Scottnkat

This is the Revell release of the Ford GT40 MKII #98 driven at the Daytona 24 Hours race back in 1966. I think it's a repackaging of the old Fujii kit. This is a curbside kit so there's no engine. It was built box stock without anything special. It was fun.

This is the Heller release of the Bugatti T.50. When I opened the kit, I found that the body was missing. I wrote Heller and they shipped me a new body, but it arrived broken in five pieces. After a bit of bodywork, I got started on the rest of the build. That's when I noticed that the chrome tree was missing. Once again, I wrote and waited. It arrived unbroken, but the chrome was not very well done. I ended up stripping the chrome and used Alclad. The fit on alot of the parts was not exact, so it took a bit of finessing to get it together. The body is sitting all the way down on the chassis, but it still sits a bit high. The car is finally complete, but I'm not sure if I want to try another Heller car model or not. Here's the pics:\ Here's both sides of the engine With windows all around, it was tough getting a pic of the interior, but here's what I ended up with and a final picture

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Here's the 2012 Impala driven by Danica Patrick. The kit was the AMT Jeff Gordon car with a homemade nose and Powerslide decals. I made a few modifications such as adding missing roll cage bars, rear springs, modified the dash, and wired up the ignition modules. Overall I'm happy with how it came out, though there are a few things I would like to have done a little differently. and a final picture

This was the AMT kit built box-stock. I didn't change up anything on this. The kit was based on a promo. As such, it's curbside with no engine and retains the solid metal axles and one-piece chassis. It was kinda fun just having a simple build that didn't require alot of thinking or effort. All I did was add BMF and flocking to the interior. Here's the interior and a final picture

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Rex White's last ride in the top level of NASCAR was in Bud Moore's 1964 Mercury Marauder. This is the AMT kit with resin wheels and tires and a bit of scratch-building. The decals were home-made. If the 4 on the roof looks too far back, it is. The real car was the same way. Here's the interior The hood opens, but there's nothing special about it - I just didn't want it to be empty and bleh and one final picture

fantastic - beautifully done

darn pretty! thanks for sharing

Thanks, guys. Yeah, it was my first time doing that. I don't have pictures of the car so I had to do this from memory, but I don't remember that strip of body paint under the roof. I could be completely wrong and if I am, oh well. I built the car for my own benefit and just wanted to share it. If you don't like the roof, that's fine and your prerogative. I like it especially since it was my first time. Basically, thanks to everyone (well, almost everyone) for the nice comments. I decided to delete what I had actually written and I'll just leave it at thank you.

This is the AMT kit of the old first-generation Monte Carlo SS 454. I had one of these that I got from my dad when I was a teenager. I modeled the kit after my old car. The biggest change I had to do was make the vinyl top as the kit is a hardtop. This was my first time doing this, but I like how it came out. Here's the interior and here's under the hood

This is the Monogram Earnhardt Monte Carlo. I had planned on just building this straight without any extra effort, but then I realized that the kit body curved down under and the actual car had slab sides. I cut off the sides of the car and used sheet styrene to make the car sides instead. This also meant that I couldn't use the kit stripe decals, so that part was painted. It turned out to be good after all because the decals were bad and would not lay down at all. I ended up having to use a hairdryer, MicroSol, and a toothpick to get them to lay down temporarily, then covered it all in Future to seal the decals in. As it is, I decided to give up on a few of the decals and just call it good. Also, the kit was missing the chrome sprue, so everything else was made from scratch or through spare parts. As such, it's far from beautiful, but it's done. Here's the engine bay - nothing fancy, but it works and a final pic

Thank you all. I like how it came out considering what I had to start with.

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This car was made from a lot of parts I received. The body was made from two separate bodies as neither one was complete. There was no rear bumper, so I had to fashion one using putty and plastic. The interior was scratchbuilt and the wheels and tires are resin ones I had in my parts box. The windows were cut from sheet styrene. The decals are from Powerslide. It's curbside without an engine, but overall I'm happy with how it came out considering that not even the body was whole. and one final picture:

This car was made from a lot of parts I received. The body was made from two separate bodies as neither one was complete. There was no rear bumper, front bumper, or grill. These came as resin "seconds" so they needed work and I used putty to try and fix them. The hood was made from a cut up spare hood, sheet styrene, and putty. The interior was scratchbuilt and the wheels and tires are ones I cast in resin. The window glass was cut from clear sheet styrene. The decals are a combination of a set I got from from eBay and ones I made myself. I lightly weathered this just a bit. It ain't the prettiest car, but I am happy with how it turned out compared to what I started with. and a final pic:

This is the Testor's kit of the Pantera GTS. My son decided on the colors (black with gold wheels) and the interior colors (grey with red trim). The only thing I changed was the front spoiler. I didn't like the square cut front edge of the kit body, so I rounded it off. Also, it was missing the front axles, so I made some with styrene rod. The rest is box-stock. It's a curbside kit so there is no engine detail at all. and a final pic:

Thank you, everyone. It was a fun little diversion while I was working on other things.

This was built from the Model King re-release of the Hurst Hemi Under Glass. It's a pretty simple kit without alot of parts. I used Slixx decals instead of the kit decals and I wired the engine. This was also my first time trying to do a fading paint job. Here's a couple of pics of the engine: The decals came with the sponsors for under the car as well. Unfortunately, in order for this to fit, it would have to connect to the front springs, which would be a little unrealistic. I figured I would use this as a small advertising sign for the car instead. And what good would a wheel-stander be without a picture of it doing a wheelie?

I havn't done Lorenzen's car yet, though it is on my "to do" list - thanks

Thanks, guys - I appreciate it. The color was my daughter's choice but I thought it might look good so I went with it.

This is the AMT Lamborghini Diablo kit. I built it straight from the box. The only changes I did were to add flocking to the interior and opened up the vents below the windshield. It was kinda fun to do a model without any extra effort that I honestly didn't really care for - it took all the pressure off trying to make it perfect. The kit is not that great but if you see one at a flea market then it might be a good buy. Anyway, hope you enjoy it. The engine compartment and a final pic

thanks, guys jwrass, the only time I know of that he ran this scheme was Riverside. I don't know of any other time he had a car like this.

Thank you, slusher