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I bought this car early this year. Limited Edition Unforgettable Cars in 1:24 scale die cast. These come with a magazine that tells the story of cars in Mexico, but I can't read it. Probably the whole thing is in Spanish. The title of the magazine is AUTOS INOLVIDABLES Colecciona Los Modelos Mas Populares. Note - I did not build or modify the car in anyway. The only thing I'll do is install license plates. People who are fans of these cars knows how difficult it is to find models of many once popular 1970s, 80s, and 90s American automobiles, so I'm sharing these pics so you fans know they do exist now. The 1988 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera was never made as a kit and I've never seen a resin model of one either. In Mexico this car was known as Chevrolet Cutlass Eurosport.

I bought this car early this year. Limited Edition Unforgettable Cars in 1:24 scale die cast. These come with a magazine that tells the story of cars in Mexico, but I can't read it. Probably the whole thing is in Spanish. The title of the magazine is AUTOS INOLVIDABLES Colecciona Los Modelos Mas Populares. Note - I did not build or modify the car in anyway. The only thing I'll do is install license plates. People who are fans of these cars knows how difficult it is to find models of many once popular 1970s, 80s, and 90s American automobiles, so I'm sharing these pics so you fans know they do exist now. The 1984 Ford Tempo was made in kit form by Monogram as a Budweiser Funny Car, but not in this attractive stock form.

Nice build!

Awesome build!

Presented is my MPC 1/25 scale 1974 Dodge Dart Hang 10 replica. I tried to make the interior look inviting just like the real cars. The exterior decals were included in the kit. The interior decals are from Ray's Kits based in the Netherlands. A bunch of parts were scratch built to make the model look more complete. This model was created from that unfinished orange Dart that another builder started. The orange paint was nicely applied, but I really wanted a Hang 10, so it got repainted.

One more picture to show how I spray painted the body side moldings after a lot of masking. Once the paint was dry I finished all the moldings with Bare Metal Foil.

1974 Ford Maverick with Luxury Decor Option(LDO) in white with Saddle Bronze Poly vinyl top & body side moldings. This is a 1:24 scale die cast model car by Motormax. On the LDO, just to do the vinyl top and the body side moldings along with special painted wheel covers required a lot of masking. For the interior I did full carpeting. The LDO interior is painted in Saddle Bronze Poly. Motormax never made the LDO, but did make a Maverick Grabber, so I might get one of those with the cool stripes in the near future. The LDO received the unique vinyl top, body side moldings, wheel color matched to the vinyl top, soft plush interior in matching color, deep pile carpeting, seat belts, roof liner, dome lamp, mushroom shaped door lock on the door inserts, and simulated matching paded vinyl wrapped tail-light panel. The side moldings along with vinyl top moldings are finished in Bare Metal Foil. I worked on the floor & subframe similar to how I painted the bottom of some MPC and AMT model kits. Much of it is molded in one piece so I masked the wheel wells and spray painted the floor, followed by doing all the rest with a brush. All the paint in the various cans were diluted with a lot of paint thinner. When dry you don't see a lot of brushwork that way. I finished by spraying brown spray paint over the floor pieces but from far away and on top of them, so that when the paint particles land & makes contact with the floor, it looks like dust, but this is simulated dust that won't rub away when the car is handled in any way. Now it almost looks like a car that was driven fresh from the local new car dealership and taken on a long road trip all over Canada and USA.

This 1974 Ford Maverick 2 Door Sedan base model in red exterior/black interior is a 1:24 scale die cast model car by Motormax. For some cars we got no choice but to get a die cast. I know of a plastic '74 Maverick by Palmer, but that's very likely a horrible kit like most Palmer stuff, and other than that there's the older Jo-Han Maverick. I took my Motormax model apart and worked on it as if that was a kit by detailing the car to the best of my ability. The bottom of the car is molded in one piece like some 1960s & 1970s AMT model car kits. Much of the engine is also molded in one piece, but the radiator & the air cleaner can be separated which allows you to paint & detail the engine with the help of a little masking tape & brush. Motormax did the window moldings by painting them in silver paint. I applied Bare Metal Foil on top of those to make them more realistic. The interior got carpeting and seat belts too. I've included a few before and after shots that shows you how the car got transformed into a slightly more finished looking product. This car got a detailed engine bay, floors and subframe, windshield tint, accelerator, brake & clutch pedal, detailed dash & door insert trim with Molotow Chrome pen, and all exterior chrome window moldings wrapped with Bare Metal Foil. Scratch built engine oil dipstick and seat backs as those were missing. Front grille painted flat black for an enhanced appearance. With a little bit of work these average die cast replicas can be turned into nice presentation models.

@XYHARRYThanks for the compliment! The group shot of the old vans on the table was taken five years ago. Since then I've restored a bunch of these already. This red/blue '72 was originally that Truckin' USA van on the table that has the missing front bumper and the roof glass. I'll be posting more completed shots of custom vans in future weeks. @ChrisRThanks!

@exnymanThank you for the compliment and also for sharing those great memories of your dad's new car. That would be an interesting project and I wish you best of luck in building that car's replica.

Thank you everyone for the compliment! Much appreciated! @Falcon RancheroPromo models are great for doing a detailed up replica. One not so great thing about a lot of them is many that are highly sought after today were made for one year only when the real car was in production. Like the MPC made '71, '72, '73, '74, and '75 Impala/Caprice promos and even the kits are not the easiest things to find, and all we are left with today is the MPC '76 Caprice that has been reissued multiple times.

