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Retired NYC Police Officer. Retired to Pennsylvania. Always a hot rod buff and builder. Mopar fan since 1975 and owning many muscle cars since. I have restored my 72 Dodge Demon to show quality. Also restored my 1972 Chrysler Sport Satellite 15' runabout boat with it's original Chrysler 55 hp Outboard the same way. Most of my models are all Chrysler products and detailed pretty much to factory stock specs. Awesome projects on this site. I'm gonna love it!
My second 3D printed kit I purchased. This is a replica car 1973 El Camino bare bones 350 4bbl, 4 speed car I purchased in 1975 for $600! Car had a blown engine and rear end! I had a worked 1963 327/365 Fuelie motor that came from a 63 [...]
A replica on my NYPD career Police Cruiser I used in part of my 20+ years as a NYPD Police Officer! At age 68 I am living my life in the past of replica builds! LOL This build is a 3D print of a 80's Impala 4 door car. It's close enough [...]
Since the stock version of the MPC Chevrolet Vega has long been gone and I won't pay the prices for an original kit, I decided to scratch build one! I was originally going to use a promotional model I found on Ebay real cheap as a donor. [...]
My most recent build from last month! Hasagawa 1/48 Scale Sea King SH-3H conversion to an SH-3A version. This is a replica of my brother's US Navy Days from 1968 - 1974. He was an SH-3A Sikorsky Sea King Pilot with Helicopter Anti Sub [...]
I built and modified this kit back in 1990. It's been in storage for 30 years. Some pieces separated so I decided to put it back together and clean it up a bit.
I love building replicas of cars that I have owned. This was my daily driver back in 1977. MCW makes an awesome resin body, hood, bumpers, hubcaps and full interior of this car. I used an MPC 1976 Caprice as a donor. Painted in [...]
I started this build MANY years ago with gold painted stripes under a clear coat. The Monogram Revell side decals were so bad that I couldn't use them. I contacted Revell two more times complaining that the side stripes went on milky [...]
I built this MCW Resin kit using the 1969 442 AMT kit. Beautiful resin casting of this car! I built this a a replica of a former ride I had in 1975. I added a scratch built vinyl top and painted with GM Production color [...]
Since no one made a "RAKED" Chop top resin body for this build, I decided to do my own. Painted in House Of Kolor "Candy Tangerine" with 2K clear and very subtle side ghost flames. Engine is a 3D printed SB Chevy [...]
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"!
