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Post by mustang1989 on Oct 10, 2018 7:41:48 GMT -6
When I was a kid I was drawn to the Revell Street Demons line-up and ended up buying them all. I only built three of them back then and this was one of them. It's funny how when the hobby follows us into adulthood we see how much we either overlooked or just how bad the kits were back then. But hey, we were having fun back then right? lol . I took this project on in January of 2016 and although this kit does suck, I've had a great amount of fun with it and learning opportunities left and right over the course of the 8-1/2 months it took to build it. Although I was drawn to this car as a kid (and still am), as an adult I didn't care for the gasser stance for a "street" car and wanted something a little more jazzed up and to have some fun with it. Sooooooo, I created a dropped down party mobile. I mean .............with all that room in the back the possibilities were endless. I started out with my eyes being a lot bigger than 1.) my ability and 2.) what there was room for back there. Over the course of the build while my vision/ goal was always the same, I had to modify the ideas somewhat and my abilities got a tune up but I'm very happy with the end result. I won't go over every detail of the build but I will say that there were 7 different kits and a lot of aftermarket involved in its making. What really blew me away was the fact that there weren't any headlight bezels/ buckets (and there still aren't to this day with the latest release of this kit!!! And the hood hinge cut outs at the back of the engine compartment just make you want to slap the original kit engineers.
The kit:
Finished Shots:
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Post by 1320wayne on Oct 10, 2018 16:10:46 GMT -6
Very nice. Interesting interior.
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Post by 68383 on Oct 10, 2018 16:52:33 GMT -6
Wow! Quite a job with that.
I built a reissue and felt like it was a pretty crude kit.
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Post by mustang1989 on Oct 10, 2018 19:12:28 GMT -6
Very nice. Interesting interior. Thanks Wayne. Man I've gotta tell you, my imagination just went wild with this one and I had a ton of fun with all the "goodies". There's so much room back there that I hated to waste it and this is my third favorite of all the Street Demons series. The F-100 was my favorite followed by the Willy's and then this one.
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Post by mustang1989 on Oct 10, 2018 19:14:07 GMT -6
Wow! Quite a job with that. I built a reissue and felt like it was a pretty crude kit. Thanks bud. Crude...……….I think I could expand by saying that it was a terrible kit but there are endless ideas and combos with this style of vehicle.
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Post by 41chevy on Oct 11, 2018 13:07:34 GMT -6
Looks fantastic! Hi Tech when it first came out. . .but than again we didn't know better
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Post by tubbs on Oct 15, 2018 6:50:24 GMT -6
wow!! very cool. does it come with the TV or was that added? some of those kits can get a little crude (a lot crude) but its what we have to work with. its just sad that the same company can come out with some kick ass kits, then come out with some not so good ones.
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Post by mustang1989 on Oct 16, 2018 12:59:12 GMT -6
Thanks Paul! I hear you, cutting edge stuff back then.
I appreciate your comments as well Al. I bought everything you see in the back separately. The cooler, rug, TV and toolbox all came from different sources on ebay. Most of these older kits are fairly rough though.
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