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Just finished this one up today. Moebius kit with Texas 3D Customs engine, Jays Resin Wheels, steering wheel and shifter by VCG Resins, slightly lowered. Color is Tamiya TS-58, with TS-13 clear. Gold accents are Tamiya X-32 Titanium Gold. Interior color is Tamiya LP-18 Dull Red. Cheers 😉

With everyone recently building the popular S&H Torino, thinking I need to build one of these too, picked one up last week and thought about how awesome everyone's Torino's came out, except they all look the same. I get it, it's a tribute build, but what if the Starsky and Hutch TV show was today in 2016? I thought about keeping the same theme of their car but give it an updated appearance, RESTOMOD style! Honestly I never liked the 74 Torino with the big chrome bumpers and guards, just looked ugly to me. Also never cared for that out-of-balanced design of a "stripe" even as a kid, I didn't think the stripe looked good or worked with the lines of the Torino. So here's my rendition of what maybe a revamped S&H Torino would look like in today's TV show. 1) I did some major mods to the bumpers, removed the ugly guards, shortened and brought them closer to the body and color matched with the body. 2) Redesigned the stripe design to better flow with the lines of the car. 3) Wheels are a modern 20" 5-slot design staggered set up I'm customizing and lower stance. Love this new Tamiya for curves tape! Best lines ever and zero bleeding... Of course I always spray a light coat of clear before color after taping to minimize color bleed. Colors and Paint: Duplicolor Electron Current Red Pearl Metallic with Tamiya white primer base and Tamiya TS-25 White Pearl stripes. Four coats of Duplicolor clear over all of it, then wet-sanded 1500 > 2000 > 3000 then four coats of Model Masters Wet Clear and those will be wet-sanded from 2000 > 12000 and polished. I'll post finished polished pictures later. UPDATE 6/30 Need opinion on chrome Since I "de-chromed" and modified the front and rear bumpers, the question is should I "de-chrome" the grill, headlight bezels and the taillight bezel? Options: 1) tint them with Tamiya Clear black 2) paint them Black 3) paint them dark gray 4) paint them body color Also, window and rocker trim, BMF chrome or black? What's your opinion?

started on a revell / monogram 1969 dodge charger r/t .. the plan is to do it a bit like the restomods .. i will use the kit engine and leave that stock .. but the idea is to build it as close to stock body wise but change a few things so it will have that more modern feel without anything sticking out weird build plan it looks like they want you to put the taillights against the back but imo they need to sit like this from behind .. first i flattened the whole bottom of the rear bumper so the bottom line is straight then sanded of the chrome .. not bothered to dechrome because i will sand a lot of material of the rear bumper anyway and reshape it because i wanted flush seems and the seem below the bumper is very wide on a real dodge i placed it against the bottom .. that way the recess for the lisense plate on the bumper met up with the ongoing recess in the bottom splash pan ... the made it all flat so the bumper was flush with the splash pan and didnt stick out the sides , platicwelded some styrene on the top rough bondo a example > i want mine to have much rounder lines but the idea is something similair