jaymcminn

I've always rather liked the Studebaker Avanti. It's a cool-looking car and the story behind it (once-great manufacturer, on its way down the tubes, throws one last "hail mary" by building a fiberglass sports car) is fantastic. I picked one up at the show in Ft. Lauderdale last Saturday for a pretty good price, so I figured I'd build one up. I've replaced the "bubble" rear window with a flat trunklid and have added styrene to create a "flying buttress" roofline. I also removed the "B" pillar (which housed an integrated rollbar on the 1:1, so there goes all my rollover protection!) and created a hardtop side window line. The front end will feature the kit's square '64 headlights. I am on the fence right now about whether to remove the roof between the windshield header and the 'C" pillar. The targa look would be cool, but the roofline is really nice the way it sits now. Wheels will probably be Monogram Borranis with narrow whitewalls. Color will probably be pale yellow with Inca Gold and white fades designed to accentuate the curve of the fenders. It's all raw styrene now, so enjoy the first pics. Any comments, suggestions, etc. are always welcome.

Pretty wild. The headlight mounts are a great idea!

This is so choice- the color combination, detail and body mods are just perfect.I did something similar with my '32 Vicky -combined the AMT body with sections from the Revell Speedwagon to correct the profile. I was going to do the same with a Phaeton but I probably couldn't top this one... amazing!

This is a great kit-I have probably bought about ten of the three body styles of this kit for building and bashing. They just re-released the highboy- go out and get some more! If they all turn out as great as this one, it was money well spent.

Man, is this thing clean! The flames on the hood are a perfect touch.

That one's for this year's contest- let's see how it does!

I loved these classic kits- I must have built three or four of the boattail version, but none of them turned out like this!

I just found the Model Cars forum- it's good to see some familiar faces here (and great to see some people whose work I really respect who don't post on that "other forum"!) I figured I'd start off by sharing some of my favorite builds of the last several years with y'all. Hope you like them! My Lindberg '34 pickup- '90's Newstalgia with a Motor City flattie My R/M '48 Ford Woody- tuck 'n' roll top from Evergreen styrene My Foose/Trepanier inspired '39 Chevy coupe My '80's-style Revell Model T touring My AMT/Revell '32 Vicky My late '50's-style AMT '34 Ford coupe My Revell '29 Ford on '32 rails The Big Deuce "The Neapolitan"- custom '53 Studebaker

I finished this one a few weeks ago- it's the AMT '25 Ford with the convertible top molded in and redesigned with a C-cab look. The grille is the Revell Tweedy Pie unit. The wheels are MRC Keystones and the tires are the MRC rears with front tires from the Tamiya Lotus Seven.

Some pics of my modelling habitat- a converted closet in my den