Revell Fast and Furious Brian’s Mitsubishi Eclipse

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After discovering the miracles that are Japanese car kits, I told myself that I would never go back to building plebeian American-made model kits. Revell was actually the reason I stayed away from building vehicles like cars for so long. I remember the first time I tried one when I was in middle school was an Audi R8 from them – an absolute nightmare. Japanese kits are leaps and bounds more builder-friendly, with better parts fitment and material quality. That being said though, I wasn’t left with much choice when the major Japanese companies didn’t make an Eclipse, and the iconic Fast Eclipse was on sale from Revell at around $15 USD.

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Tamiya Nismo Skyline R34 GT-R Z-Tune

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I didn’t plan on building another GT-R so soon – I wanted to wait a while to better my skills and really see the difference between a better built GT-R and the old R32 that was my first recent dabble into car kits and just enough of a failure to be considered a learning experience. I’ve been eyeing this kit up for a while at my local hobby shop for a while though and just couldn’t resist anymore when I recently really got the itch to build.

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1/100 Gundam Deathscythe Hell Custom

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Another seemingly random build straight out of left field – again, because it isn’t my kit. I’ve always liked to keep my project lineups pretty uniform – if I’m currently working on a HG All Gundam Project collection, I’m only collecting kits that fit that bill. The irony comes in that after I finished this kit, I realized it actually slots really well into a collection lineup that I’ve long since abandoned building – my 1/100 Customs category, of painted and mildly customized non-MG 1/100 kits.

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Maisto 1/18 Porsche Carrera GT Prototype

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First off – not my car, not my model. You’d catch me setting my house on fire before you see me invest any serious money in any fabulous German engineering, much less a Porsche. I’ll concede that they’re nice cars – no doubt a symbol of wealth and status and have the performance to back up their name – but if you ever gave me the choice between a Carrera GT or my Hyundai, I’d take the Carrera immediately. It’d be promptly sold, and the money used to buy a ’17 NSX, 3 or 4 GT-R’s (one for me, two or three for my pals), an STi and a GT86, and maybe a warehouse garage to build said cars.

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Jada Fast and Furious 1/24 D.K.’s Nissan 350Z

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I’m not usually one to buy things I can otherwise build on my own – even if the pre-built stuff is super cheap and uses more expensive materials than the plastic models I usually fancy. There comes a time, however, when you would like to build an iconic model from cinema but the means are either simply too cost-prohibitive or out of your skill level. This is one such case – call me a child for liking a design from The Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift – it still won’t change my mind on this being a kickass 350Z.

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