Category: Completed Projects
Bus
My brother-in-law works with a guy that customizes diecast models. The owner of this bus asked if I could resolve some paint issues that kept…
1932 Ford Highboy – Revell/Monogram
Building old custom hot rods, even box stock is an exercise in patience. There are many parts that have to be painted body color. I…
Toyota MKIII Supra Turbo – Tamiya
Many years ago, I really wanted a 1:1 of this car and almost bought one before I came to my senses! Building a model of…
1969 Pontiac GTO – Monogram
This was a fairly standard build. I shaved the door handles and smoothed out a few things on the body. Nothing radical. I opted to do…
Honda S2000 – Tamiya
Originally, this kit was built in 2001. I reworked it slightly to give it to my mom as a gift. Her 1:1 S2000 has a…
1939 Chevy – Monogram
This was a kit that I built in 1996. It was my first attempt at a “custom”. I had shaved a bit of trim and…
Mazda FD3S RX7 – Tamiya
Pretty standard build. I shaved the side turn signals. They were too hard to detail properly so I shaved them. I didn’t use the wing…
1966 Pontiac GTO
This was a simple build. The color is a Pactra RC silver tinted with black. I started doing more wheel details with this model and…
1990’s Chevy SS454 Pick-up
Assumed lost, this kit hid in the shadows for a number of years before I accidentally found it. A friend of mine had started it…
Nissan Skyline GTR 2000 – Tamiya
I built this kit about 99% box stock. I used Tamiya’s silver which looks great, but was a huge pain to paint. The silver was…
Porsche 356
There is no way for me to figure out when I built this originally. I was a kid and documenting model building wasn’t something I…
1966 Gray Chevy Malibu – Monogram
This restoration was of a kit I built in ’93. I used a really cheap airbrush to try my hand at painting the entire body. …
Acura Integra Type R – Revell
My brother used to have a ’95 Acura Integra. He always talked about wanting to paint it either a dark green metallic or black with…
1993 Honda Prelude – Aoshima
The sole purpose of buying this kit was for the wheels. They are Advan wheels and I wanted to use them on my S14 Silvia…
1966 VW Beetle – Tamiya
This kit is very shaved. I shaved just about everything other than the head lights and tail lights! All of this work created a very…