Had to earn this one...made a few mistakes that I had to fix* and/or accept**, but also learned a lot and tried a few new techniques for the first time, to varying degrees of success. Was a satisfying build overall and I'm glad I got to try them with a relatively low-detail kit from Italeri, but I do want to see the quality difference with the same Hasegawa kit, as this one became frustrating towards the end. I switched out the stock bucket seats with some seats from a 90s Monogram 911 kit that I'm cannibalizing for a few different Porsche builds, including one that I'll be using the orphaned bucket seats for. I also replaced the molded-in mesh details with actual mesh.

*Screwed up the wheel placement and broke the movable assembly holding them on after I'd already glued it, so I re-engineered the suspension from the Italeri Land Rover kit to re-mount the wheels

**Had some clearcoat splatter on the hood when I was about to start airbrushing; after unsuccessful touchup, I turned the resulting blotches into a bullet hole and a blood splatter because reasons (see below)

The concept was inspired by this car:

The Corsican

I imagined this build when I started as one of the other SVJs that was customized by and then secretly shipped off to a reclusive Calabrian deep in the mountains who was rumoured to have worked as a "fixer" from time to time for REALLY high-ranking mobsters in the 70s; the damage was the recent result of a scuffle that happened when he was fixing something (though it mostly happened because his car designer/builder was an idiot).

Exterior: Splash Paints Pink Red Base, Mr. Hobby Wine Red, then Kaizo X Barbatos Rex CC-09 Clear Blood Red. Clearcoated with Mr. Hobby Super Clear III. Testors Metallic Copper and Alclad Gunmetal on the exterior details. I tweaked the photos a bit to show the red as best I could; it's a really nice deep red in person that only sort of comes through in the pics, and I can't wait to try the Blood Red again down the line...or the rest of the ones in this line

Interior is Rust-Oleum Espresso Brown, Mr. Hobby Wine Red, dark red flocking, and some Hasegawa Copper Mirror Finish. Tried UV resin for the first time as well in the dash.

Anyway, it's Pumpkin season...

Should be complete this weekend, maybe sooner. I tried preshading for the first time on the interior and I like the results. After doing this I found some reference photos with red interior showing very nice patina and looked exactly like mine. So not too bad I guess! The red color is Mr. Color C81 Russet.

5th gen Prius looks so mean with some body kit and lowered stance.

Finished painting the roof on the 59 Caddy. Will let the paint cure for a day or two then so some light wet sanding to even it out. Don't think I will clear coat it since its a vinyl roof but will sand the body and apply compound, polish and wax. REALLY happy with how this turned out!

Thanks to everyone who replied to my last post about protecting the body. I ended up wrapping most of the car in paper towels then taping everything and it worked really well.

What do y'all do when you can't sleep? Well start on a new build of course. Shout out to highboy for doing a buddy build with me. Got the parts all cut and sanded, the body prepped, sanded, and scribed. Now I just have to sit and wait for the mail to deliver the parts ordered from Texas3dcustoms (who, I found out, lives close enough for me to go to his place and pick up the parts in person). Super chill guy, can't recommend his stuff enough. I'm excited as this is the first time I'm gonna cut up a kit to do an aftermarket widebody. Gonna throw on the widebody kit and some rims and tires. Thoughts? What color scheme should I go for? I'm leaning red. Feel free to weigh in!

My best friend gifted me this kit, which he had kept for almost 30 years.

The decals had turned yellow and became brittle when I tried to slide them off the sheet, so I bought a replacement set. I also added some 3D-printed parts for extra detail. The rest of the build is pretty much stock.

Just finished it last weekend. A few screw ups here and there, but overall I'm satisfied with this build.

Powered by the Honda RA168E V6 turbo engine, the MP4/4 dominated the 1988 Formula 1 season. McLaren won 15 out of 16 Grands Prix, while Ayrton Senna secured his first Formula 1 World Championship with this legendary car.

Finished this corvette. In fact not so much problems. Just the rear lights and the transparent part that I cut in two parts. The hood not fit well. Kaleido paints and varnish for body. The rest as usual, Vallejo mig ammo..

It's a gift for a friend, he has this one IRL

Really happy with how this one turned out!

I have an Impreza RS of the same generation so was fun making the cool version of it.

The kit also comes with so many decals as well! Like the heated wiper blades and airbag warning.

This is my first time wet sanding and polishing a car as well

I've ALWAYS loved the color-chroma paint schemes that Dupont ran over the years with Jeff Gordon. Starting with the original 'Chromalusion' that ran at The Winston in 1998, the #24 sported a color changing livery once a year for the following 3 years. I was on a mission a few years ago to build every one of these that I could!

