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Offline Old Wombat

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Heaven Help Me! ... Cars!
« on: January 11, 2016, 06:03:54 PM »
Yup, cars!

These 2 kits d@mn' near killed my modelling mojo but I survived!

They aren't "good", I think they're barely "passable", & I hope you don't mind me putting them here.

'Coz I promised kpnuts that I'd show them on the site, here they are:

1966 Ford Mustang (built for my 17 year old daughter);




















New Mini (built for my 19 year old daughter);





















Note that I couldn't get decent interior shots of the Mini because I over-did the tinting on the windows (but it looks cool).


Compare the pair;








They were given to my daughters as Christmas presents & were well-received, which was heartening. 8)


One thing I have learned ... I really can't get my head around building "stock" car models.
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Offline LemonJello

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Re: Heaven Help Me! ... Cars!
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2016, 09:10:51 PM »
Those both look really darn good to me, nothing to be even slightly embarrassed about in my opinion.

I made a pink Cadillac Eldorado convertible for Lady LemonJello as a gift many, many moons ago - it was eventually a casualty of one of our many relocations while I was in uniform.

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Offline elmayerle

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Re: Heaven Help Me! ... Cars!
« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2016, 12:19:26 AM »
As one who used to build car models "once upon a time", they certainly look good to me.
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Offline Kerick

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Re: Heaven Help Me! ... Cars!
« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2016, 02:24:19 AM »
It's good to broaden your horizons.
They both look good to me!
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Offline Dr. YoKai

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Re: Heaven Help Me! ... Cars!
« Reply #4 on: January 12, 2016, 02:35:42 AM »
 They both look terrific. I can see where you might be disappointed, but I suspect that's a function of being able to see things
 four or five times normal magnification, no? ;) And having kids who appreciate your art enough to value them as gifts, man, you can't
 put price on that, nohow. Well done, colleague.
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Offline Old Wombat

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Re: Heaven Help Me! ... Cars!
« Reply #5 on: January 12, 2016, 06:03:58 PM »
Oh, no, the flaws are quite visible to the naked eye. ::)

However, as a builder who appreciates the philosophy of "near-enough is good-enough" I'm pretty happy with how my 1st car building efforts turned out.

I have a couple more cars to finish/build in the same scale (1/24) & I hope to do better with them but they'll probably be the last, in that scale, anyway.

I have some 1/32 scalers which will be whiffed into 1/35th & a post-apocalyptic scenario or 2.
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Offline Buzzbomb

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Re: Heaven Help Me! ... Cars!
« Reply #6 on: January 14, 2016, 07:18:30 AM »
Yeah Baby !

Love the Mini
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Offline Old Wombat

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Re: Heaven Help Me! ... Cars!
« Reply #7 on: January 14, 2016, 07:25:44 AM »
Thanks, Brian! :D
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