Anyone into plastic model car kits?
03-20-2006, 07:29 PM
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Anyone into plastic model car kits? I remember a few years back when I built hundreds of those neat car kits. Nowadays guys just prefer to buy them already assembled but anyone who ever built one of those know that the amount of detail possible is incredible.
Recently I started again. Check this 1968 El Camino SS with 396 motor. I decided to add 1969 Mustang Mach rims and rubber as well as a custom wooden bed. All possible detail to the motor will be recreated, still a work in progress.....Thought I shared a few pics, let me know what you think.
Recently I started again. Check this 1968 El Camino SS with 396 motor. I decided to add 1969 Mustang Mach rims and rubber as well as a custom wooden bed. All possible detail to the motor will be recreated, still a work in progress.....Thought I shared a few pics, let me know what you think.
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03-20-2006, 10:04 PM
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I did it A LOT when I was younger, and 9 weeks ago, almost to the day, I bougth a few to do. I did a AWSOME yenko, and a sweet c10, and decent 32, but the c10 and 32 were knocked off the shelf ( ****** DOG ) and that discouraged me from building the other two ( 62 catalina, and a Shelby Series One ) It seems anytime I get a good one built, It ends up getting ruined, or in teh final stages I **** it up lol... So I gave it up, again, for a while.. If I had a place that I could do it and leave it, and take more time at it, I might get back into it again, but now I do It on my computer desk, and end up getting annoyed at the **** on the desk and try to set it somewhere and it gets fucked up again... grr. lol
BUT, nice work man!
BUT, nice work man!
03-20-2006, 11:26 PM
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i use to build those before i had a car to actually work on, they shoulda make little engine kits to build up the engine and they would actually run on electric now that would be the ****. teach you how to build stuff and have every kind of engine you could want to build up except the imports would run on rice of course lol.
03-21-2006, 04:20 PM
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Ive got two old SBC motor kits. Ones a 1955 kit that actually runs and has sparkplug lights and a working distributar, and ones a 2000-ish model that runs off a hand crank. I am gonna go pick up a 427 hemi kit soon..
03-21-2006, 04:24 PM
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I like doing them. I'm doing a 65 Mustang fastback for my dads bday. Where do you buy all your access. wires from? What site? I'm trying to go all out on this one model.
03-21-2006, 04:58 PM
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Sure am, I put this post up awhile back https://ls1tech.com/forums/pontiac-firebird-1967-2002/441172-model-cars.html Came up with a few model car lovers. The detail on yours is amazing, great work.
03-21-2006, 05:14 PM
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Thanks guys!
FastTrack check this sites out!
http://www.scalemodelindex.com/
http://www.roadsters.com/kits/
http://www.briansmodelcars.com/mb/index.asp
http://www.detailmaster.com/
http://www.americansatco.com/
FastTrack check this sites out!
http://www.scalemodelindex.com/
http://www.roadsters.com/kits/
http://www.briansmodelcars.com/mb/index.asp
http://www.detailmaster.com/
http://www.americansatco.com/
but i still like doing it!
03-21-2006, 10:34 PM
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i got a 02 ss then i got some dark blue metallic spray paint from wal mart looks exactly like nbm it was awesome, but then i screwed up the front bumper (headlights wouldnt stay) and havent felt like fixing it cuz i got pissed
03-22-2006, 08:52 AM
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Anyone EVER found a lt1 T/A?? I've seen/built a 1993 'bird, but NEVER have found a lt1 T/a. I think I did, but it was a vert, and then I found a 1993 NON gt T/a ( low rise )
03-22-2006, 12:34 PM
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I did a 98 WS6 years ago to look like my car. I even took fuel rail covers off of a C5 corvette model to put on my car. It looked cool. I kept it on my desk at work and when I left that job I was carrying it out side and dropped it. One of the mirrors fell off and I was never able to find it. I'll have to post pics later.
Just recently I did the Ghostbusters Ecto Cruiser and the Back to The Future Delorean.
Just recently I did the Ghostbusters Ecto Cruiser and the Back to The Future Delorean.
03-22-2006, 05:47 PM
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I got two 1998 WS6 kits (purple one). One I got at E-bay, the other I found at a local hobby store who is going out of bussiness (got it for $9.00, LOL!) I will model one as my car but have not started yet because Im having a hard time finding wheels like mine.....I know evetually I will 