RestoModGuy

Excellent builds, both of them and yes I agree you have master skill even at 16 and today.

Built a quick C7 Corvette Grand Sport for one of my business partners who's toying with buying one for himself. This is not a high level detail build, the wheels are not correct for a GS and the brake calipers should be positioned and black not red as an actual GS is speced. I did not make the front and side splitters or rear spoiler detail. This one is just going to sit on his desk for fun. I did detail the interior, printed guages, cut the grab bar area out, flushed the headlight glass with the body as it should be and detailed the headlight panels.Made a custom vanity plate too... Actual GS

Very Nice! Like the wheel choice too on this

Wow!! Just fantastic.... Nice tribute build...

Daniel, yes, I stand corrected, the actual filming did not take place at the Stanley, only used as the "frame" for the location. I didn't know it was filmed in Bend OR, good to know...

As always Randy, this one is another work of art!

Thanks Doug.... The wheel/tires are Pegasus "T's" big and little's. All I did was use a red sharpie to outline the lip of the rim then black sharpie inside the rim, instant Redlines!

I've posted before of my Hot Wheels 1/25 1968 "Sweet 16" tribute builds. I aquired every kit to build all 16, not an inexpensive endevor by the way. I built 4- of them last year and just finished my first for 2017. Interesting while studing the differences from the Hot Wheels and either the actual car it may have been created from and the actual kit produced, there are modifications to be made to every one of them with exception of the Custom Vette. This build to tribute the actual Hot Wheels Silouette required several body mods most might pick up on at first glance when looking at the model kits produced. I molded in the "hood" and cowl to the body as the Hot Wheel is. Next, fitment of the bubble glass, the kit has the glass mounted to an external hinge, not on the Hot Wheel, so modified the glass bubbles to mount flush. The biggest modification is the Hot Wheel has molded front fender wheel humps. Not on the kit or actual car, so I molded my own to match the Hot Wheel version. One of my first Hot Wheels was this purple Silhoutte and my favorite to race down the orange tracks, I always thought it was the fastest. Comparision of stock to modified Hot Wheel The actual Hot Wheel

Nice looking build

It's been commented over and over.... stunning build, just beautiful. The color works great too along with the seat finish. A work of art...

Al, funny you noticed that. I made that plate and yes, sort of a tribute to the movie but in a very backwards way. The Shining was filmed in a famous hotel near where I live in Colorado. 20 years ago I stayed there and at the bar they had bottles of rum in this beautiful red glass and the name of the rum was REDRUM. When I painted this Vette I noticed how close it appeared to look in color to the bottle as you can see. That's the story of the plate.

Thanks for the comment... I have limited pics of the interior, as it's a Vette and not much there to see. Thanks, The Pegasus inserts I used are the "Elite's" i slid into the smooth 23" sleeves I also painted then inserts with a Platinum paint to better match the aluminum finish.

I built this 2-years ago as one of my first builds coming back to the hobby after a nearly 40-year break. I had two of these classic Monogram Tom Daniels designed California Vette kits. It was one of my "grail" kits I saved since I was a teen in the 70's. I have never built a kit "box-stock" so to do this with this "grail" kit, I had to spin some of my own design to it, not that it needed it... The body mods include flaring the rear wheel-wells, adding a side valance flare replacing the chrome rocker-panel above the cool side-pipes. Paint is Electron Current Red with Torredor Red top and rear window slats. Updated the wheels to Pegasus with aluminum sleeves with "stance" front tires and painted a bit of black around the front rim to give it a slightly smaller dia. wheel appearance. It's one of my most prized builds and being a "grail" build it's priceless. Thanks for looking

I'm liking this big door concept, well done!

Great looking Tribute build! I'd say you nailed it! I've been building tributes to some of my dad's cars from the 60's as well, really fun to do.

Very nice build. I have two of these orginal issues, now I gotta build at least one of them, thanks for sharing yours.

Nice build! I've had two of these kits since I was a teenager in the 70's, one I built very custom and the other I sold last year for a pretty penny, these are cool kits, they should re-pop this this again, it would sell like wildfire I'd think

well done! looks great and nice photography too!

Wow! Absolutely fantastic. A work of art...

This was my Memorial Weekend build. Nothing super detailed here as this is the recent release from MPC of the Dukes Charger. Absolutely the crummiest kit I've ever opened, nothing fit, horrible flashing, low detail, just junk as a kit goes and this kit almost made to the curb in a trash-can, but it challenged me to fix the problems and build it as a curbside show-piece instead of curbside-trash. Saturday morning did body mods, fixed all the hood fitment problems, replaced the horrible rear valance, notched exhaust ports, added some plastic and molded in a higher flip to the rear tail, added a front air-dam as the Charger in my opinion just needs something low and front to balance it. Tucked and shaved the bumpers and painted Platinum. Paint is Purple MetalCast over Bright Platinum with EFFEX pearl base and several polished clear coats sprayed Saturday afternoon. Sunday was polish and buff day then assembly on Monday. Pegasus wheels painted spokes Titanium, Clearly Scale Pro-Touring Recaro front seats, aluminum exhaust, disc-brakes and a PE gas-filler, gives this crummy Dukes MPC kit a nice curbside build now sitting on my desk. Under lights the EFFEX Pearl really shows I like the stance, used some stance-style strech front tires Thanks for looking....

Fantastic. A true work of art.

Wow! Great looking build. Nice work all around

Nice job on this kit. I was just looking this one over in my stash and couldn't decide yet what to do with it, now I see it could look pretty nice not going the "stock" white.

all are very cool well done builds...

Recently re-furbished this build from almost two years ago. Testors Lime Green with Tamiya Pearl clear, over Duplicolor Slate Silver sides, Duplicolor Metallic Gray fenders. Just noticed the crooked right headlight lens... SMH...