spencer1984

Bonus Round! Is it easier to build a junker from a rough kit? Eh, not really. All the effort going into banging it up means I also want to add more details, and end up making more work for myself. Sometimes I do not make good decisions.

There are a few kits that regularly pop up on "Worst Model Ever" lists, due to age, poor design, or multiple remolds/modifications (and sometimes all three). I've had quite a few of these in my stash, and while some turned out better than others it's been fun to see how close I could get to a silk purse with these... AMT '62 Corvette - nothing ahead of the front wheels looked right, from the tiny headlights to the too-tall front pan. AMT '72 Nova SS - separate front fenders and badly bowed roof pillars meant that almost nothing looked straight out of the box. MPC '69 Dodge Daytona - All the problems of their General Lee, plus an ill-fitting nose cone! MPC '67 GTO - just, ugh.

Seconded, thanks for the tip. Their Countach was near impossible to get straight, glad to know I should look out for that on the Esprit as well. Chassis twist or not, the Ferrari looks good!

Nicely done, and bonus points for starting with that kit!

Beautiful work on this!

Some incredibly realistic work here, nicely done!

Looking good so far, I like the choice of colors!

Yeah, the Dodge/Plymouth thing is kind of a running gag, always called the former and portrayed by the latter.

Nice clean work!

Looks great in those colors, nice job!

Beautiful work, that looks great!

Same here, I don't know the show but the car looks good!

These are really fantastic, you've inspired me to hunt down another CJ-7 to try this as well!

Beautiful work, that looks fantastic!

I have to admit, I never noticed the front fenders before today. In my defense, the only time I built this kit was grafting it to a Corvair rear to turn into a '70s Batmobile, so factory accuracy was not high on my list of checks before I started in. Nicely done, and thanks for letting us know the color!

Very nicely done, and I really like the touch of leaving the inverted plate!

That's just brilliant! I had completely forgotten about the Laser Jeeps, nicely done!

I missed this thread when it first came up, but I can throw a couple in now. I did one as an original... ...and one as a movie General:

Nicely done!

Wow, some awesome work on all of these!

Nice clean work, that looks great!

Nice clean work, that looks great!

Plus on a personal note, I always liked the sound of "biturbo" better than "twin turbo."

This turned out great, nicely done!

Nicely done! I've experienced firsthand how fiddly these Gunze kits can be, but you've proven that with a little work they can turn out great.