I used to build a lot but haven't really done much in years. I have a bunch of kits though :grin:
Last time I was building I was on a Fiat 500 kick and the only 1/24 kit of it (at the time) was the Gunze Sangyo curbside one. Here it is in box-stock form:
They also had a Gunze "High Tech" kit that was not a curbside. It had a metal engine, metal wheels, some wires and some photo etched parts as well. I give you the 595 Assetto Corsa. Really a rare kit but they do have an all-plastic variant of it now. It really required the builder to fabricate a lot of parts and finish the metal parts.
Next to the really nice Gunze Fiat Abarth 1000 TCR
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Not content with that, decided it would not be hard to make a Jolly. My friend Randy had (and still has) one so I made a replica of his '59. Randy's car has the fancy bumpers, a surrey top and the American frog-eye headlights but at least I got the license plate right and made some plausible wicker seats.
The last one I made was the Giardiniera. Not 100% accurate as all the real ones had rear-hinged doors but I wasn't that picky about it. It is stretched the correct amount.
Scratch built from the doors back.
Was not entirely happy with the results but it pushed my abilities that's for sure.
Now there are a couple of nice Tamiya kits of the 500 and another Gunze or two. Maybe I should go pull one off the shelf and take a look at it. There are many more variants to build! :wink2: