'91 Honda Civic

[sigmaman]

A few years ago my brother in law had to sell his beloved Honda Civic. I've had this model awhile and decided it would make a great birthday present. The real car was standard apart from a noisy muffler and a Momo steering wheel his wife had bought him. I've taken some poetic license and added some Blitz Technospeed wheels,lowered it,adding a racing seat and carbon fibre bonnet. Even found a Momo steering wheel from my parts box just like his. Painted the body Humbrol silver and started the base dark grey on the interior with Humbrol paint as well. Heres a couple of pics.

[davewahl]

Thats a sweet looking tuner you're building there. Hope your brother appreciates the work you are doing for his birthday car.

Dave Wahl

[Fletch]

Still has to be one of the coolest cars Honda ever produced. And the insurance companies couldn't figure out why they were on the top of every stolen car list.

It's one of those kits I've looked at I don't know how many times and have never picked up. Perhaps that's about to change.

[davewahl]

A lot of times, I won't pick up a model simply because the box art looks like garbage. Then a little while later, I see that particular model in a magazine or at a show and I think "you dummy, you should have gotten that one" and then not be able to get the kit. Case in point, the Rev/Mono Alternomad, the boxart looks like a bad blind date, but I've seen built kits that made me cry for not having gotten the kit. So it may just be the boxart looking negative in your eyes.

Dave Wahl

[demonhunterfan]

Nice lookin' Civic My buddy had a white one with the tinted windows and he loved to race his co-worker home thru traffic. One time he got stopped, and as he was watching the police officer approach his window, the officer unbuckled his pistol holster because he couldn't see thru the tinted windows. My buddy finally 'came around' . I thought of getting one myself, but just can't bring myself to buy on of 'them furrin' cars ;D

You gonna put tinted glass in this one? Love the silver. Keep up the good work.

Later and God bless

[sigmaman]

How many kits have we bought because we loved the box art and the kit was rubbish? More than one or two in my collection. Its a nice kit. A bit hard to modify stuff like ride height,track and so on,because of accurate suspension detail. If built box stock it would be a breeze. Tamiya and Hasegawa would be on par with each other for accuracy and detail.

[olskoolrodder]

Looking great so far! Nice deal doing a project for yer Bro ;D

[sigmaman]

Put some clear on this one today,at last. I've since stripped it and repainted since the pics I put up. Got some more of the interior done as well. Will post some pics soon.