I am sure most of us built model kits as a kid, I know I did and as a matter of fact that is where I first learned what parts went where on a car. While it has been quite a while since I have built one, I still collect em. Show us what you've got
Built late 50s early 60s Doors and trunks cut open with a heated X acto knife. White corduroy made great upholstery and trunk lining. Swival buckets turned on machine screws/nuts.
y picked this up on ebay a few years back (as a kid I built many models, but it was the mid 80's, so not relevant for the hamb + I don't have an digital pics of those!)
I like the box art on a lot of the old ones as much as the models themselves. Cool thread. Ps @Moriarity I'm always jealous whenever I see any of your stuff.
I got it as part trade on a car deal years ago from a guy near chicagto that had bought out some old hobby shops. It was NOS in the orig box when I got it!!
Wish I still had all the models I built in the 60's and 70's. I gave them to a young cousin. Years later he offered them back, but at the time I was only interested in the 57 Chevy figure 8 race car I had built when I was about 8 years old. My brother and I used to get in trouble stinking up the house when we made some of our "hot knife" creations. I guess this one always remained one of my favorites. I prefer working more with diecast now and sometimes build models to help visualize my full size builds.
It is a scratch built that I did using an outlaw cowl, flat styrene sheet, doll house picture frame parts and surfbards from the garbage truck model. the grille shell and headlites and coffin I machined from aluminum
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