ERIK88

beautiful paint job, excellent perfect , clean model. I really like the goodrich tire decals gives it a real muscle car feeling. Yea i dont think shabo makes dry transfer decals anymore

nice model, I have the same one that came in the super street machine set. I love the look of this one.

way cheaper, and some say its more up to scale than flocking.

Thats a tough one, it looks nice as it is already. Not too bad

Nice clean model wow . I like the classic paint

wow who are these people judging contests? lol . U can clearly see the top has been chopped and the custom exhaust coming out from the sides

Oh ok thanks for the heads up . Yea i intend to build one stock, one lowrider, and one muscle. I really like the stock look of these though. Specially in gloss red.

It still looks nice and I actually want to do a red with the rims or hubcaps outlined in red like you have done with the blue. How did you achieve that if you do not mind me asking? Im sure I can find a way, but If there are shortcuts, that would be nice. I have never done that.

well i originally wanted pictures of the model as a whole, built. But the recent engine pics have provided some reference for me to go off by as well. Either way , is fine

That's a really nice bel air thanks for sharing your pic. love the weathering , really convincing.

I got two chevy bel air 409s for $22 . I love the bubbletop on these.

I was just wondering if any of you can share a few pics of a few chevy bel air's 409 stock, lowrider, muscle or drag. I would just like to see those beautiful cars built up, I have 3 waiting to be built. I

I think im done in this thread, I have explained a lot and still won't get my point across to those nonbelievers of the ability to learn from model building. I didn't expect too anyway, but I liked expressing my point of view on a topic that is very special to me, which is the automotive world and model building,

Because it will develop your curiousity to want to know howa car operates when your building it, putting it together. You want to learn what a v8, v6 means. It develops your mind to explore into other areas lmao.

Nice chevy No Go lol

Caring for our health knowledge can be helpful when doing a home project or you might know proper painting techniques in another area, handling humidity, spray patterns , different paints, sanding techniques, etc Very true lol

. Couldn't have explained it any better, there is rich history behind every car built.

I agree, I knew more than any grown adult by the age of 7 about different car parts and their function. It helped me gain knowledge of how each system operates as a whole and shocked my fathers buddies when I knew what part they were replacing on xyz car. . A little help and explanation from my step dad who is a auto tech, went a long way too.

I wonder if they can maintain being innovative or adopt to current circumstances when baby boomers are gone, since I can't imagine how you can improve this hobby really. Besides better tooling and such things , which the general public wont be able to notice anyway. Another thing to ask is if model cars of the future are even going to be cool? Lol. Is it going to be fun building that Eco friendly car, gas efficient , and compact as well? Lol.

Prices would probably be cheaper if they had a younger audience target.

I agree Martin 5 it is catered to the baby boomer generation now more than anything. What will happen when there gone????

Its people from my generation that can still save this hobby!. There should be many out there, I mean when I was a kid is when the model making industry was at its best 90s and early 2000s. I would see many models of every kind at just about any brick ad mortar store at very reasonable prices.

I don't think this hobby will be able to attract youth like it once did before. There is just too much technology out there that kids rather be utilizing as it is fast and quick to play with. You don't see many youth being very interactive, taking hobbies of any sort, and being imaginative. It's all about the next shooter game or zombie game that does not involve much thinking. Then Xbox runs ads catered for teens on their Xbox home pages to join the Army and how they can get ahold of the greatest technology by doing so, figure that one out. Games like Civilization or Europa Universalis are rocket science for most kids I know jk. I embrace technology, but I miss the simple ways were it seems like families were more interactive and had things such as family game nights, riding bikes, hiking, camping, etc. I think the hobby will probably grow slighty while there are still baby boomers retiring but drop steadily once that stage is over, probably marking up prices very high in order for the model making companies to survive and only be catered to the serious hobbyist. That is why I am stashing as many models as I can! lol. I might be wrong though, just my opinion.

yes i was thinking the same , what exactly does skrinking mean ?