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This build is a special one to me as its inspired and my interpretation of local car that was one of my favourites back in day during the late 90's. And its the reason I like Holden HQ sedans. I only manage to get one picture of it from a local event. My memory of it is pretty vague, but il never forget how it did sound and look. The engine was a fully worked 350 Chev with a Jackson Gear drive, big stall convertor and 4:11 gears. If you know you know. So its absolutely great to have DDA Collectibles manufacturing the Holden HQ's as plastic kits. Ever since the kit was released ive had the idea for this build. Just took time for all the pieces of puzzle to align and fall into place before I was ready to make it a reality. After using this colour on another build, I knew it was going to be perfect for the HQ. I remember the interior being black, and it having a mega shifter so I sourced something similar from Texas 3D Customs . I dont like the front vinyl seats that come with the kit. So I got a file from Black Box and 3D printed new front seats. Mr Finishing Surfacer 1500 black was the perfect solution for the look of black vinyl upholstery and the floor carpet is Tamiya XF-1 flat black. Had to modify the transmission tunnel to clear the aftermarket transmission. That can be seen in my Lead City Customs build thread I 3D printed the steering wheel, the file was from Black Box. Main feature of the 1:1 car is the wheels. They were Dragway Pro Wheels but there is none available in scale. So similar wheels that I have always liked are Weld Racing Draglites so I sourced them and the BFG T/A tyres from Morries Kustoms and I 3D printed. Wheels are painted with SMS paints Hyper Chrome Cold Tone. Headlight surrounds, bumpers, wipers, door handles, side mirrors, rear vision mirror and exhaust tips were all painted with SMS paints Hyper Chrome Dark Tone. BMF for trim and grill surround trim. The kit has the Holden 308 engine, so that was replaced with a 350 SBC which was sourced from Texas 3D Customs. But the air cleaner supplied with that engine was too tall for the engine bay, so I replaced with one I found in my parts stash, no idea what its from. Had to do a lot of cutting, modifying and build a new fire wall to fit the aftermarket engine. That can be seen in my Lead City Customs build thread Air filter and valve covers painted with SMS Hyper Chrome Dark Tone I 3D printed the distributor and coil. And finally with typical rev-head bogan behavior, have to put the stockies/steelies on to do some burnout outs. Cant afford to be shredding BFG T/A's 😄

Hey Everyone, My latest completion. Body kit by texas3dcustoms (designed by BlackBox STL), engine, outside mirrors, by Iceman Collections, wheels by JaysResinWheels1948. Base kit is the Revell 69 Camaro Z/28 RS kit. Paint is Tamiya TS-21 Gold for the base, and wheels, TS-39 Mica Red, and TS-13 Gloss Clear. Polished with Tamiya compounds and wax. Fun, challenging build, very pleased with the results. Cheers

Hi All, My first post in a very long time. This is my build of the Tamiya VW Beetle, with the excellent Texas 3D Customs wide body kit (designed by BlackBoxSTL). Done as a curbside. Scratch built a partial roll cage, for all that you can see of it. Added Porsche seats, headlights, and outside mirrors. Paint is Testors Color Shift Emerald Turquoise with Tamiya TS-13 clear, Tamiya TS-40 Metallic Black, and Testors Extreme Lacquer Bronze. Wheels/tires are from Aoshima, as are the decals on the windows. Disc brakes came with the wide body kit. Exhaust tips are 1/8" aluminum tubing painted Tamiya TS-40. Very well designed, and printed, conversion kit. Thank for looking, Mathias