art! of one of the most beautiful Go and Show drag cars of all time. IMO Q; Is all that chrome Alclad or did you send parts out to be plated? Again, superior build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phildaupho Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 Yours is definitely the next best to the real thing. I built mine on a camping trip so know how good yours turned out. My model was looked at by the owners of the real car so that was pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nazz Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 I would say third times the charm ! I have never seen an Orange crate this nice. Well done Guy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Williams Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 The Orange Crate. Probably three words that have defeated most older modelers. Well it sure whooped me back in 1963 or so when it came out. I wanted this kit like no other before. Well, let me write, right along there with the AMT Double Dragster Kit....the Fiat! After much research, I bought the kit last December, and had big plans for it. Again, karma struck. It's on ice for now. Then this one comes along. I had to look often to see if it was the real car or the model. Thank goodness for wooden table tops. Only then could I comment, "this is the best model I've ever seen". Still true. The chrome finish just kills me, yet the slight wash on the rear brake backing plate is so subtle, they look correct. Not a single flaw in my opinion. To top things off, the front tires show some tread wear. Still the best in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Beaudette Posted March 3, 2020 Author Share Posted March 3, 2020 1 hour ago, STYRENE-SURFER said: Guy, no fair sneaking in pictures of the actual car. Ha Ha ? In all seriousness, studying your pics I see a great amount of scratch building. That is a work of art! of one of the most beautiful Go and Show drag cars of all time. IMO Q; Is all that chrome Alclad or did you send parts out to be plated? Again, superior build. STYRENE-SURFER, I really don't believe in chrome plating on a 1/25th vehicle. It's just too shiny. At the time we all had to bare with it. Now there's alternatives...All chrome on a lot of my recent builds which started with the Groundshaker Jr. fuel altered which was built back in 2000 is Alclad II chrome. So this car's chrome is Alclad II. Thank you for the compliments! Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Beaudette Posted March 4, 2020 Author Share Posted March 4, 2020 19 hours ago, Straightliner59 said: Glad to see you posting some stuff here, bud! This is still, easily the best Orange Crate I've ever seen. Hey Dan! Nice seeing you here! Thanks bud! Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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