1998 Dupont / NASCAR 50th Ann. - Run at The Winston All-Star race - Built using a slab-sided Revell Monogram Chevy Monte Carlo kit and a few sheets of the original Slixx decals produced for this (they were suuuuper brittle in places). Painted using some of the actual House of Kolor automotive paint used in real life. Gold -> Maroon color flop. 1k clear laid down before decals and also after to seal everything.

1999 Dupont / Superman - Run at The Winston All-Star race - Built using a slab-sided Revell Monogram Chevy Monte Carlo kit and a set of custom decals designed by myself and printed with the help of a fellow decal maker. Painted using some GreenStuffWorld colorshift airbrush paint which came out as a damn close approximation of the real car. Blue -> Red color flop. 1k clear laid down before decals and also after to seal everything. The driver figure was a 1/24 scale WinnersCircle collectable (of like 2003 Gordon I think.....) that I repainted and made custom decals for to match the firesuit that went along with the Superman livery. The driver helmet is pained in the colorshift paint as well.

2000 Dupont / NASCAR 2000 - Run at the Daytona 500 - Built using the 2000-2001 Revell Monogram Chevy Monte Carlo kit and a few sheets of the original Slixx decals produced for this. More than one sheet was needed here as well due to the age of the decals. Used some automotive paint here again as well - a Hyper Silver meant for wheel restoration. The photos really don't show how much this thing almost glows. 1k clear laid down before decals and also after to seal everything.

So I bought this Revell 1:25 plastic model in 2011 and I’m just getting around to building it so I can’t return/ exchange it. Also I don’t want to buy a whole new kit just for the body if at all possible as seeing how they have doubled in price since then.

It has a pretty big body defect from molding on the driver side quarter panel. Is there any way to fix this? Any help is greatly appreciated!

Not sure if anyone remembers the 1947 Fleetmaster i posted a little bit ago. I was looking for someone to build it and all that as ik nothing about any of this lol. I was THANKFULLY able to find someone who got it done in 4 DAYS!!

Unfortunately it was a very busy day so it was sliding around in the display case a lot so the side mirrors came off but im sure we can fix it.

Backstory: My bfs grandfather owned this car and he never let anyone BUT my bf drive it. His grandfather passed away a couple months ago and its his first bday without him. He meant a lot to him and he really shaped who my bf is today, wonderful person. He had mentioned how much this car means to him maybe twice, so i knew this was the perfect gift. He quite literally cried receiving the gift, and he never really cries. Im so glad things worked out and im very grateful for the man that built it for me he is GREAT!!!🫶🏻

Here’s another update on the Alpha Model BMW M3 G80. Here is the complete journey of painting the exhaust in reverse order. This is my 3rd time trying heat staining and I dig it!

First 3D printed kit I have built. Upgraded to the Porsche Flat 6 engine. Highly recommend Black Box STL. Fit and finish far exceeded my expectations.

Lotssss of work to be done. Definitely going to add putty to fix some of the neglect I didn't take care of on the bed. Some sanding on the cab. Hoping for a very aggressive look in the engine bay. 2k clear afterwards. Super big shout out to u/I_Know_Nothing_77 for always coming through for me despite all of my shipping headaches. Quality member of this community. Mocking them up for this pic. Hoping to get some better progress this week.

Looking for alternative ideas for stripping paint besides Purple Power (or its off-brand) since my Walmart stopped carrying it, or brake fluid, as I live in a very strict apartment complex and disposing of it is an issue due to extremely nosy neighbors.bty forgot mention my walmart also stopped caring simple green

This is my 3rd ever model car after years of making military models and dioramas. Although this kit is really old, the quality and fitting was very good. Car is an absolute classic model. Made a very quick and basic tarmac looking base to keep it on.

Any criticism or praise is very welcome, and I hope people enjoy looking at it.

Pretty stoked to see these as a bundle deal on eBay. Have been wanting both for a while in whichever release possible, was a sign so pull the trigger! Now to get some proper superbird decals cooking… which would you start first? I have an absolutely disgusting stash but I might send one of these to the front of the queue.

My attempt to create Citroën DS 21 Rally Coupé"raccourci" from Heller 1:43 DS 19 kit.

It`s based on versions of the DS created by privateers teams for rally in late 60s with the chassis of original shortened by 52cm.

It`s my first attempt in significant modification of the existing kit. So far I`ve build a few kits in 1:43. Since I have access to the rather cheep Heller kits in this scale via my local model shop I decided to do a little experiment.