Ever Model Your First Car?

[plasticbutcher]

I've bought a kit of my first car, but it's hard finding paint for it. It was a '68 Dodge Charger with Ansen style wheels G-60-15 front, L-60-15 in back, had a nose down rake, and painted a light-to medium metallic green. Fortunately Revell came out with the '68 kit... I almost started to modify the '69. Here's a pic of a '68 with the same color...

Mine didn't have the black stripe on the back though.

Marshall Glasgow.

Hey Marshall I thought your first car was a Dinosour,mine was HA HA.

Edited March 30, 2011 by plasticbutcher

[philo426]

I made a model of my first new car 'an'83 Pontiac J-2000.i had to use a Cavalier promo to start and had to cut open the hood,add a Fiero 4-banger and used the Revell J-2000 dragster for the front and rear fascias.Came out pretty well!

Edited March 31, 2011 by philo426

[Chuck Most]

That's a cool one, Phil! I've got an MPC Cavalier kit I've been slowly turning into an Olds Firenza drag car the last two or three years.

[philo426]

Thanks! I knew a lady who had a Firena coupe!it was a Cavalier with different front and rear end treatments like my Pontiac!

[57peppershaker]

I'm doing my first American car, a 57 Chevy 210 2 door sedan.

Waited a long time for a good sedan kit, rather than the MPC flip front. As I've just finished a 6 year rebuild of the 1;1 scale, nows the time to get started on the kit.

Planning before & after versions.

Before

After

Edited March 31, 2011 by 57peppershaker

[Custom Hearse]

Nice job on the resto Steve. I love '57 Chevy's. Enjoy building the replica as well, and post pics of it when you do!

Thanks Jon and Dan for the help in finding the paint I need! I'll have to order some and get the build going! You guys are cool!

Edited March 31, 2011 by Custom Hearse

[Naydrus]

Sadly, they dont make a kit for my first car, which was a 1985 Cadillac Eldorado. It had the nasty HT4100 in it, I hated that motor. But I treated that car like a queen, even though it was a V8, I never hot rodded it. I actually had 2 Cadillacs, same year, same everything.. the second one is the one I spent the most money on. I was 18, fresh out of high school, no girlfriend and worked a steady 40 hour job... I sunk 5k in to that car, because at the time.. I loved it more than my parents.

[Frank]

This is model of the 1st car I owned, was used as a daily driver while I was building my 34 five window coupe hot rod.

The real thing

Edited April 8, 2011 by Frank