mustang1989
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Good God O' Mighty that looks killer!!
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When I was a kid I was drawn to the Revell Street Demons line-up and ended up buying them all. I only built three of them back then and this was one of them. It's funny how when the hobby follows us into adulthood we see how much we either overlooked or just how bad the kits were back then. But hey, we were having fun back then right? lol . I took this project on in January of this year and although this kit does suck, I've had a great amount of fun with it and learning opportunities left and right over the course of the last 8-1/2 months. Although I was drawn to this car as a kid (and still am), as an adult I didn't care for the gasser stance for a "street" car and wanted something a little more jazzed up and to have some fun with it. Sooooooo, I created a dropped down party mobile. I mean .............with all that room in the back the possibilities were endless. I started out with my eyes being a lot bigger than 1.) my ability and 2.) what there was room for back there. Over the course of the build while my vision/ goal was always the same, I had to modify the ideas somewhat and my abilities got a tune up but I'm very happy with the end result.
I won't go over every detail of the build but I will say that there were 7 different kits and a lot of aftermarket involved in its making. What really blew me away was the fact that there weren't any headlight bezels/ buckets (and there still aren't to this day with the latest release of this kit!!!
) and the hood hinge cut outs at the back of the engine compartment just make you want to slap the original kit engineers.The kit:
Glamour shots:
and a look at what's inside:
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This build took me about 4 months to get finished. Being a Tamiya it lends itself to a quick build. It was a run of the mill 1/48 Tamiya Fw190 D-9 with an Aires (pretty much complete engine and cockpit set), CMK undercarraige set, Model Master gun barrels and Aeromaster decals. Additionally, there was a slew of parts that I used from my spare Eduard Fw190 A8/ R2 kit to include the sliding canopy section, landing gear struts and doors (due to fact that Tamiya's landing gear is WAY too short), port side wing root cannon access panel, pitot tube, and instrument panel with PE. I also used a cowl gun access panel from an Eduard Fw190 D-9 kit that I had. The aircraft that I built is "Black 10" from I/JG26 surrendered in Flensburg in May of 1945. The aircraft was supposed to be shipped back to the U.S. for evaluation but never made the trip and was left in Germany. Odds are it ended up in the scrap heap. Anyways , noticeably visible is the half obscured Gruppe numeral on the side of the fuselage after it was reassigned from III Gruppe to I Gruppe as it was hastily painted over in the field.
In February of this year my son and I went to San Antonio for Model Fiesta and I took this home in addition to a 1st Place Award in its class:
First time I ever took home a Special Award before. I was shocked!!
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Wow Collin!! The weathering and paint on this one is just fabulous!!! Can it be built with one or both wings folded?
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The detail you're throwing at this model is off the charts!! Lookin' great so far Vandy!
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Revell '54 Chevy Sedan Delivery/1983 "Street Demons" Relea
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Thanks fellas. I used an AMT 66 Nova Pro Street chassis from the firewall back and the OOB frame for the front half of it. Engine came from AMT's 67 Chevelle Pro Street kit along with the rear tires, Center console, seats and shifter boot are from AMT's 1988 Mustang 5.0 kit, headlight bezels (since the stupid OOB kit didn't have any headlight bezels or buckets????) and windshield are from AMT's 51 Chevy Bel-Air kit and the wheels are from Revell's Pro Stock Thunderbird kit. Decals are newer repops of the original Street Demons decal sheet and the paint is Testors Black One Coat Lacquer with the Clear Coat being Testors "Wet Look" lacquer along with ALOT of polishing.