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[jbwelda]

Here is a Monogram box art build of the Little T, with the optional turtle deck instead of the usual pick up bed. Note this variant is seen in one of the photos on the reproduction hobby store display. Built pretty much out of box with a little bit extra detailing, but no paint to speak of, body is polished plastic.








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Aoshima MG-B Monte Carlo rally version. Basic box stock build with a few fabricated details like exhaust tip and interior bits, and some major lowering of the ride height. I probably built this nearly 30 years ago and its still hanging together pretty well. 





















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[jbwelda]

Another odd foreign job, this time an Isuzu Belliot made by Hasegawa. Again basic out of box with the exception of lowering, changing the wheels to more sporty ones, upgrading to huge disc brakes, adding some interior competition details, driving lamps and general works prep. Wheels are a bit much, might change them out for less imposing ones in the future. Paint is hardware store cheap stuff, polished down flat and smooth, then pearl coated, and buried in Tamiya clear.














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Hasegawa Jaguar XJ-S TWR sedan, lowered, detailed, decaled and cleared. Bitchen car right out of the box.











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AMT 1969 Corvair, road race style. Lowered, white metal wheels, engine detailed and wired, interior detailed, again cheap hardware store paint, polished smooth and clear coated for a unique orange.


















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[jbwelda]

Gunze Sangyo BMW Isetta, Abarth style. Lowered, interior rebuilt, engine faked with visible exhaust extractor system, wheels and tires from Tamiya Morris Mini race version, clear plastic body/windows piece made things a real challenge.











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[jbwelda]

Witch Doctor (fictional) Fiat from Revell Fumin' Fiat original double kit. Modified here and there but mostly as it was meant to be, I bought this semi assembled chassis and other parts, then took them apart, stripped the paint and reassembled. Paint is Tamiya Candy Lime Green with Tamiya Clear over it, decals were made by Fremont Racing Specialties augmented by other vintage decals. Meant to look like it was assembled back in the day by a competent model builder (as opposed to me as a twelve year old kid with big ideas but small toolsets).

















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[jbwelda]

Revell Thames van, originally a gasser style model, redone as a street shop delivery van, probably based in London or somewhere. Undercarriage completely rebuilt starting I think with the Tweedy Pie frame with all kit bashed suspension and running gear. IFS front end, and a white metal Lotus twin cam engine down in the engine compartment. Meanwhile inside has been renovated with scratchbuilt bench seat, folds forward to reveal headache rack, rear area done in wood with authentic scratches and marks. Most rest of interior scratchbuilt as well including dashboard, floorboards, steering column, door panels, etc. Don't recall source of wheels and tires. I did the paint but my friend Jerry Amaral did the flames and hand lettering from my design. See the rear license plate for an idea when this was built.










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[jbwelda]

One of the original trio of cars in the mighty micros race track diorama I showed earlier was this Tamiya Fiat 695, also fitted with a pilot figure. It got retired in lieu of the Subaru 360 so it was having a bad day that day. At any rate, this build included swapping wheels and tires for a more aggressive look, lowering a good bit, engine detailing (but the engine hood lid only opens a sliver anyway), some interior fiddling to get the pilot figure in and posed halfway naturally, plus sourcing some Abarth decals. 





















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[jbwelda]

Another JDM you don't see everyday: a 1965 Nissan Silvia (later to be known in the west as a 240SX). This one is done in an updated style, with big wheels and small tires, and since the Fujimi kit this came from was little more than a motorized toy, no interior detail other than seats to see in silhouette behind the heavy tinted glass. Added some little pieces like the Supertrapp muffler and massive disc brakes behind the XS Tuning wheels. Hardware store paint, polished flat and smooth and then coated with Tamiya Clear. A quick build but like the coveted JoHan kits of long ago, very beautiful in its capturing of the body lines of the prototype, and some nice detail pieces too, once the details are called out with a bit of paint or wash.











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[jbwelda]

The AMT Indy Drag Combo, or an approximation of such. Wagon from the original AMT Chevy II Station Wagon, and the funny car from one iteration or another of the old tool, probably the Rat Packer. Done up to resemble the original box art of the very rare and expensive kit (that is a reproduction box by the way, and it was expensive by my standards!). The wagon was essentially complete and built when I bought it but was missing an engine so I built a Revell 57 Chevy Black Widow injected small block for it. I also did some general cleanup and some bare metal foiling. Still need to do the horizontal trim strip and paint the inside white like the box shows. The trailer is an old AMT Blueprinter issue, and the race car has had some extensive modifications from what came in the Rat Packer kit. Engine is the big block from AMT 69 Chevelle, with intake manifold from Rat Packer but using AMT metal injection stacks. Decals were copied from the originals and augmented with others from the decal stash.





























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[fordrodnkustom]

Outstanding body of work there JB. I dig your diverse variety of subject matter...all very well executed. Thanks.

[jbwelda]

Aoshima Honda Beat, part of a trio of JDM cars I built as a group. Lowered, wheels swapped, bigger brakes, the usual thing, plus some wild paint and graphics and an exhaust pipe sticking out the back. Paint is Tamiya Lime Green, interior Tamiya Dull Red.



















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[jbwelda]

Aoshima Suzuki Cappuccino, part of a trio of JDM cars I built as a group. Lowered, wheels swapped, bigger brakes, the usual thing, plus some wild paint and graphics and an exhaust pipe sticking out the back. Paint is Tamiya Camel Yellow, interior Tamiya Italian Red.




















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[jbwelda]

Monogram Big Rod, bought on ebay as a glue bomb wreck that got further wrecked in transit, so I tore it all down and replaced the broken or missing pieces with parts box, NOS or reissue pieces. Built pretty much just as the box art, unfortunately do not have a box to show! Turned out very nice but will not fit into my photo booth, been meaning to take this and some other big scale outdoors one of these (calm) days, when that happens will post up better photos.















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