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Dan Gurney's 1972 Eagle pole winning Indy car driven by Bobby Unser
Unser qualified this car 18 mph faster than the previous year's record, really set the race world on fire.
This was based on the 1974 AMT kit and I modified it with a 1972 wing and other additions with after market decals.
McLaren M16B Mark Donohue's Penske 1972 Indy 500 winner
I scratch built the rear wing and side radiator covers, and added after market decals
1958 Chevy Impala custom
I built this one about 25 years ago, looks like it came right out of Rod & Custom magazine. Quite a bit of putty and sanding done here. That's what we used to call a very sanitary rod.
10 - AMT - Anakin's Podracer
What an incredibly fun kit to build, from the subject to the fit and finish I had a ton of fun.
The details are great and the figure was amazing to paint, a few gaps here and there on the pod but nothing that was too tough to fix up.
The [...]
1/48 Douglas A-20 by AMT
Lots of aftermarket items added to this build. The engines, cowlings, propellers, control surfaces, cockpit, control panel, guns, and wheels. Foxbot decals were also used to replace the kit ones. I fabricated the pitot head on the fin, [...]
AMT 1/48 Grumman F7F-2N Tigercat “Big Bird”
The kit directions have a note that I started putting paint to plastic on July 16, 2020 and I finished the model July 5 of this year. During that time, I did manage to complete one other model that had been set aside, and also started [...]
AMT-FROG “Famous Fighters Series I” – Box Theme Build
This is a build I completed a few months ago of AMT-FROG Famous Fighters Series I, No. 3955-130, 1:72 (1967 boxing). I started work on the first plane this past September while involved with two different FB group builds on a totally [...]
D-Day flashback
Several years ago, there was a D-Day group build here on iModeler. My submission was an AMT 1/47 A-20G, representing an airplane assigned to the 646th Bomb Squadron, 410th Bomb Group, 9th Air Force. I felt it was appropriate to post this [...]
The road trip model – Stinson SR-9 Reliant, AMT 1/48
I am in Florida, having competed in the Top Gun RC meet a few weeks ago. My son lives not far away from where the meet was held, so we came to visit. It was only supposed to be for a few days, but has turned into a few weeks. It turned [...]
