My Class of 2021

[TimKustom]

Had one of the more productive model-building years, for me at least. Doing a few articles to help the reboot of Model Cars magazine contributed to that a bit.

This McLaren Senna was the first full buildup I’ve done. It was featured in MCM 210 “Seven Days to Senna”.

I followed that one up with another self-imposed time limit build. This Unreal Roller was built in 24 hours. Featured in MCM 211 “Unreal Reissue."

I also did a restoration job on this Revell ’41 Willys that came out of a collection of vintage models I acquired. It was also featured in MCM 211

And a sneak peek at what’s coming in the next issue. A buildup/review of the reissued Atlantis Mooneyes Dragster. Fun kit.

In addition to those, I still have my personal projects.

The first one completed is this 1965 Galaxie based on the recent AMT Jolly Green Gasser reissue. This one is special to me because my dad built the original issue Jolly Green Gasser in 1968. Seen in the background. That's all I have left of it since it saw many afternoons of playtime when I was very young, many of the parts made it to other models during my youth. I made a few changes to my new version but wanted it to have the same vibe as I remember in the original.

The next one started out as an AMT 1961 Comet that I call “AstroRod”. It’s customized a bit and uses parts only available in 1964 or earlier. 

Finally, another restoration. This one of my favorite models I’ve built, originally completed in 2009. Unfortunately it had an accident a few years ago shearing off a rear wheel and snapping the trunk hinge from the inside of the body. It originally had a matte finish that wasn’t holding up all that well, now its repaired with a fresh gloss pearl white finish.

I had one more I was really trying to finish. It’s so close, but I didn’t want to rush it just for 2021. Hopefully it kicks off a new year of cool builds.

Happy New Year, Hope you enjoy the pix.

[Can-Con]

Some pretty cool and very creative builds there Tim. ?

[Bullybeef]

The “Astro Rod” and that Vette are so cool! 

[bbowser]

Beautiful work!  Love the Galaxie re-do, cool story about your dad.

[Bills72sj]

Very creative builds.

[slusher]

Beautiful models!