Zarana-X

Great job. I'm gettign a headache just thinking about painting that hull!

Are those girsl vinyl kits? I can't tell if they're minatures, or big kits! Your paintwork on them, and the plane is top notch!

Excellent job. The engine detail is great.

My dad is in his 70's and he has a stash of model kits he bought up in the mid '80's. Unfortunaltely he stored them in the garage, eventually getting moved to the rafters. The garage wasn't ideal, and the rafters are even worse. I rescued his hoard, from slow heat destruction, and to build some for him. I know he's not going to touch these. My goal was to try and get one built for Christmas. After opening the boxes and inspecting them for damage (a few had tires melted into windows, bodies, etc. I was expecting worse) I selected an AMT '40 Ford. These are old 3 in 1 kits with metal axles. I was trying to build a period '50's style hot rod. I didn't get it finished in time for Christmas, or his birthday... But I gave it to him on Easter. He seemed to appreciate it. At first he thought it was a die-cast and was handling it kinda ham-fistedly. I told him what I had doen, and he didn't even remember he had a stash of kits. Anyway, onto the model. I usually do models with some degree of wear and weathering. When I try to do somethign nice and clean, the odds are stacked against me. First off, the decals in old AMT kits are about as thick as deli sliced ham, and have a border big enough to cause a dispute with the neighbors. This had flame decals for the fenders, but I couldn't get them to smooth out for my life, so I ended up removing those ones, and just leaving them on the flat areas of the hood and doors. Secondly, my clearcoat wrinkled on the roof and trunklid. I used Krylon for the color and clearcoat, I think ther may have been some latent polish from when I polished the color coat. . Thirdly, when I was buffing out the wrinkles on the clear, I burnt through the paint in two spots. All of thes mistakes would be easy to hide/incorporate into a weathered build. My Dad didn't notice any of these flaws, and after a break I will start another for him, and hopefully get this one finished by Christmas. I forgot to get pic of the engine, because the hood wouldn't stay open, but here is underneath, I forgot to add the second exhausst pipe, the one is molded into the chassis.

Nice build. I've been wanting to get me one of these. Some day.

That came out beautiful! I like these cars, but I'm no expert. I'm confused about the whole Q/K/S13/S14/S15/240SX/Sileighty...

I had the Ritchie Ginther kit, and knowing firsthand how dissapointing this kit is makes your work all the more better. I don't have the patience to correct all the errors in a Revell kit, but I at least swapped those horrible wheels for ones from one of their VW Beetle kits.

Not to hijack, but here is mine with the woman rider.

I was using brake fluid with good results. Mostly because I could get used fluid for free, but I recently tried Simple Green concentrate with equal or better results. The plus side is it doesn't irritate your skin, and smells much better. It also seems to work safely on other types of plastic. I've experimented on some action figures, Lego and a few other things. Brake fluid did a number on some of them.

Awesome results!

Beautiful work. Very 70's color choice. I grew up with my parents' 1971 Celica. Great little car. I've got the Nippon Gran Prix version I need to get started on myself.

I thought this may relatively interesting to some of us here. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1511217572/undying-post-apocalyptic-zombies-film

Good job. I painted mine white.

One of the best car chases ever drawn, Lupin the 3rd: Castle of Cagliostro: http://youtu.be/oxbum3is6G0

Nice work. If you add staps to the roofrack, I would also set those gas cans upright. Other than that, well done, sir.

NIce work! I remember seeing this kit in the old Tamiya catalogs. We don't have the real ones here.

I guess I'm officially calling this Destroyer II. I've got the dash and rear console already done, as well as the body painted, and the wheels. Placing the exhaust here, I don't like the pipes sticking out of the hood.

Excellent job. Your weathering is very realistic, for a driven car. Well done, sir.

This is really sharp. Looks like a real car on a giant workbench. Well done, sir.

Since this shows no sign of stopping, I guess I will post my "new" Mad Police Destroyer here. I'll get some progress pics up soon, but here is my review, and you can see what I started with: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=69398&hl=%2Bmad+%2Bpolice

We're well into 2013, is this ongoing, or are we gonna start a new one? I've got some pics to take, anyway.

Nice work. I have one of these, and I also built one as a kid. I remember the fitment of the roof, hood panels and the trunk lid all being issues,

Tiny cars. They never sold them in the US, but I did get to see one in person, Its about the same size as the old Ford Festivas.

I tried to use it this morning, was acting wonky and kept freezing up.

Nice work. I've got a stock IMC bug glubomb to restore, but im not in a hurry as I think it's worse than the Revell '68 Beetles.