Kmb0319 Posted January 4, 2017 Posted January 4, 2017 Well, it was one heck of a year... overall, I'm glad this one is over. A lot of great things are coming out of it, but it was a year of major change, which made it a rough one. The biggest and best change was our relocation. After 9 1/2 years in Birmingham, AL, we relocated back to our original home, St. Louis, MO. It's wonderful to be back... we had to live in two different temporary houses while the renovations in our new house were being completed and it ended up costing way more than planned, but it was completely worth it, especially to have the Holidays with family again. As for builds, it was a very productive and fun year, with a big gap from May - July. All in all, I got 14 kits done. Most were my usual classic muscle cars, but I also stepped into a few modern builds, building my first Fujimi kit and a couple of Revell Germany cars. I think I learned some good things and got some of my best work done. I thought I would have 1-2 more for the album, as I went into the Holidays with time off and 2 kits nearing completion, but they aren't quite done, so this is it. Hope you enjoy. Happy 2017... blessings to all in the new year!! 2016 started with my rendition of my wife's all-time favorite car, the Better Off Dead Camaro (I WANT MY TWO DOLLARS) Then I moved on to the Revell 72 Cutlass 442 Revell COPO Camaro Then back to the Revell 67 Camaro, this time my way: Tahoe turquoise, white interior, standard grill, bare rally wheels AMT 67 Shelby GT350 (I took the Goodyear decals off of the tires after this pic) Revell 69 Shelby GT 500 Convertible for a friend 67 GTX Hemi 68 Dart 440 MOVE TO MO... AMT 71 Charger Moebius 65 Belvedere Revell Ferrari California RoG Audi R8 AMT 69 Cougar (my first vinyl top) Revell 427 Cobra And finally, the Fujimi Ferrari F12
Miatatom Posted January 4, 2017 Posted January 4, 2017 A great effort especially with the move. I'm ashamed at my lack of progress but I'm getting back to it. One of my future projects is a 67 GTX. What color did you use?
donb Posted January 4, 2017 Posted January 4, 2017 Nice work Kevin. You had a very good year all around!
Kmb0319 Posted January 4, 2017 Author Posted January 4, 2017 A great effort especially with the move. I'm ashamed at my lack of progress but I'm getting back to it. One of my future projects is a 67 GTX. What color did you use? Well, funny you should ask... when I posted this Under Glass, I called it "the new Christine," because this particular model was possessed. I first painted it the same dark blue you see on the 67 Shelby Mustang. (my fault on this one, as I was going to go dark green on the Shelby and blue on the GTX, but when I saw the blue, I decided to reverse them) So, I then painted it with the dark jewel green. That green is just one of those paints that goes on perfectly... but it refused to settle on the GTX body. I stripped it twice, repainted, couldn't get a good finish. I gave up on the green, and got an idea... with the chrome piece separating the body and roof molded in, I thought silver with a black painted roof and a red interior would look great. More problems: First, even though I used the supposedly infallible Tamiya TS-14 black, the roof looked bad. After lots of wet sanding and laying 4 coats down, I was finally happy with the roof paint, only to spray some clearcoat and have the whole body curdle. Stripped it again. In the meantime, I was working on the red interior, and the floor/carpet refused to cover. By the time I finally had coverage, the paint was far too heavy and looked terrible. (keep in mind, these were paints I had used on multiple other kits and never had any of these issues) SO, I trashed the whole thing again and started over. During this, pieces went missing constantly, and all kinds of other problems kept coming up on this build. It's an AWESOME kit... you will really enjoy building it... I couldn't believe all of the problems that cropped up on such a great kit, but they had nothing to do with the overall model. In the end, the color that is on the finished build is a Duplicolor paint called Dark Toreador Red. Sorry for the rambling answer.
bbowser Posted January 5, 2017 Posted January 5, 2017 What a great year. My favorite is the turquoise Camaro, but they're all outstanding. Congrats on your successful relocate.
D. Battista Posted January 5, 2017 Posted January 5, 2017 A great collection of very nice builds .... !!!!Good job on all... Being a Mustang and Cobra fan I like those for sure ... I really like the turquoise '67 Camaro..!!
High octane Posted January 5, 2017 Posted January 5, 2017 They're all nice builds Kevin, but somehow I just love dem Mopars!
Darbo Posted January 5, 2017 Posted January 5, 2017 Sounds and looks like a great year for Kevin, great builds!
DumpyDan Posted January 5, 2017 Posted January 5, 2017 Great looking you have had a great year for building and a extended moves.......Well done
Belugawrx Posted January 6, 2017 Posted January 6, 2017 They all look Great Kevin!I feel your pain with the paint issues
Reeves Racing Posted January 6, 2017 Posted January 6, 2017 All your stuff is great. That BOD Camaro is the best though.
Miatatom Posted January 13, 2017 Posted January 13, 2017 In the end, the color that is on the finished build is a Duplicolor paint called Dark Toreador Red. Sorry for the rambling answer. My plan is to build it like one that one of my best friends owned and then give it to his son. It was my friends favorite car he ever owned. That Big 440 was fast. Yes, I've got a 440 to put in the model.
Kmb0319 Posted January 13, 2017 Author Posted January 13, 2017 My plan is to build it like one that one of my best friends owned and then give it to his son. It was my friends favorite car he ever owned. That Big 440 was fast. Yes, I've got a 440 to put in the model.SWEET!!! I just built my first model for someone else that was actually their car. I've built a couple for friends who said it was their favorite car that they'd always wanted, but it was much different to build a replica of someone's actual car they loved. Mine was extremely similar... my friend asked if I could build it because it was his dad's car, and his dad still talks about that car 40+ yrs later. I can't wait to see your build posted!!!
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