radiohd10

This was one of the first kits i ever built back in 2021. It's also the one kit I've given up on. The only joy i got out of it was when I threw it off the roof of my apartment building - NOTHING fit, the decals stunk (and ruined my paint job), the engine and interior are a joke. I've gotten a little better since then, so it's nice to see it has potential for those willing to invest a bit of time...maybe I'll give her another go down the road if I can get it looking this nice. Awesome job! Racing blue might be my fave Tamiya spray color as well - give it a try over gloss black some time...it comes out sooo good.

wow!! that's one mean looking ride. amazing job

wow! very nice build!

what a beaut! love the photos too.

dang that's a beaut. found one of these on ebay but wanted to see one built properly before jumping in. you nailed it. great job!

wow that came out amazing. beautiful build!

very nice!

dude...unreal. i don't even dig hot rods, but now all i want to do is build one. beautiful job!

very nice!

Thanks Guys! Thanks! yep it came with the kit. Thanks!!

love it! the required work doesn't make me want to build one but the results certainly do. awesome job!

Nice! Looks awesome. Scratching new shifters is such a great way to clean up the interiors. I do it on all my builds now...and it only take s few minutes! thanks!

Thanks - its actually a decal that came with the kit. I made the handle out of a tailoring pin i dipped in epoxy and painted black. it took awhile to get the decal in place but it worked eventually lol

Thanks everybody!

If you’ve built this one before, you’re well aware of the kit’s inaccuracies. I tried to address most of them, but I left the seats as is…we’ll say the owner replaced the originals with a kit set ??‍♂️ I built it as an rs/ss because I didn’t want to fuss with the side trim. The body was a mess out of the box and required significant amounts of scribing, sanding, and puddy - this is my only real complaint aside from the obvious part omissions. The steering wheel, badges and grill are from the model car garage photo etch set. I made good use of various gauge insect pins for trim on the grill and interior. I found the pins are much easier to work with than the jewelry wire I’ve used on previous builds. I also added some random detail to the engine bay and had to restructure the fan because the kit fan had the alternator on the wrong side for some reason. The carpet was done with black jewelry box liner with a dusting of gray primer sprayed across it. A method I’ll be using for all black carpet moving forward. Super easy. The bumper chrome, hub caps, and some engine bits were done with Alclad and the rest of the trim is BMF. The body paint is Splash Paints Mountain Green under Mr Hobby UV Cut gloss clear. Been loving every bottle of Splash i’ve used so far - especially their well-scaled metallics. The interior was done with Mr Hobby black primer and various glosses of clear coat. The wheels and carburetor (not pictured) are from fireball. Had to scratch build the front and rear lights with clear plastic since the kit didn’t come with any. And that’s about it…overall, an amazing little kit. I didn’t take any of my usual outdoor pics because I haven’t had time but I will eventually. Planning on bringing this and a couple others to NNL East on Saturday so we’ll see how it goes… Have a great week everybody!