Your first Kit

Hey, what was your first kit, how did you go? Post up pics if you can!

my first kit was my hks wide body altezza. hella sweet too! although i sold it to my friend and never got a chance to take pictures on it:(

Hmmm, Did not know anything about painting, didn't know what enamel or acrylic was, did not know what x-acto knives were, did not know spray cans were better than brushes, did not know that masking was a good thing, did not know what molding lines were, did not of COURSE know what panel lines were :finger:, did not know you needed to sand, did not know what orange peel was, tore peices off the trees, in a sloppy way I hand painted the parts, and used junky TESTORS glue.

How does that sound. :D

My first was a '84 or so Camaro drag car. This was in 1987 or so.

lets just say that i sprayed the body of the car so THICK i couldn't see the panel lines anymore lol:rolleyes:

Originally posted by bah humbug
Hmmm, Did not know anything about painting, didn't know what enamel or acrylic was, did not know what x-acto knives were, did not know spray cans were better than brushes, did not know that masking was a good thing, did not know what molding lines were, did not of COURSE know what panel lines were :finger:, did not know you needed to sand, did not know what orange peel was, tore peices off the trees, in a sloppy way I hand painted the parts, and used junky TESTORS glue.

How does that sound. :D

That sounds exaclty like me!! How do you cut the plastic? How long did it take you to know as much as you know, I want my second car to turn out like all yours!

Got both of these at the same time and done them both.
Both are DTM Tamiya kits

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mine was a revell ITR, it didnt turn out too bad!

an AMT chevy Camaro, brush painted out side, and interior, put together using tape, piece of shit, uilt 2 years ago

HAHAHA, you put it together with tape?? BAHAHAH!!! Thats funny man!!! So you rebuilt it then?

PMAN< thats a mad effort!

Tamiya Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 5 WRC
got it from a friend for $5 CND~ :)
great kit!

I believe back in 1996 or so I got a revell or amt chevrolet s-10. I remember trying to brush paint racing stripes on it.. A few years later I got a revell or amt viper rt/10, and I broke a piece off the fanbelt assembly that thought I couldn't build the kit.

AMT/Ertl 1965 Pontiac 2+2 Catalina, built as a short track car when I was 11. Rattle can True Blue Pearl with hand lettered gold markings and a roll cage built from sprue. I "wired" the engine with thread and made seat belts out of masking tape.

It looked horrible, but I loved it.

I'll probably try to build a "now" version of it with all my new skills.

88 mustang for me :D no pics though destroyed it on accident a few years later.

1/20 Ferrari F2000. No paint, no sanding, no primer. used only paint markers.

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shes gettin kinda old i plan on re doing it sometime next year

My first kit was a Tamiya S13 Silvia. I wanted to make a replica of the Silvia I had at the time. I stumbled across this forum then read the FAQ. I started my model not long after and it turned out ok considering it was my first attemp. My only problem was that I kept polishing the paint back to the primer because I didnt add clear coat and it was metallic paint.

lownslo, didnt work man.

Edit: Works no lownslo, thats hot!!

BOOSTD, pics??

This look familiar PMAN?

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Tamiya RX7 - didn't know anything about paint, primer, sanding, polishing...er...didn't know a thing really. Needless to say the car is no longer in public view.

My kit was embarrassing, back when I was still in elementary school, I decided to ask for a William F1 (the blue yellow white CANON one) for my bday. Opened the kit and found out that.... I NEED GLUE?!?!?!?!!? You know... all those Bendai Gundam models I made never had to use glue... so yea, I used regular paper glue, and for the stickers... THEY DONT STICK!!!!!!!, I mean.... I can't even peel off the stickers off that blue paper! So I basically cut out the whole decal along with the blue BG paper and glue the "sticker" on the car....

And whenever I pick the car up something fell apart.





That's my first experience. :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :(

a 66 malibu street machine, it turned out ok seen as it was molded in black so it looked alright without painting a single thing. currently, the right exhaust manifold is gone, the left one glued to the wrong spot on the engine, the front suspension is pulled off of the engine bay when I tried to get one of the front wheels to come unstuck(glue came out of the retainer), the rear suspension is only held together because of it's superior fitment(for it's time, one touch and It'd fall apart). not as bad as my 68 stang, body and underside painted silver, and that's it. molded in white :o and a rushed job. ohhhh, the shame........I'll try for some "money shots" of those two

Hmmm Lancia Stratos from tamiya

Don't kow anything about primer, specific glue, etc. I use hardware glue you know the one with the strong smell and yellow color.

