oldcarfan Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 It's been a year of changes what with semi-retiring, and health issues. I did manage to get a workspace built, and found most of my modeling supplies and got them stowed away. Considering this was the hottest summer on record here in Texas, going out to the shop was all too often out of the question, even with the A/C going. Most of my shop time went to actually building the workspace. Then I got distracted by finding and shelving the unbuilt model kits I'd packed away after the last two moves. Oh, and I found six big boxes of unbuilt kits in my in-laws attic that I forgot I had. Anyway, here are the kits I managed to build this year. The first was Revell's Honda Civic kit which I built without the body kit. That kit didn't feel like it should be either Fast or Furious. The only real change was to add a set of custom wheels that weren't quite as low profile as the kit offerings. It's a nice kit that could use a reissue with more stock parts! The second completion was one of Monogram's old Porsche 911 Carrera kits. This kit is a curbside, low detail kit, but it allowed me a chance to let my imagination free to convert it to a Safari version featuring some scratch-built parts and some tires from an old Ford Ranger kit. This is a simple kit but I loved building them as a kid and had several. Finally, I came across an old ESCI Countach kit that I bought a long time ago. It's not a good kit, it made me think of some of AMT's old bad 70s kits. Still, I finished it in Cannonball style with the wings and driving lights. 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbowser Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 Well done. Here's to better health in the new year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ismaelg Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 Nice trio. Having a proper workspace is an investment. I see some cool projects in that stash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 Nice builds! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooOld Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 Been there done that . . . but three is a good number ! Great job Gary ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 Great looking builds. Looks like you have plenty of interesting builds awaiting on the shelves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phildaupho Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 Love the photos of your stash and your Porsche Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan Dan Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 Those are nice! Looking forward to more next year. Merry Christmas to you and yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosferatu Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 Very nice! I love the Porsche SUV! I have never seen one. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 Very nice builds! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcarfan Posted December 24, 2023 Author Share Posted December 24, 2023 56 minutes ago, Nosferatu said: Very nice! I love the Porsche SUV! I have never seen one. Dave Several companies have popped up that convert old 911s and 944s into safari style cars. They are a fun model project to work on. I googled Porsche Safari and all sorts of cool ideas came up. https://www.motortrend.com/features/1808-luftauto002-the-safari-porsche-911/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippi Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 Boy those look nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonhawk1066 Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 Nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keef Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 Love that Porsche! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcarfan Posted December 25, 2023 Author Share Posted December 25, 2023 6 hours ago, Phildaupho said: 20 hours ago, bbowser said: Well done. Here's to better health in the new year! Thanks for the best wishes! I hope for better health, getting stronger every day. I found out that three heat strokes in a week are not healthy. It took a lot of tests for the docs to decide it wasn't a heart attack, but I still came out of it shaky even in moderate heat. At the same time, my dad was in the end stages of Alzheimer's and lost his fight last week. Here's to a better new year for all of us! 20 hours ago, ismaelg said: Nice trio. Having a proper workspace is an investment. I see some cool projects in that stash. That's not all of them, but the rest are still being dug out of storage. I've been collecting more than building for several years. I used to haunt HL on their clearance days, so I also have a pretty big collection of American kits, but my interests for a while have gone towards Japanese and Euro cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcarfan Posted December 25, 2023 Author Share Posted December 25, 2023 An apology for the misleading title, it was three, not two, builds. Chalk it up to miscounting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THarrison351 Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 They look great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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