AMT model kits
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Galileo II, Shuttlecraft Star Trek TOS, Amt/Ertl. 1/40-1/35?
This is the original AMT Shuttlecraft as seen on the original series. 1997 appears on the box Ertl own AMT at this time. I attempt to do some inside detail work, but that has never been my forte. There is an alien squatter though taking a [...]
Did someone say "vintage"?
Here are a few of mine. I like building the older kits, partly for nostalgic reasons and partly because I don't like having to build a landing gear strut out of ten plastic parts and two pieces of photo etch!
Lindbergh 1/48 XFY-1 Pogo in [...]
Matchbox Replacements: 1/72 Curtiss SB2C-4E Helldiver & Vought F4U-1D Corsair
These two new completions - an AMT SB2C-4 Helldiver and a Hasegawa F4U-4 Corsair - will be significant upgrades from the Matchbox models they replace in the display cabinet. The AMT Helldiver kit is actually older than the Matchbox - it [...]
AMT 1949 Mercury Coupe
I chopped this AMT kit myself and added in the Frenched Tail Lights and Antennas. Painted in House Of Kolor Candy "Brandywine" and a 2K clear coat. And "Yea ... It's got a HEMI"!
AMT / ERTL Xizor's Virago from Star Wars Shadows of the Empire
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Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire is a 1996 multimedia project created by Lucasfilm. The idea was to create a story set between the films The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, and to explore [...]
USS Enterprise Star Trek refurb,AMT/Lesney 1/650
Instead of buying an overpriced kit whose molds have been around since 1967.I thought maybe I could refurbish one that was hanging in the detached garage for over twenty years and had endured all those winters and summers, plus one roof [...]
P-40 Warhawks
These two 1/48 P-40s were kindly sent to me as a gift from Bob Torres @v1pro . Bob also sent along some extra AMtech decal sheets with these two kits. I’ve been working on them off and on for several months. Warmer weather recently paid [...]
SR-71 & XB-35
A friend of mine was given two old kits , he asked me to build them for him. One was a 1/72 Revell SR-71 with a drone mounted on top...
the other was an AMT/Ertl 1/72 XB-35 flying wing...
The SR-71 was simple to build. If it had been [...]
Last Project of 2022
I'm posting this today, on December 31st, having just finished this project last week. After seeing all the articles on what folks have built this past year, I wanted to get the article finished so I can get "credit" for a [...]
AMT Boeing B 52 conversion
I bought several of the AMT kits when they were released, they molded an early G, but not an early H. I decided to convert a late H to early, not so hard to do, slight remodelling of the nose and removal of ecm bumps here and there. The [...]