Well it got yellow line everywhere...hmm the good old crazy days and of course paint it with marker and I did one big mistake also stripping the marker marks with thinner.....

andrian

First car kit was a Dodge Viper GTS from AMT/ERTL. OK for a beginner, but crap also. Did stuff like not use primer, and just sprayed on the top coat. Also attached windows with liquid cement that fogged, etc,etc. I've still got it, but never got around to taking pictures of it. Will do so if I remember.

My first model was a Honda Mp 4/5 from tamiya in 1/20 !!! and my first 1/24 car is the enzo !!!!! for pictures click the link in my signature !!

Originally posted by KOFFEE-BLACK
This look familiar PMAN?

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/attachment.php?s=&postid=167765

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/images/smilies/lol.gif ..Yes my very first kit i ever built when i was around 10yrs old.
Built all kinds of stuff for around 5-6 years before taking nearly 10 years off from building.
The 2 DTM's i posted was when i got keen again and took the hobby back up.

i built a few kits back in the 60s i think it was a revell sub with perspex side. We did have glue back then not much elese:rolleyes:

DAMNN! you must be old!! In the 60's?? I dont expect pics man!! Are you from Brisbane?

My first plastic kit was a Heller Subaru. Like many others I didn't know a thing about primering, sanding and such. Glopped the paint on with a brush, used liberal amounts of glue etc.

I was so proud of my handiwork but now I realize it's a heap of crooked plastic junk. :rolleyes: Better hide the dang thing...

-Pille-

The First one was a crapy AMT "Hot Streak"... something like that. A kind of 1980 Omni Charger. No paint, lot of glue but no photo and destroyed. The second one was a Tamiya Lamborghini Contact... a beauty... destroyed in the same way than the AMT... movers company !

A bit disturbed by all lost in this moving... I took a 3 years break of modeling than bought me a Monogram Lamborghini Contact cuz I just can't find the Tamiya anymore... this one I still own it. Windows are black cuz I put too much Tamiya Smoke on it, body reiceive a lot of clear causing bubbles and tears drop but I had a airbrush... I was 12 or so and the world was mine. So I consider this one to be the start of the modeling era... last a couple of years then extinguished itself... I had a real car now... no more time for the little stuff.

I'm back in modeling now... it's been 2 years since this wave... I hope it'll hold on cuz modeling is so much fun.

Originally posted by KOFFEE-BLACK
DAMNN! you must be old!! In the 60's?? I dont expect pics man!! Are you from Brisbane?

cheeky little sod arnt you
turned 45 on wensday but feel young
my womens only 22.it just keeps getting better

Tamiya Z3 Roadster. Handpainted it, and everything.

i think that it was a plymoth prowler with trailor but it never really got finished and i lost like half the parts

First model car kit I built was Tamiya's Williams FW07. Shortly after Alan Jones won the WC in it. That is very early eighties for those that don't follow F1. As for pics I'm afraid the kit has long since departed this world.

After that I didn't built another model car for about 15 years!

Originally posted by irupp33
88 mustang for me :D no pics though destroyed it on accident a few years later.

yo waz up irupp u from layitlow right?was that mustang a lowrider?

Originally posted by theoldboy


cheeky little sod arnt you
turned 45 on wensday but feel young
my womens only 22.it just keeps getting better

I now Envy you!! 45 with a 22 yr old chick!! Damn!! Im onnly 22!

Damn I racked my brains trying to remember what my first kit was but to no avail but then it was a helluva long time ago, but I can remember building a Tamiya Renault 5 turbo sometime in the early 80's but I would think my first kit was prior to that and was some nasty crappy Airfix thing!!

p.s I'm ONLY 34 before you cheeky buggers say something rude!!
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I've just finished MY first kit! :D It's a 1:24 Tamiya Ferrari F40... I think it came out prety good, despite the fact that the paint doesn't shine (at all!!!) :D