Jordan White

Thanks so far!

Fujimi kit of the Suzuki Jimny. It was painted in a light metallic blue Duplicolor Perfect Match paint, wheels are from the AMT F150, tires from the AMT Ranger. I used a parts box spare tire, as well as spare decals on the sides.The only modification was removing the side windows.

Usually it's possible to remove the engine and transmission together, it mainly depends on how much room there is in the engine compartment, and whether any cross members are in the way. It would work in this case if the radiator was removed.

Did you read the first paragraph? They are the favorite option packages of the author.

Those tires were used in the 90's AMT Chevy C1500 and Ford F150 kits, and I was never a fan of them.

This is an older build that I had packed away because I was planning on doing a bit more to it, but I found it recently and decided to just put it on the shelf as it is. It is a rebuild using the AMT C1500 stepside kit, and converted to a 4WD using parts from the AMT 80's GMC kit. "Before" pic: "After" pics:

Normal shots will be fine, I'm mainly just curious to see what comes in the kit.

It appears the former thread on this subject was deleted for some reason. I had bumped it to ask if anyone who has the kit would be willing to post some pics of the contents, and the offer still stands.

Fabulous paint job, and one of the colors I had yet to see on the 1/12th kit! Have any pics of the car you're replicating?

Other than the 4wd wheels used on the 2wd version of the S10.

My go-to paint for satin black is the generic stuff from Home Depot that is only like a buck per can. While the price is cheap, it goes on well and dries evenly.

You need to go to their Shapeway page to order stuff, since that's who they have make it. http://www.shapeways.com/shops/tdrcatalog?sort=name&s=0

It's a good kit, what are your plans for it?

I can't say much on the authenticity of everything, but as far as I know it builds up well and since you got the older kit, it has the nice extra parts and tires with lettering on them! It does not have parts for the RS version though, so if that was your plan, you'd have to scratch build those parts.

I like to use the metallic silver Recollections brand markers from Micheals. Medium point seems to be the best balance between area and precision.

Yes I know it has been about a month since I started this post, but work has been busy lately and I've finally had time to post my progress. First up is the body itself. I filled the holes in the firewall where the kit hinges would go, since I'm going to try and make something closer to the 1:1 vehicle. I also filled in the gaps on the rear for the tailgate hinges, filled in the kit spare-carrier holes, shaved the rear sidemarkers (since the '85 had them on the taillights), and filled in a major sinkmark that followed all around the rear wheel arches. Additionally, I filled some holes in the floor, and added some material to the inside walls, since they seemed too thin compared to the 1:1. Next is the rollbar. I used part of the kit rollbar (which is meant to be a late 70's style converted to a full cage) and added a piece in the middle to get it to the correct width. I have it clamped to the body to figure out the rear supports. The chassis had the pockets filled in where the kit leaf springs would mount, and I attached the skidplate and fuel tank. The rear axle had the tubes replaced with styrene tubing, and I created the brake backing plates (will create some drums a bit later). Finally, I filled in some holes on the engine (starter mounting holes and a mounting nub on the oil pan) and painted it gloss black. The transmission will be painted silver. I also drilled holes in the valve covers for the oil fill cap and pcv hoses, along with reamed out the valleys for where the mounting bolts would be.

For a while now I've had a Revell 1/16 Jeep Golden Hawk CJ7 kit in my stash, and so I've finally decided what I want to do with it. The kit is meant to be a 1979 (based on the copyright date), but will be built into a 1985 version. There are really only minor differences between the years, with the main things being lack of rear sidemarker lenses (attached to the taillights on later models), different seats and a dash pad, and lack of V8 on the newer model. Besides not using the kit decals, I'm going to be scratchbuilding different bumpers, filling in the sunroof holes in the hardtop, making a factory-style spare tire carrier, giving it a bit of a suspension lift, 3D printing some different wheels, and giving it a different engine. The engine and transmission I'll be using is a Chevy TPI 350 and T10 4-speed out of one of the 1/16 Camaro kits, which will be connected to the stock transfer case and axles.

Is there going to be any optional themes or styles? Personally I think there's just too much white space with this new design.

The Lambo may be one of few that weren't, I don't have it to say for sure, but I can say that the Mercedes, Corvette, Mustang, and Trans Am definitely were.

Disagree. The engine is larger in order to facilitate an electric motor, and the rear differential or axle is larger in order to be able to house gears. Why else would the Corvette have a solid axle, if not to allow for metal axle shafts to pass through. Also, note the driveshafts which are all given actual u-joints. They may not have all been sold as motorized kits in the past, but they all were designed to be able to be motorized.

Here's the one I got that I used as reference

True, I forgot that they should be silver and not white. Also thank you for the engine clarification, I didn't have the instructions handy.

The final set is the sporty cars. Two Italian, one Japanese, and one German. The Italian offerings are both Countaches, with one being the original LP400, and the other being the late 70's LP500S (should be labeled the LP400S). It appears that the headlights are able to be opened on both kits. The Japanese offering is the Honda S800 convertible. I don't have this one, so I can't say much about it. The final kit is from Germany, and is labeled as the Porsche 911 Turbo. I have this kit and have been doing some research to determine what year it is. The odd thing is while it is labeled as a Turbo, the engine is naturally aspirated. What I did find though is this kit body is based on the 1974 911 Turbo concept car, rather than the production car (though I have yet to determine which engine it is). The bumpers were in fact used on the 1974 Carrera 3.0RS, but there are no decals included to make one. It comes with the popular Fusch 5-spoke wheels, and the tires seem to be very wide compared to the actual car. And that's all of them!

The Race Cars There are three kits in this category, on two subjects. I don't have any, so I can't comment on any specifics. The first is the 1975 BMW 3.5CSL racecar that was used in the IMSA race series. The other two are both based on the Lancia Stratos HF. One is meant to represent the Safari version, while the other features the Pirelli paint scheme.

The next set is the Muscle Cars. The first is meant to represent a 1978 Chevy Corvette Stingray. It comes with the decals for the anniversary edition, the T-top roof panels, and the L48 350 V8. I believe the headlights are also able to pop up. The other GM offering is the 1973 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am. This one features the 6.6L V8 and shaker hood scoop. It also comes with decals in three colors for the available paint schemes. Finally, from Ford, is the 1971 Mustang Mach 1. This kit came with the 429 V8, but not the front or rear spoilers that were popular on the 1:1 car. I don't have the kit handy, so I can't remember if the decal sheet comes with both silver and black stripes, or just the black stripes only. There were two versions released, one with the standard pale green plastic that they loved to use, and one that is molded in yellow (possibly to capitalize on the Gone in 60 Seconds movie?).