Thank you everyone for the compliment! Much appreciated! @XYHARRYThanks! There will be many more Cadillacs from me in the near future, including one we rarely ever see on the road these days or even at most car shows.

Thank you everyone for the compliment! Much appreciated! @Falcon RancheroThanks! That's a great idea! I'll do that one day once I get a few more models completed.

Thank you everyone for the compliment! Much appreciated!

Thank you everyone for the compliment! Much appreciated! @hedotwoThe Terra Cotta paint is the original paint applied at the Jo-Han model plant when they were building that model, but the paint had a dull finish. I sprayed the body with SprayMax 2K clear coat. After that I masked and painted the vinyl top, and finally applied all the Bare Metal Foil trim before assembling the car.

Your Mustang is turning out to be such a masterpiece! I find the interior quite inviting! I'm building Sabrina's orange '77 Ford Pinto hatchback from Charlie's Angels that had similar seat pattern. Hope I can do the Pinto interior half as good as your Mustang.

Nice build! That reminds me I have the Super Stock version of this car that needs completion. Mine is missing a few parts. Also nice '65 Coronet 500 you built there!

@Jim BThank you for the compliment! I just remembered I took a picture of the car a few years earlier when I first purchased it from another gentleman who was the original owner. I thought you and other model car enthusiasts might enjoy seeing what this car looked like before the transformation.

This is a dealership promo model made by MPC from when the real cars were sitting on the showroom floor. The paint is the original Aqua Blue Poly by MPC. I did all the detailing including the interior after taking the entire car apart. Presented here is a 1974 Chevrolet Caprice Classic powered by a big block 454 that cranked out 235 horsepower combined with 360 lb-ft of torque. This car scaled at 4376 lbs! After doing a lot of work I think it's looking decent. For the longest time I thought those big Chevy promo bodies were molded in factory color, but while working on them I found out these are actually painted, and the paint quality of MPC promo models is excellent compared to many Johan promo models from that decade. This is another promo interior that I detailed & painted using paint jars, toothpick, & tweezer. The carpeting is felt from Walmart and there are a few bits and pieces that were scratch built. You can see in the last couple of pictures what the car looked like before all the work went into it.

A few photos of my 1974 Cadillac Eldorado in Terra Cotta Firemist Poly with a white Landau vinyl top taken after completion this summer. The car was dismantled, sprayed with SprayMax 2K clear and detailed with Bare Metal Foil and lots of other little things. Side mirrors are scratch built. Emblems and scripts highlighted with Molotow chrome pen which were left to cure for two weeks after application. The missing hood ornament came from a parts Caddy. The floor, chassis, transmission, and engine painted with a combination of spray paint and brush paint from a few cans of various diluted paint. For the interior I did not take anything apart. I masked and painted the dashboard first. Installed felt carpeting using epoxy, and later tweezers & toothpick used to get them in place. The wood appliques is shelf liner from the Dollar store. Added seat belts and both indicator & gear lever. Dash and instrument cluster details painted with toothpick from a diluted can of black and silver paint. Added the straps at the back of the seats and carpeting for the bottom of the door inserts. Ash trays are made of tiny pieces of aluminum from Coke can. Also scratch built the brake and accelerator pedal. Finally, the red thing on the dash is a 8 track tape!

Enhanced 1/24 scale die cast Motormax 1974 AMC Gremlin X. Almost all Motormax 1/24 scale models comes with basic plastic floors, interior, and engine bay molded in black plastic. Sometimes the interior will be molded in a different shade. With a bit of work we can turn these average mass produced models into highly detailed presentation models. Entire car taken apart. Engine bay, floor, and subframe detailed after paint matching with the exterior. All chrome trim wrapped with Bare Metal Foil. Interior carpeted, added seat belts, windshield tint, scratch built rear view mirror, sun visors, and dome lamp. Wiper cowl area and the vents of one front wheel cover highlighted with black paint. For some reason Motormax made the three wheels nicely detailed, but forgot to detail the other one. I created the missing antenna with a thin metal wire that was epoxied to the base. Now I can imagine filling the tank and going on a long cruise enjoying many smiles per gallon.

@Falcon RancheroThank you for the compliment! I build a lot of Malaise Era models and more will be revealed in future weeks.

Thank you everyone for the compliment! Much appreciated!

Thank you everyone for the compliment! Much appreciated! @ChinacarI love the name 'Suburban Limousine' @kelsonYou're lucky to have many of those hard to find old Dodge vans and I look forward to see your build when you complete one.

This is my Motormax 1/24 scale die cast 1973 Ford Pinto Runabout. On the floor of the car and on the box it says '74 but the car is actually a '73. The '74s had larger bumpers front & rear. Motormax also made a die cast of the '74 with the correct bumpers so I might get one of those in the future. Lot of enhancement was done to this car. The floor, subframe and engine bay were all molded in black plastic so they needed detailing. The car was taken apart and all those parts were detailed with a combination of spray paint and paint brush. The only thing I added to the engine bay was the oil dipstick, but everything else was highlighted using paint. I didn't have the exact shade of exterior green paint, so the engine bay was painted jade green all around prior to the detailing. The same green was used for the floors and that piece was finished off with simulated dust by spraying brown paint from a distance and on top of the piece, so that paint particles lands on it and looks like dust. Motormax highlighted the chrome trim with silver paint. For realism I added Bare Metal Foil over the silver paint on all the trim. The interior got seat belts and door locks. I did not add carpeting because I don't have the exact shade of green, but I did paint the pedals and added the windshield tint. To finish it off I highlighted the cowl panel and wheel vents with black paint.