My builds for 2023

[David G.]

Hello Everybody!

Here are the builds that I was able to complete in 2023. It was a challenging year on a number of different levels so I'm glad that I was able to get as much done as I did.

First for the year is Bandai CielNova in Black. I picked this ki intent on challenging myself with some building diversity. Don't get me wrong. I enjoy building cars, but I also enjoy Science Fiction and Fantasy. Most of all, I enjoy building. And although I may branch out from time to time and build something else, I will continue building Model Cars, Mostly. I started this one January 11, 2023 and completed it  February 1st in 12.5 hours.

 

I also made a custom decal to place on it. It's a little design I painted on one of my old cars many years ago. It's a sort of Mech Warrior clan badge.

 

 

Next is the Fugimi Lamborghini Countache 5000 qv kit by Fujimi. I've always wanted to build one of these. Well, it's more accurate to say that I've always wanted to own one of these cars but since that that is unlikely to happen, I'll have to settle for building and owning a model of one. I started 09/07/2022, Finished 05/19/2023 with 72.5 hours.

 

This was a rather fiddly kit. One of the biggest challenges I had was the operable doors. I did get them to work but I just couldn't them to close quite right.

 

The tail lights started as clear castings. I masked and painted the various colors for the multiple lenses myself.

 

 

 

The third one for the year is 1981 1:32 scale AMT "Fast 111's" Corvette restoration. It had been a while since I did a model car restoration and I had this one in my stash so I decided to give it a go. Renovation commenced on February 12th 2023, and wrapped up April 19, 2023 with 34.5 hours worked.

Before:

 

 

After:

 

I even made a little desk=top display case for it from a candy box.

 

 

My fourth build for 2023 is the 1970 Plymouth Superbird, the second in a planned series of three. My goal is to build three of the iconic Chrysler muscle cars, a Dodge Charger, a Plymouth Roadrunner and a Plymouth Barracuda. Each in one of the High Impact Paint (HIP) colors that were offered by Chrysler between 1969 and 1972. So far I've built a 1970 Charger in Green Go / Sassy Grass green and this Plymouth Roadrunner in Go Mango / Vitamin C.  Finally, I have my eye on Revell's 1970 Barracuda which I plan to paint in Panther Pink. 

 

 

I started the Roadrunner on April 19 and Completed it on November 20 of this year with 45.5 hours invested.

 

 

Finally is the 1962 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud II. I started April 26 and completed it December 9 with 46 hours worked. Though a very simple kit by all accounts, it was one of the more challenging kits I've built. The base kit is more than sixty years old and the molds are more than showing their age. This one required quite a bit of work to smooth out the messes caused by the misaligned molds. I'm glad I stuck with it.

 

 

As always, thanks for taking the time to look and please feel free to share any thoughts.

Wishing you all a happy and prosperous 2024.

David G.

[Zippi]

Nice group of builds for 2023 David.  

[Slotto]

Great collection 

[PappyD340]

Very nice group!

[bbowser]

Well done, great save on the 'vette.

[ismaelg]

Very nice! Of course my favorite is the Corvette, which I am now looking for after seeing yours when you posted it. But the Countach and the Rolls also caught my eye. They are all very nice!

[Phildaupho]

You had an interesting year at your bench with a wide variety of builds

[Claude Thibodeau]

Hi David!

A very nice and eclectic mix. Bravo!

CT

[ChrisR]

Cool builds!

[atomicholiday]

Awesome stuff!  Looks like you had a good year.?

[spencer1984]

Nice clean work on these, really like that Lambo!

[Dragonhawk1066]

Verynice work!

[XYHARRY]

Very nice builds there David, well done.

Cheers, 

David. ??

[David G.]

On 12/31/2023 at 4:54 AM, Zippi said:

Nice group of builds for 2023 David.  

Thank you Bob.

23 hours ago, Slotto said:

Great collection 

Thanks Steve

23 hours ago, PappyD340 said:

Very nice group!

Thank you Larry.

21 hours ago, bbowser said:

Well done, great save on the 'vette.

Thanks Bruce, I'm glad you like it.

20 hours ago, ismaelg said:

Very nice! Of course my favorite is the Corvette, which I am now looking for after seeing yours when you posted it. But the Countach and the Rolls also caught my eye. They are all very nice!

Thank you Ismael. The Corvettes are still out there, best of luck finding one.

19 hours ago, Phildaupho said:

You had an interesting year at your bench with a wide variety of builds

Thank you Phil. I do like building a variety of subjects to keep things interesting.

19 hours ago, Claude Thibodeau said:

Hi David!

A very nice and eclectic mix. Bravo!

CT

Thank you very much Claude.

19 hours ago, ChrisR said:

Cool builds!

Thanks Chris.

19 hours ago, atomicholiday said:

Awesome stuff!  Looks like you had a good year.?

I did have a pretty good year, thank you Jeremy.

18 hours ago, spencer1984 said:

Nice clean work on these, really like that Lambo!

Thank you Bill, I'm rather pleased with the way that one turned out.

11 hours ago, Dragonhawk1066 said:

Verynice work!

Thank you Craig.

6 hours ago, XYHARRY said:

Very nice builds there David, well done.

Cheers, 

David. ??

Thank you very much David.

 

David G.

[Andrew McD]

Nice collection !  Hope '24 is a productive one for you.

[slusher]

Great group of models Daved!

Edited January 2, 2024 by slusher
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[David G.]

22 hours ago, Andrew McD said:

Nice collection !  Hope '24 is a productive one for you.

Thank you, I wish the same for you Andrew.

2 hours ago, slusher said:

Great group of models Daved!

Thank you Carl.

 

David G.