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Re: 1930 Packard Bottail Speedster

Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2021 5:19 pm
by jeaton01
Typical rough canvas but better than I can scratchbuild.

Here's the Pyro 31 Cadillac.
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Re: 1930 Packard Bottail Speedster

Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2021 5:30 pm
by LyleW
That is superb!

Re: 1930 Packard Bottail Speedster

Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2021 7:08 pm
by Dragline
For what you started out with that turned out a masterpiece. I'm not kidding even a little. That is the nicest Pyro kit in any form I've ever seen!

I avoid Pyro as a rule simply because as a young man I got burned by a few. Those and Lindberg were to be avoided after I learned the hard way. I latched onto Revell and Monogram and became the model builder I am today. Not saying that the afore mentioned wouldn't have made me a better builder, but they may have broken my spirit.

Re: 1930 Packard Bottail Speedster

Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2021 9:30 pm
by jeaton01
It's shiny, that helps. It was a little bit but not too special to me because as I was growing up we had the chassis of one in our boneyard, the engine was used to power a water well drilling rig and the rest was tossed or left to rot. It still had the frame, wheels and the leather covers were on the springs. The remains did finally go to a museum. It's almost like people were bitter about that sort of wealth during the later years of the depression. At the time that sort of car had little worth.

Re: 1930 Packard Bottail Speedster

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2021 12:35 pm
by mostrich
You did THAT out of an old Monogram kit? You got some skills man. Fantastic work!