Mike C

One of the worst cars ever made is coming along very nicely. It will probably be higher quality than the 1:1 car. Cool subject. looks like a nice kit too.

It was my girlfriend that told me that joke. LOL.

Well, I've had this kit since about '99. It was originally $25. So when I decided it was time to build it I researched the car on the net and came across the kit on Ebay for about $150. And I also came across a PE set for it. I sent away for the PE set and got it in four days. Amazing for a collector kit that's not in production any more. Thanks for looking. Here is the box art first: Here is a walk around the chassis with the engine and transaxle installed: Here's closer up on the engine. My ref photos had red plug wires with a white sleeve. I just dipped the wires in white paint:

Years ago, like the mid 80's someone at work gave me these prints that I scanned in:

Oh, a wise guy! Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk.

Here's one: Q: What kind of bees give milk? A: Boobees

Very nice build and I like the way you did the phantom body over the chassis shot.

That's an interesting build. You don't see any of those around in any scale.

Very nice woody!

That engine is just looking awesome!

I painted it it with a metallic blue with a solid blue basecoat. The kit includes some PE. The kit box: Some WIP of the interior: Finished: Thanks for looking.

That's different. You don't see any of those around.

Very nice build.

Here's a bunch of my engine shots:

Looks good. We seem to have quite a few of them around here.

Looks really nice! I just saw one of those on the road the other day.

The car looks great, really cool!

It sure came out beautiful.

Great looking model!

Really nice finish!

Nice build of that old boat. Great paint!

Instead of using the plastic springs molded into the hood hinges I like to use something that looks more realistic. Sometimes I've had to handwind them with a fine wire strand around a sewing needl in a pin vise. Or you can also get those tiny springs used in model railroding. Here's some pics:

Welcome to the club. There's also hobby shops, do you have any near you? There's also Michael's Art in addition to Hobby Lobby. You can find kits on Amazon too.

Here's another old build. I gave it a new wax coat recently. I saw it on Jay Leno's Garage and decided to look over this build from around '98 or '99:

Very nice, clean Vette.