model kits

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dodgepower said:
Anyone get into building plastic model kits? And plastic model kits of Mopars in specific?
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Its how I go into Mopars when I was 14. I still have most of the ones I built in my teens (I'm 38) but they're in horrible condition. I think the last one I purchased was Norm's Dart GSS which I was going to turn into a 67 Dart GT that I owned years ago. Thought about getting back into them but figured I'd wait for the real thing...
 
i used to build, but I wasn't any good... Here's a pic that you may like!

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this was supposed to be a Sheriff's vehicle, but I never finished it.... I never finish anything, because i fear imperfection :D
 
Have you ever seen or herd of a model called HIPPIE HEMI it's a dragster

Here is my last build

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I spent most of my junior high and high school days with my best bud (still to this day) building our dreams out of plastic kits,,,wish I had pics to show you guys all the ones I've collected.
 
Did they have camera's when I built mine when I was 7years old ?:cheers:
I was a nifty fifty when I built the Willey's 8)
I know what you men big66440,:-D But What happens in high school
Never been there or dun that.:clock:
 
My gasser built from extra parts I had laying around... First Scratch built rollcage (looks like crap). It was built to look like it was built by two guys on a budget in their garage. I also made the scoop.

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And this 67 is one of my favorite builds so far!!!! First time cutting open a trunk. The most interior detail to... carpet and headliner....

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I've been building them since I was a kid. My dad always restored cars and I wanted to help but because I was so small I was more in the way than anything else. So, he would buy me model kits and work on them with me. I started building junker cars a few years ago. They have torn upholstery, flat tires, real rust etc. I actually built them to order for a while also. Here are a few E body's I built.

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Very nice weathered/beat look 340john. Here are a few I have that were built in 95-97. The pics do not due these justice at all. I will post some of my other unfinished projects as I dig them out. I havn't done much building in the last couple of years due to my full scale models.:-D

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I found some batteries :cheers: Here are the two I have yet to put together
My wife found the HIPPIE HEMI, Has anyone ever seen one before ??

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homecloned said:
Very nice weathered/beat look 340john. Here are a few I have that were built in 95-97. The pics do not due these justice at all. I will post some of my other unfinished projects as I dig them out. I havn't done much building in the last couple of years due to my full scale models.:-D
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You have a good attention to detail homecloned 8)
Nice work =P~
 
340john said:
I've been building them since I was a kid. My dad always restored cars and I wanted to help but because I was so small I was more in the way than anything else. So, he would buy me model kits and work on them with me. I started building junker cars a few years ago. They have torn upholstery, flat tires, real rust etc. I actually built them to order for a while also. Here are a few E body's I built.
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I always wanted to do a car like that 340john, The T/A looks like its been on some of our old clay gravel roads :cheers: Nize =P~
 
I started before I was 10, by 16 I had won 1st and second place at the Detroit scale modellers convention, later I built models professionally for about 10 years, until my current job forced me to hang it up. I built by contract and used to make $200 to $450 per model, later years I built display models for police departments across the world. It was never a full time job, but it was enough to keep me afloat for a while. Around 2005 I took on a new job and and did not have time anymore. I plan to get back to building a few models in the future, I specifically want to build a replica of my 68 Dart.
 
memike said:
You have a good attention to detail homecloned 8)
Nice work =P~
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Thanks memike. I have not seen one of those Hippie Hemis yet but I have not been in a hobbie shop in about 3 years, the last time was with my son and Ralph(the owner) asked about my Swinger I told him from my buddy Jimmy Rodriguez(Rodman) who I hadn't seen in some time. Rodman got me back into modeling after a ten year absence. I though he might be on the east coast surfing. Ralph get's this stoned look in his face and say's "Jimmy commited suicide" I was floored. It really bummed me out on building models. I later found out he jump from the Sunshine Skyway Bridge here in Fl.:angry7:
Back to models, I have been noticing the LA wheel standing Dart on fee-bay and was wondering if it's a new re-release? I think it's made by Model King. It would beat paying $45 for a resin 70 Dart.
 
flyboy01 said:
I started before I was 10, by 16 I had won 1st and second place at the Detroit scale modellers convention, later I built models professionally for about 10 years, until my current job forced me to hang it up. I built by contract and used to make $200 to $450 per model, later years I built display models for police departments across the world. It was never a full time job, but it was enough to keep me afloat for a while. Around 2005 I took on a new job and and did not have time anymore. I plan to get back to building a few models in the future, I specifically want to build a replica of my 68 Dart.
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I envy you flyboy. I would love to make money on another one of my passions. Before I slowed down I was buying more then building.:toothy10: I have over 150 kit's in varios stages of build.:angry7:

I still remember giving my son his first kit. Youngsters have no concept of Dry Time. He was heads down on it for 3 hours straight.LOL
 
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