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  1. Cool Hand
    Few more pics of the HQ Kingswood.
  2. Cool Hand
    Thanks Nigel, something different for a change.
  3. Cool Hand
    Holden HQ Kingswood is pretty much complete, will post up some more pics sometime soon.
  4. Cool Hand
    Got some colour and chrome applied to the Kingswood. Clear coat asap.
  5. Cool Hand
    Thanks Anton, here it is fitted up with some steelies to the rear for a true burnout mode look. This 1:1 is very typical and similar to the scale model.
  6. Cool Hand
    Made some adjustments to the stance. Lowered the rear and raised the front. Cant believe I actually raised a builds stance.
  7. Cool Hand
    Thanks for the words Bob, yeah its a mix of styles. Pro Mod, Pro street and a tire killer(aka Burnout car)
  8. Cool Hand
    Started another Holden HQ, applied a check coat of surfacer and got the wheels painted with Alclad chrome.
  9. Cool Hand
    I lined mine with galvanized sheet steel and sealed edges and corners with reinforced aluminium duct tape.
  10. Cool Hand
    Quick mess around with the DDA Custom Blown Holden HQ sedan, fitted up some Aoshima Cragar style wheels to see how they would look.
  11. Cool Hand
    Im guessing and assuming they can only afford to have a license to produce under the now defunct GM Holden Australia, and to sell in the US market would require a GM USA license to produce which would no doubt be out of reach due to exorbitant fee's and the exchange rate. Maybe when they have built up a substantial revenue they will be able to enter into a US agreement and market. Like I said im just guessing and who am I to say the reasoning as to why they are not selling wholesale outside of Australia.
  12. Cool Hand
    The DDA kit represents a 1971 Holden HQ sedan. I know wiki can be a bit dodgy, but it does provide some decent info of the HQ. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holden_HQ
  13. Cool Hand
    If true, its very sad and unfortunate to hear, have followed Rogers builds for many years and always liked seeing what he built and how clean his workmanship was.
  14. Cool Hand
    Have a look on e-bay, might give you an idea of postage costs. I guess there would not be enough sales/profit to produce Australian stuff, other wise they would have surely produced something already. 18-21 seconds in on the second video Ron shared there are the Valiant Chargers on display. And going by what the guy said in the video, after every 1/24 diecast has been released 6-12 months later a plastic kit version will be available. So you might be able to get that Valiant R/T plastic model Charlie.
  15. Cool Hand
    Yeah at first glance it does seem odd, questioned it myself when I first seen the larger rear side window opening on a mates build up. But the trim on the window is very pronounced and will be easy to mask and paint Also installing from the outside is different, but the fit up is very precise. When the trim is painted it does distract away from the approach taken with the rear side windows.
  16. Cool Hand
    Personally I think these kits are great, the quality is equal to AMT kits. Some clean up and a bit of work required but overall ive been very impressed with the quality and fitment of the parts The simplicity of the modular design between the 4 variations makes them very simple and enjoyable to build, just glue and screw. The kits remind me of the diecast to plastic that Revell has done in the past. From what ive seen the kits are selling very well and I think what ever plastic kits DDA release will be very popular with us Aussie's I am currently building the Kingswood version here, Im so happy to be able to build an Australian car in plastic, so I made sure to build up a stock pile and to support DDA in hopes they release a lot more plastic kits. The thickness of the body and the type of styrene reminds me of Aoshima kits. If anyone has any questions, feel free to ask and I will do my best to try provide an answer.
  17. Cool Hand
    Couple more HQ Holden kits. Got the GTS Monaro version, so now I have the full set. Also got another super charged version.
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    So happy to finally be able to build an Australian plastic car kit. Kit is modular base, with 4 available variants. I decided to build the Kingswood version first and do it as a traditional Aussie Lowrider. DDA the manufacturer shot some styrene through a die cast mould to produce a plastic model kit, so its a screw and glue type kit. Decent parts breakdown. Dug out some of my favourite wheels from the stash and roughed in the stance.
  19. Cool Hand
    Finally an Australian car is available in plastic. DDA the manufacturer shot some styrene through a die cast mould to produce these kits. Modular base kit which allows for 4 different versions. Still waiting for the 4th variant to arrive which is a GTS Monaro. Holden HQ Sedans.
  20. Cool Hand
    Decided on the wheels for the Hakosuka. Finished all the prep work on the body. Mould lines removed, scribed door, trunk and hood lines. Filled the holes on the front valance and smoothed it out, drilled holes in the over fenders for rivets, blocked sanded entire body and applied a good coat of surfacer. One more coat of surfacer and it should be good and ready for paint. Havent really decided on a colour, so more than likely will end up black.
  21. Cool Hand
    Yeah same old, same old with me. Black paint an slammed. Appreciate the kind words Mike, hope to see you back working on your Hako.
  22. Cool Hand
    Really enjoy building the Aoshima LB Works kits, so dug another one out of the stash and made a start. Done a bit of body prep, shaved front and rear side marker lights and script, filled the recess for the badge on the pillar, shaved the badges on the trunk, filled the rear license plate locating holes and filled the rear bumper locating holes. Also as per usual applied a check coat of 1500 black surfacer. Not a serious build, all about having some fun enjoying the process and the visual end result.
  23. Cool Hand
    Aoshima Liberty Walk Ken Mary Works Nissan Skyline complete. Not a serious build, just about maintaining skills and having fun actually getting something completed for a change. Also was a buddy build with @Sandboarder
  24. Cool Hand
    Nice wheels, stance looks spot on. Look forward to seeing the paint scheme.
  25. Cool Hand
    As always after painting I cant wait to do a paint mock up.
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