General Model Kit Building Thread

[Pete05]

Starting on the Fujimi/Scale Motorsports Flying Lizard Porsche's... Doing both the cars from the 2011 season, the #80 &#81.
Gonna try and get these done for my kid for his Christmas present - as he loves the Flying Lizard cars/Team.

Have seen online, though, that these cars can be complicated due to the decal and the kit isn't really for this car...

Hope to get some time this and the following weekend...

Unless you're willing to shell out for the more expensive resin options, this is the only option for racing 911s of this period.
As always, I'm keen to watch these come together.

 

[barryf1fan]

Have made some progress, but didn't take pics, sorry. Hoping to start painting the bodies soon. Need to finish up one of the interior's and then start on the body painting. I will try and get pics going forward.

Have had a lot going on, so, hopefully will be back at it.

 

[Joey D]

Years ago, I owned a Blazer Xtreme, so when AMT rereleased its S10 Xtreme kit, I scooped it up. I got thinking and wondered if the old AMT 2-door Blazer kit shared the same mould, so a quick search on eBay turned up the Blazer kit for a reasonable price. Once both kits arrived I set to work using Gorila Putty (it's like a temp sticky putty) to mock up how the piece fit together. Surprisingly, but not really all that surprising, the moulds are the same and the pieces fit with like 90% accuracy, and it only needs some sanding to actually fit. I've never kit bashed before, so this is new territory for me. I know I'm going to need to use some body filler putty to smooth out some of the areas, but I think I should be able to make my old truck.

And what I'm attempting to recreate:

 

[Pete05]

Years ago, I owned a Blazer Xtreme, so when AMT rereleased its S10 Xtreme kit, I scooped it up. I got thinking and wondered if the old AMT 2-door Blazer kit shared the same mould, so a quick search on eBay turned up the Blazer kit for a reasonable price. Once both kits arrived I set to work using Gorila Putty (it's like a temp sticky putty) to mock up how the piece fit together. Surprisingly, but not really all that surprising, the moulds are the same and the pieces fit with like 90% accuracy, and it only needs some sanding to actually fit. I've never kit bashed before, so this is new territory for me. I know I'm going to need to use some body filler putty to smooth out some of the areas, but I think I should be able to make my old truck.

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And what I'm attempting to recreate:
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Nice looking ride Joey.

If you're looking for kit bashing inspiration, look no further than the absolute master craftsman that is A4 Garage on YouTube.
The guy is from South Korea and doesn't speak English but there are English subtitles where needed.
Also, I get the greatest ASMR buzz from just watching a genius at work.