Dragonhawk1066

My next project is the Revell 1971 Hemi Cuda. This one will be painted in Sapphire Blue Metallic to match the first pic. I had already started it a few weeks ago before building the 1969 Chevelle. I did the usual trimming, sanding and panel line deepening before a Dawn dishwater bath. I'm a little put off by the way the front ends of this and the '70 Challenger T/A front ends attach, but built one of each already without addressing that issue. With this one I decided to see what I could do to correct the front end and also the headlights, which are spaced too far apart on each side. I saw someone else in this forum do the same fixes (I can't remember who though), which inspired me to do the same. The first thing I did was to use some Tamiya Tape as a guide for scribing the accurate front panel line. It's not the greatest, but it'll do.

Very nicely done and a great looking paint job!

Very cool, well done!

Outstanding Beetle! Well done!

That is nice! Very well done!

Thanks, I appreciate the compliments!

Thanks guys!

Thanks Joe! The craft paints are pretty nice to work with, but there is a bit of a learning curve. There are definitely pros and cons, but they have no odor so I can spray them in the house. That got me to learning how best to use them so I can build year-round.

Thanks for the compliments guys! Much appreciated!

Very sharp! I love the decals!

Looks good! I definitely have to get a few of those kits!

Well done! I've always liked those little cars!

WOW!! Outstanding job on the Shelby!

Nice looking Roadrunner!

Nice looking Road Runner!

Camaro looks great, nicely done!!

Nice work Mike! That's a sharp looking Chevelle and I bet the real one was a blast to drive!

I finished my version of the Revell 1969 Chevelle SS396 today. It's painted in a custom mix of craft paints to simulate Fathom Green, and was cleared with Createx UVLS 4050 Gloss Clear. The vinyl top was trimmed using .010" x .030" strip styrene and was also painted with a custom mix of craft paints. The interior is painted in Delta Black and Anita's Glossy Black. I used Bare Metal Foil for the trim and added valve stems, door locks, spark plug wires, and heater hoses for extra details. This is a fantastic kit and while it was tricky getting the body over the radiator support and firewall, everything fit great and it was a pleasure to build. Thanks for looking!

Having finished my build in July, I had completely forgotten about this build-off until I saw a post in Under Glass of a just finished entry. Once I found all of the posting and voting info, I posted my finished build not knowing I missed the "deadline" and my build will not be in the voting. I understand there are time frames and all, but we do have other things going in our lives and a simple reminder from the organizer, like via personal message, would have been nice. And to go back on the original build thread and see that time was taken to post pics of our builds that we forgot to post for voting, basically feeling like you're rubbing our noses in it, really adds a lot of insult to injury and in my opinion was in very poor taste. A little bit of consideration for those of us that lost track of things would have been very welcomed, and considering there were only 6 of us, it would have taken very minimal time and effort to send a reminder message, after all we were finished. I did not expect to win, but to have my efforts recognized and have at least a chance would have been nice. It's not like we had to be reminded to try to finish our builds. For a yearly contest that has sought more entrants, this situation certainly doesn't help in that respect.

Well done!

My birthyear build for the 2022 Cannonball Run. Monogram 1966? Shelby Cobra 427 S/C. It's painted in a custom mixed copper color using Chroma Molten Metals and Delta Creamcoat Black craft paints. The stripes are painted on using Delta Ceramcoat Black. It's cleared with Krylon Short Cuts Gloss Clear, wet-sanded, polished, and waxed. The wheels and tires are from the Revell Dom's GTX kit, the steering wheel from the Revell Ferrari Testarossa, gauge decals from Best Model Car Parts on ebay, and I added ignition wires. The chrome parts were stripped and painted with Anita's Glossy Black, and the interior is sprayed in Anita's Glossy Black craft paint as well.

Nice looking Coupe!

Nice job on the Nova, that's a real nice color!

Honestly not really interested in any of those subjects, especially for 13 bucks now. Hobby Lobby still has a few lower priced kits that 40% off to 14-16 dollars that I would rather have another copy of than the Ollie's Snap kits and the old tool '56 Chevy, but that's just me. I'm sure the ebay re-sellers will still clean out the shelves ASAP in the stores nearest them though.

Well done! That's a real nice color!