Chinacar

I usually just lock the kids in the car while I grab a drink.

Thanks for your comments Mike.

Very shiny.

Great build. Contest winning stuff.

I had lunch with the designer of this car yesterday. James Hope.

Beautiful buil, I love the colour.

Well done. Very tidy.

You don't give yourself enough credit by saying "some". There is A-LOT of extra work in there! Well done.

Looks great Scott. Very believable!

Thanks Will. I thought the black would bring out the voluptuous shapes. In some ways your Fox was tougher because the flat planes are unforgiving to black. I just did an 80's cutlass. Had to get the surfaces perfect!

Folks picking up their kids down the street from me...

Hahaha, thanks. I often say "I can murder a coffee this morning..."

I'm not really thinking of using the VW chassis, it's going to set up a bad proportioned car like the Gran Turismo already is. If any thing I may use a 911 chassis which has better vehicle architecture and still rear engined. Ideally the Indy Corvette would also be good for a donor, because of good width to length proportions even if overhangs are a bit long. But overall this is about the right proportion.

Hey thanks Andy! Thank you polishing kits 😜

That whole era of designers was amazing, Exner, Bill Mitchell, Tremulous and my personal favourite Syd Mead. I met Syd in 2003 and gave him a ride from the airport to a venue we were both speaking at. Amazingly humble man for all he's done. The concepts they came up with were really out there. Now most of the latest show cars are mildly disguised production cars. I guess on the reality scale I'm shooting for about the reality of the late 80's early 90's. The old stuff was just too far fetched for me, three wheelers, big wings, bubble tops, torpedo noses...I think this car could be a base for something with more realism.

This is my attempt to build what I think is the "worst kit ever". It was the first kit I ever bought. I was probably about 13 or 14. The illustration on the box was great and somehow it probably stirred the designer in me to put down my hard earned paper route money and make a purchase. I took it home and destroyed it. Amazingly I went on and bought more kits and kept passionate about modelling. As time passed I became a car designer for a couple of OEMS finding the time to build kits on the side. A few years ago I saw the reissue of the Gran Turismo and thought "I can fix it". Armed with that attitude I finally oped the box last week and did a sketch as to what it can be. Somewhat inspired by the Focus concept in the 90's and the Buick Wildcat concept from the 80's, my journey begins...

Good advice Dan. I'm going to try. I just bought a new NIKON digital, now I just need to learn how to use it. 🙄

Great replicas. You have a very clean building technique!

Very nicely executed. You've nailed the proportions, completely believable as a 4-door.

Thanks for the kind words Dan.

Thanks Andy. Take 2 works out a lot better I think.

Thanks Larry!

looks good. it's one of those builds that's so clean you make it look simple.