Tommy124

First off, I agree to what y'all said about the poor level of detailing in the 1/16 scale kits. If the decision is not made yet, I would go for the Porsche for one simple reason. The engine bay of the 959 is rather tightly filled with the flat-six, the turbos etc. and will therefore not look as "empty" as the one in the Countach. On the other hand, if you enjoy adding detail yourself, there is a lot more potential for doing so on the Lambo...

Well done Urs - looks fine!

Well done! Nice paint and foiling. These MPC Challenger Charger snap kits are so much fun to build. ☺️ Actually I like the wheels contained in this kit a lot. It's a set of Torqs that I will use on mine and there's also a set of Vectors that are much better than those in the General Lee snap kit I built some months ago. I will switch them sooner or later. Here's an image of that build, if I may:

Cool idea and very well done!

Nice and clean build!

Nice Chevy, well done!

Well, their choice is not least a matter of brand licensing these days, I reckon. Obviously, they are in possesion of a Porsche license currently, which lead to the release of the 918 spyder, Panamera, 930 turbo and the three versions of the 934 RSR. Of course, it's not a bad thing to have these well-detailed 934 RSR kits released, but personally, I could have done with sticking to the two Tamiya kit variants, especially as those two are the same liveries (Jägermeister, Vaillant). Although I'm not a big fan of contemporary cars and hypercars, I would advise them to use their McLaren license to do something else beside the 570S.

What can I say... You really make 'em come alive... Great model!

Lovely Camaro - top-notch build!

Thanks folks, for all your kind feedback!

Hi Mike, I'm doing quite a lot of similar stuff (re-builds/ restos of rare models) lately, so I'll definitely be in! It's right that the Roadrunner decals are missing from the later editions of Revell/ Monogram kits (probably due to image licensing issues?) but you can get them from various aftermarket sources. I bought mine on Ebay from a seller called Oma's Cool Stuff.

I finally came round to checking on this when I opened the showcase last night to put in the Dodge Dart. I then changed the taillights. Judge for yourself if it looks better this way, surely not worse, but certainly not perfect either...

Hi folks, I got this recently from a modelling mate as a built kit amongst other stuff. As we all know, these days these Jo-Han kits come very expensive when bought new, so I took the opportunity to get this one at a very fair price, although it took quite some work because the front quarters had heavy dents on both sides since the kit was new. Of course, repairing those spots meant losing the beautiful "Dart 440" enblems, but that was the price to pay. I sanded down those spots and used Tamiya putty and sandable superglue for filling the dents. Then again sanding to make it fit to the body's contours. The result turned out okay in my eyes. Your feedback, as always, will be appreciated.

I have this kit on my to-do-in-the-nearer-future list, so I'll be watching with interest. The work you did, especially on opening the doors and trunk, looks very good so far. Did you choose on a color yet? What I like especially on this car is that it's overall appearance may change dramatically with the choice of certain colors. Use an aqua or turquoise color and it will be a nice bright and elegant sports coupe, use black and it will turn out to look real mean!

I keep using metal transfer parts of the smallest kind from Hobby Design for detailing door and trunk locks. So far applying them has been a pain in the BLAH every time because these small parts hardly have any adhesive themselves. I will try this method out, I'm positive it will facilitate the process. Thanks for sharing.

Well done, very nice model! It would be easy though to improve the looks of the "fully-chromed" headlights with just some drops of UV glue to give them some depth.

Thanks Guy, appreciate it!

Great work all around and in the details especially

Thanks guys for your kind words. Appreciate it!

Fully agree! As regards the kit, this looks a lot like a re-release/ re-box of their former „Motor-City Muscle“ kit and yes, that contained stock wheels to build a nice 70 Firebird. https://www.scalemates.com/kits/revell-85-2026-70-pontiac-firebird--111902

Absolutely lovely result, excellent work

Hi Michael, another nice one from you - good idea about the engine switch and very well executed. One thing though - it‘s a Challenger, not a Charger as mentioned in the title.

Fully agree. The Tamiya Porsche 962 kits come from the same R/C background and therefore come with those unfortunate glued-in windshield and headlight cover parts. Which is why it is usually wiser to pick one of the Hasegawa kits. @Atmobil: well done on this kit. The headlight decals have always been what kept me from buying this kit. I feel that using parts from a 959 donor kit would be the best way to get an appropriate solution to this optical problem.

Thanks for your feedbacks, appreciated! You‘re welcome! I recommend it. There may be similar products available out there, but this is the first one I found that worked this well for me.

Thanks guys! The UV glue is a product from a German company called Fischer. They are specialized in fastening technology. This type of UV glue is the first one I came across that satisfied me both in terms of transparency and hardness. After painting the kit's "chrome headlights" with the usual mix of tamiya clear and the tiniest amount of white in the first step, I simply applied one small drop of the glue and "dried" it with the small UV lamp that comes with the glue. Below find two images, showing the difference between before (lower bezel) and after (upper bezel) the application of the UV glue. One image was made using flashlight, the other one without. IMHO it's a good result coming from little work. And, what's more, it's eliminating that "dead eyes" look that comes from the "chrome headlights".