RACINE ISHRAQUR RAZA

Thank you everyone for the compliment! Much appreciated! @slusherThanks! Probably not a lot of these got built. I see a few on ebay and some are like new with clear wrapping from the factory.

Thank you everyone for the compliment! Much appreciated!

Thank you everyone for the compliment! Much appreciated! @Leica007Carpeting attached with epoxy. It comes in a tube with resin on one side and hardener on the other side. Pressing down on the plunger slowly will dispense equal parts of both. Once mixed it's good for about five minutes until it hardens. I like the epoxy because it allows you to adjust and also the finished job is much more cleaner than if you use super glue. The super glue does react with felt and can leave unsightly stain if not used carefully.

This is a restoration of a 1/25 scale Revell Charlie's Angels van. Some pics here shows how it was when I rescued it. It was dirty & covered in fingerprints & glue stains. Wet sanded the edges and deleted parting lines. Rubbing compound was used on the body, but not the decals. The whole thing was polished with Meguiar's wax to bring the faded beauty to showroom condition. Painted some of the chassis components and added raised letter tires after reattaching the wheels. Also added all the door, vent, and hood cut lines. I'm leaving the interior & exterior mostly the way the original owner built it, because the person did a fairly decent job other than the stains on the body and some glass. Added window moldings, side markers and script detailing to my 1976 Charlie's Angels Chevy van. Also carefully touched up missing areas of the decals on both sides with a brush and flat black paint from a jar. Looks more finished now. Good thing there were no stains on that shag carpet!

This is my 1977 Ford Econoline Chateau Cruising Van made from the AMT 1/25 scale 1977 Ford Cruising Van kit. Complete with carpeted interior, seat belts, wood trim, CB radio, 8 track player, etc. The kit allows you to build the '76 or the '77 van as decals for both vans are included in the box. I discovered there are two lights on the headliner and much of the interior is draped in grey shag carpeting. One thing to note is the plastic kit has sliding door on the passenger side, but the actual Cruising Van has barn doors. I already painted both of my '76 and '77 vans, therefore not incorporating the barn doors on mine for now, but other builders can go the extra mile & make them hundred percent authentic. Paint is Tamiya Silver Leaf and flat black spray paint finished with clearcoat. The correct wheels for the '77 Cruising Van is included in the kit.

This is my 1976 Ford Econoline Chateau Cruising Van made from the AMT 1/25 scale 1977 Ford Cruising Van kit. Complete with carpeted interior, seat belts, wood trim, CB radio, 8 track player, etc. The kit allows you to build the '76 or the '77 van as decals for both vans are included in the box. I discovered there are two lights on the headliner and much of the interior is draped in grey shag carpeting. One thing to note is the plastic kit has sliding door on the passenger side, but the actual Cruising Van has barn doors. I already painted both of my '76 and '77 vans, therefore not incorporating the barn doors on mine for now, but other builders can go the extra mile & make them hundred percent authentic. The Slotted Mag wheels came from parts stash. The Ford Pinto wagon kits comes with those wheels and also you can get a set on ebay too. Paint is Tamiya Silver Leaf and flat black spray paint finished with clearcoat.

Nice build!

@kruleworldThanks for sharing! That's so cool!

Thank you everyone for the compliment! Much appreciated!

@Ken Car-FanaticThanks! You'll get to see a few other Road Runners from me in the near future.

Thank you everyone for the compliment! Much appreciated! @XYHARRYThese classic Mopar Muscle Cars always looks good in High Impact Green!

@RomanIIGreat idea! One day I need to get one of those GreenLight Caprice to do some work.

Your black Caddy is so cool! I did some work to a few of these promos a couple years ago and will be posting them in future weeks.

Cool build! I like how you converted it to left hand drive!

Nice build!

Looks awesome! I have three of these Geo Storm promos(green, yellow, & black) and been thinking about doing something to them for the future. Your car is inspiring!

Well done! That's a nice looking build!

Awesome creation like always! I have to get one of these new kits now.

Looks nice! Especially like the top you made for it!

Presenting my 1/25 scale MPC 1974 Plymouth Road Runner in Lucerne Blue Poly that was completed last year.

Here's a build from a year ago. 1974 Plymouth Barracuda in Lucerne Blue Poly. This is my idea of what Mike Brady(Robert Reed) would drive if The Brady Bunch had continued for another season beyond March 1974. This is one car with a solid roof that Bobby Brady(Mike Lookinland) cannot ruin with his umbrella! There's one episode where Bobby, Greg, and his girlfriend are at the Drive-In and Bobby opens the umbrella when the top is going up. The sharp end of the umbrella rips the convertible top. The dude behind the wheel is the disco era man from the 1976 Dodge Dart kit. I took off a small slice of his belly and his bottom with a Dremel to make him slightly lower to fit inside my 1974 Barracuda. Prior to that his head was hitting the roof and the interior tub wouldn't close like it should.

@Jim BThanks! Thought you might enjoy seeing this real Maverick. This survivor has been gathering dust in a parking spot beside a shop in Toronto for decades. Amazingly the tires never go flat. I think its owner puts in some air in the tires like once a year, or the car is sitting on blocks.

Thank you all for the compliment! Much appreciated! @Ken Car-FanaticSome hard to find vehicles can also be obtained in the form of a kid's battery operated vintage police car. Once painted and detailed those things can look amazing. I got my hands on a few and when I finish working on them I'll post them all here.

Thank you all for the compliment! Much appreciated!

@mrmSorry for getting back to you late. I figured out how to reply to individual comments. The base car was the Maisto 1/26 scale die cast green Caprice Lowrider as shown in a few pictures above. There was a booth at the Canadian International Auto Show(CIAS) called Car Buffs that only sells die casts at various shows including the CIAS. I got three of those. One became this car, one will be a '85 Pontiac Parisienne, and maybe the other one can be a '82 Parisienne. Some good places to find models are ebay, kijiji(for Canada), Craigslist, swap meet, thrift stores, garage sales, and antique stores.