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G’day all, I recently finished this build of a car l owned in the 80’s. The HQ series of Holdens built from 71-74, were the main GM brand here in Australia with the Kingswood being the volume seller of the range. They sold well and by the mid 80’s were plentiful on the used car market and were snapped up by young guys for modifying and customising. I bought this one in ‘84, the deep offset wheels were already on it. I lowered it, put a floor shift in and as she was running the inline 6, had plans for a 350 V8 and 4 speed but never got around to it, I lost interest and sold it for something else. I had some good times in that old Holden and was sorry to hear some years later that it was written off in a smash. But, it lives on in 1/24 scale.As always, any comments, the good, the bad and the ugly are welcome. Thanks for looking. Cheers, Stuart.👍🏻

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?😄