1/24 Maserati Boomerang

OliVTEC · 04-05-2010, 12:48 PM

Hello everybody! My name is Olivier and I'm new here.
After countless nights spent burning my eyes on the beautiful builds displayed on this board, here is my humble contribution.

I built a lot of models (mostly warbirds) when I was a child, never achieving good results as I was always rushing my builds.
After 20 years away from modeling, I thought it was time to see if I could do better.

But let's stop talking about me, here is the model : Heller 1/24 Maserati Bommerang. This kit was offered to me a looooooong time ago and staid for ages on a shelf.
It's a curbside kit, which has a place to put batteries under

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Return to building was kind of hard, had to paint and strip it 3 times, but the result looks correct to me.

C&C welcome

PS: Sorry for my english, I'm french

beaver63 · 04-05-2010, 01:59 PM

I welcome you here on the forum.

Kit is not often seen. Nice work done.

BVC500 · 04-05-2010, 02:05 PM

Welcome and nice job! I haven't finished a model in a couple of years and there is definitely a learning curve each time I return to building. But its a fast one, don't worry!

ales · 04-05-2010, 02:34 PM

Looks like a good way to come back into the hobby. Unmistakable Giugiaro design even if it looks so 70s

OliVTEC · 04-06-2010, 10:38 AM

Thanks for your welcoming & comments!

It's true that I learned a lot with this kit, but I still have a lot to learn to match the quality of most of the builds here. By chance, I have a bunch of kits waiting on the workbench, so I should learn fast

cjsbosox · 04-06-2010, 11:25 AM

I built one of those as a kid lol. All the hard work paid off. Looks good. I like the way you weathered the wheels. Oh and welcome

rsxse240 · 04-06-2010, 02:27 PM

The car is beautiful, even if it does look as if it drove straight out of the movie "TRON" hahaha

Seriously, looks great.

OliVTEC · 04-07-2010, 03:23 PM

Thanks guys

voyageur · 04-10-2010, 06:12 AM

Beautiful build of a rather strange subject. Rare kit, I've never seen one built. You did a great job, especially the paint and trim looks flawless. One thing, though. The wiper doesn't touch the windscreen, really. Hope there won't be to much rain.

Oh... and WELCOME TO AF!!!

OliVTEC · 04-10-2010, 03:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by voyageur

Beautiful build of a rather strange subject. Rare kit, I've never seen one built. You did a great job, especially the paint and trim looks flawless. One thing, though. The wiper doesn't touch the windscreen, really. Hope there won't be to much rain.

Oh... and WELCOME TO AF!!!

Yeah, you're right for the wiper. It was the best one I could find in my PE stock, as there's no wiper included in this kit.

The only problem is that the boomerang as a very flat windshield unlike most cars, so it's hard to get something convincing. I'll try to bend it here and there to see if I can have a better fit.

Thanks for the comments & welcoming

Hiryu · 04-10-2010, 04:06 PM

Nice! Does anybody remember the TV show Automan? This looks like his car.

swissmodeller · 04-11-2010, 10:46 AM

Lokks good. I've built up one of these when i was younger, so i know the sadness of this Kit. Well built this model..

And ohhhh welcome in AF, don't worry about the english, it is no problem here.......

regards rolf

5spdstang · 04-17-2010, 09:00 AM

Excellent job on a great subject!!

OliVTEC · 04-18-2010, 10:13 AM

Thanks all for your comments.

@swissmodeller : you're right, this kit is really sad, it was hard to do something correct with it :/

Khier · 04-19-2010, 02:45 AM

I know this kit and it is a dog to build. You should be proud of yourself to have such a result.

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