Hyundai: Then and Now

[StanGlover]

Here’s my build of Academy’s 1975 Hyundai Pony. My daily driver is a 2020 Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid, so when I discovered this kit I absolutely had to paint it to match my 1:1 car! The kit is designed to assemble without any painting so I left everything but the body and seats/door cards in bare plastic. I did zero prep work to the body, just a coat of Tamiya Fine gray primer and two coats of TS-13 Gloss Aluminum. Seats and door cards are just Tamiya Fine Gray primer. This was a super fun quick build, everything fit perfectly with zero flash or fiddling. Hyundai sure has come a long way in the past 45+ years!

[StanGlover]

Before I chucked the box, I ran it through Google Translate. Pretty cool technology!

[Zippi]

Pretty kewl looking little ride.  Where is Unda the retro girl figure?

[StanGlover]

1 hour ago, Zippi said:

Pretty kewl looking little ride.  Where is Unda the retro girl figure?

Haha she is in the parts box not assembled. Figurines not really my thing, but if I ever do a diorama I’ll add her to it. 

[slusher]

Very nice little classic….

[ewetwo]

Nice work on all of them.

 

[Spottedlaurel]

Great to see another one built, despite you saying it was a just a quick build it still looks really good.

Certainly eye-opening to see where Hyundai have got to since the Pony!

[happy grumpy]

how things change in 40 years. A nice rendition of a significant car albeit a modest one

[kruleworld]

nicely built. all you need now is a kit of the Ionic (if they ever do one). 

I did a model of my own Hyundai

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Edited October 19, 2021 by kruleworld