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    Drift Miata

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    13 hours ago, Dragonhawk1066 said:

    Looks good, and definitely has that Need For Speed flavor. I'm with you though, I just can't figure out that extreme camber craze, lol.

    I know in the early days of the sport, underpowered cars use to max out the rear camber to reduce the tire contact patch. This would make the car easier to drift in a corner.

    Stretched tires were a means of fitting the widest offset wheels under a car without making contact to the fender.

    Somehow, this became a fad. Looks cartoonish to me.

    Thanks to everyone for the positive feedback!

    Drift Miata

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    Posted · Edited by Intmd8r

    Another quick build.

    My son has been playing Need for Speed games lately and asked me to build him one of his favourite cars.

    He had complete influence on the design: only rule was that he had to pick parts and decals from my “parts box”. 

    The Miata, extreme camber, or the exhaust is not my style, but he’s thrilled with it. He asked that the paint be white and fade to black. I added my own influence with the zebra stripes.

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    NEED for SPEED AE86

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    Posted · Edited by Intmd8r

    This build was a painting experiment.

    Based on the Aoshima kit, I set out to create a fictional Livery, based on the video game series I played when I was younger. There’s some Ken Block influence as well.

     I painted the Skull camo design with Vallejo white, silver, gunmetal, and metallic black acrylics using some templates I made from masking tape.

     The sublime green is from Splash Paint and again, made random designs from masking tape.

    To finish it off, I plastered the body with decals that I sourced from eBay some time ago.

     I experimented with clear coats and consider that a failure. Know now which brands I’ll be using moving forward.

     The wing is from my parts box, but the kit is otherwise box stock. This isn’t as detailed as I would normally build.

    Feedback is welcomed.

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    Tor Red Dodge Superbee

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    7 hours ago, Hard_2_Handle_454 said:

    Looks great. Good color choice, and I'm not just saying that because I drive a Tor red Challenger.  The new kits have the decals for the emblems, btw. 

    I agree-the color feels appropriate for this car.

    Thanks for the heads up on the latest release. Looks like it is still missing the bench seat and steel wheels though. Guess one could look to the aftermarket to build an accurate model.

    Tor Red Dodge Superbee

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    Built this one as a “slump buster” and box stock (aside from the BMF).

    This is the Monogram kit released in the early ‘80’s in “Metal Glow Blue”.

    My experience with Monogram from this era is synonymous with lots of injection pin markings and excessive flash. This kit was no exception and I had low expectations as result.

    Besides standard prep, the only modification I made was to separate the exhaust pipes from the rear axle.

    Mopar fans will point out the incorrect parts from the 1:1 and the incomplete decal sheet. I would have liked to see the Superbee decals for the grill and deck lid emblems. I did try to paint the emblem on the grill with a sharpened end of a toothpick.

    Paint, clear and engine is by Splash Paint, the chassis and interior is a combination of AlcladII, Tamiya and dollar store acrylic paints.

    I’m happy with the results, despite the inaccuracies. Hope you like.
     

     

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