This is the car I am going to build for the '26 model show. I bought it, mainly because it was the last tin boxed kit HL had, plus the fact I kept passing it buy when I would go to the store. The more I thought about it, I wanted to build it out. After persuading (bribing) my brother to try to build one for the show, I decided I'm going well outside my comfort zone for a auto build.
I did settle on Purple. So it will be painted with a combination of Createx's Pearlized Plum Purple and a few drops of Candy Blood Red. After some thought, I decided to go black and purple for decals and highlights. Mixed with the red, the purple is actually dark, with a tiny tint of green, depending on the light. Almost a natural color shift.
I mixed up a bit of paint, one just the purple and the other the purple and red. Sprayed a few spoons. Two with Mr. Surfacer Black and the other two gray.
The top one is the purple and red over black (car color), second one is purple and red over gray. Where as the third one is straight purple over black and the last is purple over gray.
But it isn't just about the painting, I've decided with building the armor and using PE, that I need to really build out. I ended up picking up from the Model Garage, a set of PE challenger upgrades, along with some battery cables and pre-wired distributor from Hobbylinc.
Oddly, this kit didn't come with a convertible cover, just the detached hardtop. Thankfully, a fellow modeler on the book of face had a spare or two that has sent me free. There's still a few things I am trying to find or figure out building. But I figure with the battery wires, extra heater hoses, plug wires and photo etch, I should have a great start on a show build.
