Falcon Ranchero

To put things in perspective, this is what I started with:

What an awesome assortment of kits; I built a few of the same kits too, like the '58 Plymouth and the '41 Chevy truck kit was actually my very first kit. Question for you about the '56 Del Ray kit there, I built one but it fought me every step of the way; did you have a hard time building yours or did it go smoothly?

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A heavy draft

Genetics prove that if your parents didn't have kids there's a good chance you won't either.

speed of light

Took out a bunch of kits last night just to see what I got and I must say there are quite a few from my early years of building that I am not terribly pleased with and may end up re-doing a few from the ground-up. That being said, the recent completion of three of my builds which I really enjoyed building and having put together got me thinking about the kits I built that I thought turned out well. So I compiled 7 from a span of 2023-now that were my favourites. What are some kits you have built that you really enjoyed building and came out nice? Share the photos here.

Probably not usable for anything as it has been sitting in a gully for some 50 odd years but I'm not sure what it's from at all. FOUND OUT IT'S FROM AN EDSEL

I spy a '69 Galaxie in the bottom right shelf...

Wow lotsa projects goin' love those Pontiacs can't wait to see 'em all complete as well as that '56 Crown Vic.

20 bucks got me this complete snap tite Lincoln kit from 1965. The original price sticker on the box was $1.65 from Simpsons-Sears. This kit was real nice as it is officially the oldest kit (in terms of age) that I have built. Originally molded in black, I thought the two-tone blue treatment would look pretty snazzy on a car like this so that is the paint job this car wears now. Also changed the tires as it came with little thin stripe whites which looked kinda odd for a car like this so I robbed the set off my '53 Ford Truck and the fit pretty well on these rims.

Finally got the photos taken for this as I had actually completed it on Saturday night. This was picked up at value village, and the original owner had started the built but didn't get too far. Some things were already painted, like the engine, and it was basically assembled already too. The car itself was already painted, and that was sort of the reason I turned it into a convertible. It was painted with a brush, several thick coats of black, and the front seats and headliner were painted red. In an attempt to keep the work level down on this build, I thought why not just get rid of the roof to bypass some of that sanding. So with the leftover convertible piece from my 1970 Pontiac Bonneville Sports Hauler, I created a convertible version of the '57 300C. The colour it wears now was a little tricky to spray over black, and it wasn't any easier since the can ran out just barely finishing a second coat. Could've used a third but it's pretty good. I should take the time to thank @Horrorshow for supplying the chrome pieces and tailights for this build as when I recieved the kit every chrome piece was in fact missing and only one tailight was present. So thanks again for those parts, the build wouldn't have been possible without them; much appreciated.

Good point there.

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Ended up actually completing both cars last night, should be able to put them on the forum tomorrow.

What a load of hoopla

Pasta and then for dessert a chocolate cake

Three hour tour

Did all the trim detail on both cars, holy smokes that took the whole afternoon. Considering both the cars colours were sprayed over black, they came out pretty nice but ran out of the paint I used for the Chrysler just barely enough left to finish that car.

That Firebird sure is nice…

Tiny little man

Another cool Caddy creation

Burgs n fries

Got my Chrysler and Lincoln sprayed today, should be done by tomorrow.