Shelby 427 1965

Interior and stance are awesome! I normally hate R8s but this one is dead nice.

Wouldn't say no to one meself. Haven't seen any kits of one either, I know I'd sure as hell pick up one or two.

Not as big as I'd like!

Well if that's your point I could also argue this.. But stretched a little.

Could nearly swear it's real. Fantastic!

Last update for today.. Unsurprisingly, the poly pocket idea for windows was more flawed than I thought. After putting the interior in, they kinda crumpled and lost shape. Oh well. I got this kit for free, and considering the state I got it in.. I'm calling it an okay job. It was a learning experience more than anything. I don't seem to have any break lights either. Bugger. Thanks for lookin'!

Okay, so after aaaaages of trying different techniques.. the panoramic window idea was just NOT in my ability just yet. So, today I decided on a "I don't care if it looks bad I want this car DONE" idea. Made two crappy pillars, and made some windows out of a poly pocket! So now, I can finally finish this thing.

Lookin' good!

Thanks everyone, really appreciate it!

Cheers lads!

Finished this in 2012, never gave it it's own thread though. Went out and took some pics today, I never get tired of photographing this thing. There was one or two pics with it's sister car on my introduction post but not it's own post. I lost the Subaru badge that was on the front Ignore that! Tell me what you think, all comments are very very muchly appreciated By the way.. I've not given up on those WIP builds, don't worry. I don't wanna work on them until I'm in the mood to, or they won't come out right.. Maybe I'll think of a way to make a back window for that Nomad while I'm on my school history trip to Berlin this week.. I have a rough idea what I'll try but I don't know if it'll work. Till then, it'll sit on the bench with my other projects! Hopefully we'll pass a model shop while we're there. Cheers!

Cheers Joker, means a lot! So, I finished all the Chrome trim, built the suspension, put in the engine and to hide a few paint blemishes, rusted it a little. I'm never doing this much chrome again. Still needa work something for that window.. Cheers!

I am insanely jealous of your Nomad. Can we swap?

Thanks! After roughly 42946563203856573947563 hours later, my first go at chrome trim is finished. That other '56 Nomad on here looks absolutely amazing. That's rather intimidating. Hmm.

Pics on where I'm at so far. Working on the BMF at the minute, got one side mostly done. It's a real pig at times but it's my first time using it for this so I don't think it's going TOO bad. Worked a little more on the engine too. There's a few wee white spots you can see on the blue, and a it of blue overspray on the white - I'm planning on making these areas slightly rusty. I'm so proud of the finish I got on the paint. Cheers!

Thanks for the kind words everyone, I really appreciate it! It means a lot! I've sprayed the blue today, no pics as I'm not at home but I'll be sanding and polishing when I get a chance, and then some BMF on the trim on the side to set it off! Cheers!

Bit of a story to this one, I'll fill you guys in. At Christmas time, me and my Da were hunting around in the old shed at the side of our house for decorations. It ain't a nice, cozy shed. It's a damp place that really isn't a great spot to put Christmas decorations. Or model kits. My da, was an avid model builder. Always was. Probably always will be, but due to time constraints and stuff, he's not really anymore, and got rid of a load of old kits. He'd been a modeller for 40 odd years, since he was around my age, if not younger. He's a lot more hands on than I am, and still knows far far more than me. But in some respects, there's been things I've taught him too, as I've had the beautiful thing of sites such as this to give me more help than I could ever imagine. I wouldn't even be spraying cars right now if it weren't for these sites! Anyway, amongst decorations and such, and as we never really cleaned the place out.. I spotted a Revell '56 Nomad, as you'd assume, in pretty bad nick. There was scratches all over the body, and pillars broken, as you can see. The interior was half started, in an ugly green colour, and so was the engine, in the wrong colour for a Chevy. So I've tried the best with what I can do. I know already that it's not gonna be a show car. But I think that for the fact that my da had started it, I'll build it regardless of flaws just to say that it was (kinda) a team effort. As you can see, the back windows are gonna be a pain. They're in separate parts and I've no pillar to glue them to.. So, what I'm thinking about doing is creating a custom panorama style back window, one piece. I'll try to use plastic from a coke bottle or something. Might work, might not. I've sprayed the white on the body and masked off the back, as I'm painting a white and blue two tone, the blue is going on tomorrow, and then doing the chrome in BMF. Also, I don't know if you can see it from the photos, but the chrome bits around the front windows is broke too. This thing'll be a handful, I've never taken on this much restoration work before! This is the underside, which thankfully wasn't touched, so no work to do here. Painted a light blue. Still needs a touching up before it's done though. Engine painted, nowhere near done though. Still some work to do on here. I'm ditching the kit whitewalls in favour of these, they came with Revell's street '67 Chevelle. I thought they didn't suit it, but they suit this Nomad lovely I think. Now, the interior, my favourite bit so far. I stripped down and repainted this a blue colour, and did the floors and two front floor mats. Then I put an oil drum and a weathered funnel for fuel in the back too. Then I made a coke can (first time ever trying anything like this, by the way, so it's far from good) from aluminium tubing and BMF. Wish I could do small detailing like the lettering better. Now this is the stance and look I'm gonna go for. I hope I can get something close to this in the end! Now this kit ain't gonna be up to your standards on here, I know that. Heck I reckon there'll be parts missing too, as there's no decals or instructions in the box either, thankfully an awesome person on the forums provided me with instructions! It ain't gonna be my best either, but I'm trying lots of new things (two tone paint, masking and interior stuff) so it'll be a learning experience, and purely for the fact that my Da started it. Thanks for looking!

I'm pretty sure there's many a Corolla made that ended up converted to street version because of those horrid decals, mine's the same! Looks great, congrats!

Thanks muchly!

Hey guys, I found this kit in a room in our house. It's mostly complete, it's part started by my dad but there's no instructions. Does anyone have a print or scan of them? Thanks!

Main assembly finished but there seems to be a fitment issue with body, dammit. Nothing's glued yet so I'll work on trying to fix it somehow.. Any ideas? After I finish my next exam I'll start the custom decals. No wiper yet, I'll put it on after the window decal. Cheers!

Cheers guys! I got all excited at the look of it and just HAD to mock it up.. ignore the masking tape. The side panels haven't been airbrushed yet so they don't look great, but they will be a lighter shade black in the end anyway. Cheers!

Well.. In Ireland the hobby isn't exactly flourishing from what I've experienced.

Small update, haven't had much time for modelling. Cheers!

Not sure if its the place to ask but I've never had the luxury of building a car we own. So... Has anyone seen kits of either the Mk.6 Fiesta or the Reliant Scimitar? Thanks!