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Careful...you could poke an eye out

The type face and color chart certainly look like Fujimi. Is this a new company?

Very creative!! Love the uniqueness and it was executed very well

Does anyone know if the Revell 288 GTO kit a Fujimi enthusiast rebox?

I love the license plate! One of my work colleagues use to drive one of these, and while in truth it;s actually a very good car, we made endless fun of him for driving a "girl's car."

Awesome example of one the greatest American racing cars!!

Great job!!!

No problem!! This is a pretty common and easy kit, just knock one out. Feels good to finish kits, even if they aren't perfect. I think this kit comes as the Ramchargers (white and red stripes), Color Me Gone (blue and white) and Maverick (black and yellow). This kit represents the Ramchargers, but curiously has the wrong numbers on the rear panel. It should be "1053" but on the decal sheet comes as "1503." I simply cut the numbers apart. I haven't seen any photos of the real car other than the 1053 number. Thanks for the complements, guys!

You gotta be pretty brave to let a guy named "Crash" take you up to 150!!

Very nice kit, went together well, built as a curbside.

Very smooth looking clearcoat, really makes the base pop. Did you use a 2 part clear urethane?

Awesome job, great replica of what I consider the coolest police car ever made!

Fantastic work! Thanks for sharing the details, they really help in seeing how much effort went into this. Congratulations, a very accurate and unique Corvette!

Coming along very nicely, you don't see a lot these kits completed. Looking forward to the finished product. It looks like you are getting a lot of splatter and dark spots on your test spoons - is the paint being thoroughly mixed? Spraying at about 25 PSI? Just make sure to test again on the spoons before spraying the paint onto the body.

Nice job on the trio, there is a lot of history in these cars. I hope to eventually replicate this trio as well (I'm 1/3 so far). MPC did put out a GT40 Mark IV that is a decent replica of the body, and did include a basic engine as well. It pops up on the auction sites every once in a while. Does the pink mask on the front of the 3rd place car remind anyone else of a bra? I always think that when I see the car.

Nice job, fun to see the different generations. Sometimes just getting a car off the "shelf of doom" can start a streak of completing some more projects. Hopefully that will be the case with you soon!

It comes with masks (I am also working on this model, which is a re-popped R34 with an additional front end and wheels, and a slighlty different body (the front fenders come up to a point that rises above the leading edge of the door, unlike the smooth junction of the regular R34, the hood has vents).

Thanks for the feedback, guys. Compliments or critiques are welcome.

I am a huge Mopar fan, as are many others, but the 1970 Dodge Challenger is not one of my favorite body styles. I decided to play with this Revell kit a bit. I lowered the stance and blackened all the chromed parts. The side decal was damaged, so I printed my own at home.

I agree with the first one being the best, and I think the 3rd is the worst. We definitely got our money's worth from the DVDs, as each of my boys watched them over and over. I just would have done the movies a bit different. They're not terrible, but there are funnier animated movies out there. I guess I'll just stick to documentaries and surfing the net to get my car fixes.

Being a car guy, but not much of a movie guy, I was dragged by my young sons to see Cars 3 at the theater. We own the first 2 movies on blu ray, and have spent probably several hundred dollars on Cars-related merchandise. Being a Pixar film, I find this series lackluster compared to their other offerings. Does anyone else find these movies slightly bland, and full of unrealized potential for so much more car-related stuff?? Whenever I watch them, I always think about all the lost potential for acknowledging the history of cars, the race cars, drivers, inventors, as well as so much lost opportunity for inside jokes or easter eggs for older car lovers to look for in the films. Thoughts?

Guys, Good effort in the builds, this is very difficult to do in 24 hours, even with a curbside kit. I have seen other sites allow painting to be done first, and then start the assembly at the start of the race. I have seen my own builds languish on the bench for months (and sometimes years) so getting a model done in 24 hours is pretty ambitious. Would still like to see the completed models, someday...

This is an example of a shadow box that Samuel S is eventually going to complete (this one is a Tamiya Lexus LFA, built by Tamiya for sale in the Toyota store for only US $818)

The 1:1 car The Porsche 936 was the successor to the Porsche 917, the car that finally established Porsche as an overall winner and force at the 24 hours of Le Mans. Porsche only made 3 examples of the 936. While turbo charging was not new, the 936 featured an intercooler, which had never been done before in a race car. The main issue with the turbocharged engine was cooling, thus the prominent airscoop above the driver. The 936 won both the 1976 and 1977 24 Hours of Le Mans. However, 1978 saw the Porsche 936 finish in 2nd place, and the three 936 racecars were "retired" after 1979. By 1981, there were several rules changes coming for 1982, and manufacturers of the cars for the top-flight Group 6 saw little value in constructing a new car that would soon be obsolete. Porsche had been working on an engine for Indy car competition. After a hasty decision, the engineers retrofitted that engine to a now-unretired 936 chassis pulled from the Porsche museum. With slight changes to the body, the Porsche 936/81 squeezed out one more victory for Porsche racing by winning the 1981 24 Hours of Le Mans. The engine from this car (a 24-valve quadruple cam twin-turbo 6 cylinder that was both air- and water-cooled) would go on to anchor the juggernaut Porsche 956/962 race cars, the most successful racing cars in Le Mans history. The Kit The Tamiya Porsche 936 kit represents the 1979 Martini version, which did not win Le Mans. The kit is typical early-Japanese style, and includes a motor. The simple cockpit and driver cannot be displayed if the motor and batteries are present. The wheels steer, and there is a curbside imprint of an engine on the bottom of the chassis. The twin-turbos and intercooler are represented, however. Care must be taken to get the rear wing supports to stand straight up. I used aftermarket decals featuring the "Jules" cologne livery to depict the 1981 winner. The decals I used are not quite accurate in the number and sizes of the logos. Frankly, a set of decals could easily be made at home from a single "Jules" logo resized and printed on clear decal paper. The body of the 1981 version does have some slight differences from the 1979 depiction. A completely accurate version of the 1981 car based from this kit would require different wheels and some modifications to the nose length and vents. The Porsche 936 race car is, in my opinion, one of the uglier cars to win the 24 hours of Le Mans, succeeding in 1976, 1977, and 1981. The even uglier Alpine A442B, winner of the 1978 24 Hour of Le Mans, is strikingly similar in layout and shape. Despite its looks, the Porsche 936 it is a bona fide member of the exclusive club of 24 Hours of Le Mans winners. The model is simple but fits together well, and if you are as much of a fan of Le Mans-winning cars as I am, this kit belongs in your collection.

Great job! You got the wheels correct - dull silver center and chrome outer ring. Great attention to detail!