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e30lover

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Hi everyone,

My hobby started with 1/24 Tamiya motorized kit when I was about six or seven (mid 90s). Since then I pretty much played with all cars in scale, such as Tamiya Mini 4WD, 1/12 RC, Tomica 1/64. I was born and raised in Korea so Japanese toys were very easy to get at cheap price. 

After moving to Toronto and during the university years, I discovered Italianhorses.net and built bunch of 1/24s(mainly 1/24 sport cars from Tamiya and Fujimi) looking at Alex Kustov's tutorials. 

Then I stopped making them for about 10 years because I was so focused on my 1:1 car - which  I still have it after all these years  (91' BMW E30) and life got really busy.

Now that I'm working from home, things are a bit more manageable and I recently started building all the kits that I bought back in 2008/2009, and that's when I stumbled upon this forum after searching for Alex Kustov's more recent works, spending hours looking through amazing works from all of you!

Here are some of 1/24s that I built between 2009-2010, and I'll soon share out couple of projects that I built recently.



 

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17 hours ago, e30lover said:

Hi everyone,

My hobby started with 1/24 Tamiya motorized kit when I was about six or seven (mid 90s). Since then I pretty much played with all cars in scale, such as Tamiya Mini 4WD, 1/12 RC, Tomica 1/64. I was born and raised in Korea so Japanese toys were very easy to get at cheap price. 

After moving to Toronto and during the university years, I discovered Italianhorses.net and built bunch of 1/24s(mainly 1/24 sport cars from Tamiya and Fujimi) looking at Alex Kustov's tutorials. 

Then I stopped making them for about 10 years because I was so focused on my 1:1 car - which  I still have it after all these years  (91' BMW E30) and life got really busy.

Now that I'm working from home, things are a bit more manageable and I recently started building all the kits that I bought back in 2008/2009, and that's when I stumbled upon this forum after searching for Alex Kustov's more recent works, spending hours looking through amazing works from all of you!

Here are some of 1/24s that I built between 2009-2010, and I'll soon share out couple of projects that I built recently.



 

1918669_343592045485_5177459_n.jpg

1918669_343588920485_719388_n.jpg

1918669_343592795485_6082704_n.jpg

1918669_343593415485_6442427_n.jpg

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Outstanding paint skills on display in these photos. Thanks for sharing.

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On 9/11/2020 at 1:19 AM, eldiablo78 said:

Welcome Chang

Thank you! 

On 9/11/2020 at 4:56 AM, PappyD340 said:

Welcome to the forum Chang, those are some great looking models!

Appreciate it! 

On 9/11/2020 at 5:40 AM, doorsovdoon said:

Nice work, Chang. That Honda S is beautiful. 

One of my favorite Tamiya kits!

On 9/11/2020 at 6:07 AM, afx said:

Welcome Chang.

Thank you!

On 9/11/2020 at 5:42 PM, misterNNL said:

Outstanding paint skills on display in these photos. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you!

On 9/12/2020 at 6:01 AM, GeeBee said:

Welcome aboard, those are some real nice models you've built there.

Appreciate it!

On 9/12/2020 at 7:28 AM, Howard Cohen said:

Great selection of cars. There are a few clubs in Toronto that may interest you and one model car club...   WWW.GROUP25.ORG 

Thank you - I'll check it out!

On 9/12/2020 at 11:11 AM, oldscool said:

Nice work and welcome to the asylum.

Thank you! Gotta say it's a very addicting hobby.

On 9/12/2020 at 11:43 AM, Ramfins59 said:

Welcome to our plastic playground Chang.

Thank you!

On 9/14/2020 at 2:21 AM, slusher said:

Welcome to the forum!   Beautiful models!

Appreciated! 

On 9/14/2020 at 2:42 AM, Bills72sj said:

Welcome. Very nice builds you have.

Thank you!

On 9/19/2020 at 9:58 PM, AmericanMuscleFan said:

Welcome on board Chang!   All your models are very nicely done and your paint jobs are simply awesome!   We hope to see more of your build soon!

Thanks! The credit goes to Alex Kustov's awesome tutorials! 

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I'm building a 500 SL like you built to match my 1990 that I still own. It's still a WIP because my real car is in storage and my goal is to have it as detailed and accurate as possible. So far...spacer.pngand also the real car. Also modeled and 3d printed the tires and rims to correct scale.

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On 10/3/2020 at 11:56 PM, 1930fordpickup said:

Welcome aboard Chang. All of your models look nice. 

Thank you!

On 11/29/2020 at 2:02 AM, Wylde said:

I'm building a 500 SL like you built to match my 1990 that I still own. It's still a WIP because my real car is in storage and my goal is to have it as detailed and accurate as possible. So far...spacer.pngand also the real car. Also modeled and 3d printed the tires and rims to correct scale.

Awesome  job on those tires and rims there! Looking forward to see it all coming together.

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