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Recently I was looking for something else in a drawer and discovered an old photo of a car I had back in around 1984-85. Looking at it bought back a few memories, enough to make me want to try and replicate it in model form as I knew that Aussie kit maker DDA Collectables had released it in kit form. Inspired by other forum members who have built models of their old cars, l set out to create it.The car. A 74 HQ Holden. I had it sitting pretty low and had a set of Centerline style wheels on it. It was only a 6 cylinder, l had plans for fitting a 350 Chev small block in it but I lost interest and sold it to buy the first of several Toranas I would own, another popular Aussie car.The kit.The wheels.Started cleaning up the body. Used some evergreen strip for the stainless trim that separates the white roof from the body colour. These DDA kits are different from say, Revell or Tamiya, l’m lead to believe they are based on their earlier die cast releases and aren’t as detailed, however, I am happy to have a kit of an Australian car. I’m looking forward to building it, although, I already have the Revell 71 Olds 442, the 56 Chevy Del Ray and the 62 Chevy Impala in various states of build. What was that saying about biting off more than you can chew?😄