Ken Car-Fanatic

Wow, a blast from the past. I always liked these early aero Trans Am's. The paint & detailing look awesome. I appreciate that it looks like it's box-stock, but because of the painting & detailing it looks so good. Excellent work!

I like it! The photos make it look really nice. Sadly, I know all too well that there is no such thing a perfect build & even all the models that I've built over the decades, no matter how good I thought I had gotten, there's always things that go wrong & yes, we often are our own worst critics & always see & know where the mistakes are. But you have the correct attitude to just deal with them & learn & have just fun doing it. I don't focus on mistakes, just minimize them & focus on & appreciate the things that went right. I would have no problem displaying this on my shelf. The detailing & colors & finishes looks very nice. Great looking Benz SL !

That looks really good! Excellent job. Looks like a street rod should look, with the stance, the wheels, the chrome & the bright color. Great job!

Nice! My dad had an '87 4cyl. when I was in high school & I owned a '88 GT until 3 years ago, so I have a certain fondness for the Fiero. The red with the tan interior is a classic color choice. I also have a few of the MPC kits, so I know that fit & finish on some of the parts is sadly not real great, but this makes me want to build one. Well done!

A wonderful & great build even if it was just box stock with the great paint work & detailing. But all the extras definitely push it to the next level, beautiful detail work. I especially like the hidden details with the magnets, battery for the lights in the fuel tank & even the switch which looks like it would be partially hidden by the exhaust & would blend-in on the underside at the back. Very nice!

Very nice! That's looking really good, well done (or, almost done).

Nice job & really well done. I remember seeing these kits when I was young & always liked a lot of the Monogram kits from that era & would imagine what they could look like built, now you've shown what I could only imagine back then. Great build !

Wow ! That is an amazing build. I feel I can look at that model & know exactly what the real car was because it looks so accurate. Great job on paints & colors & detailing. Stunning!

Your right about that being a great looking car. Really nice build on what is simple/minimalist kit. Sadly it's also hard to find good reference photos of the interior & engine-underside of that car. Yours turned out beautiful & I've only seen a couple of others built, so thanks for sharing. Very nice!

Wonderfully done Lambo, that looks really good. Excellent build.

I appreciate the comments & wish I had more time to do more scratch building, but maybe in the future?

Thanks, it was a fun kit to build.

A lot of the kits I've built through the years where mostly box-stock kits, but when it came to this '32 Ford I decided to try something different. This was done quite a while ago, but it's the most involved custom work I had done. I love old cars, road racing, tuner cars, muscle cars & so that's why this car came out the way it did. Kind-of-a Euro-influenced Street rod. The color is a custom mixed Testors red with fluorescent red mixed in over white primer. The interior Tamiya acrylic & is all custom built with Evergreen layered sheet styrene & square cut & carved pieces, including the center console & map pockets, arm rests & painted door trim. Most other parts where out of my parts box (radio/heater controls, steering wheel & column, gear shift & parking brake lever, mirrors...), the gauges where photo-etched bezels, with printed backing gauges (from some company?). Engine is a Ford Nascar engine (with Chevy valve covers that looked nicer) with custom made exhaust & the Wheels where some Fujimi BBS 19" wheels with Brembo brakes. Thanks for looking.

Very nice! You have some serious 3D printing skills, the figures & right hand dashboards & other parts you do are very nice lice looking. That's awesome! I also really like the color choices, very classic. Nice build.

This makes me smile! Very nicely done & a great looking build on a great idea! That is really cool.... beautiful!