echoxrayniner Posted June 4, 2017 Posted June 4, 2017 I've been on a kick on building the model kits from the uh, less fortunate era of the US automotive history. Got a '80 Volare, '80 Omni 024 and a '83 Charger that I oddly enough all got from a French retailer here in Europe, but also a ol' '81 Citation kit, the lowrider one with all the neat options to make it a proper X-11. Its a nice timepiece to a truly, truly awful car. Atleast this one lasts!
charger74 Posted June 4, 2017 Posted June 4, 2017 We don't see those too often, yours is really nice ??
bbowser Posted June 4, 2017 Posted June 4, 2017 Don't see many of these, in real life or scale! Nice work.
Deathgoblin Posted June 5, 2017 Posted June 5, 2017 Looks really good! I have several "unfortunate" cars too. Good to see how these turn out.
darthsideous Posted June 5, 2017 Posted June 5, 2017 I agree, not a great car, but you did a great model of it. Very nice detail.
Tom Geiger Posted June 5, 2017 Posted June 5, 2017 Nice build of a rare car. There were very few of the Citation two doors built. Most of them were the four door hatchback. And you are right, they were poor cars. In 1982 my wife's friend bought one new at the same time we bought a 1982 Nissan Stanza. She had lots of trouble with the Citation from new and was very interested that we had no problems with the Nissan.
Rasputen Posted June 5, 2017 Posted June 5, 2017 Nice work!I worked at a Chevy dealer back then, I remember the cable shifter for the manual trans. The quicker you tried to shift gears, the more trouble it gave you.The V6 version was pretty peppy though.
ToyLvr Posted June 5, 2017 Posted June 5, 2017 (edited) Nice build of a rare car. There were very few of the Citation two doors built. Most of them were the four door hatchback. And you are right, they were poor cars. In 1982 my wife's friend bought one new at the same time we bought a 1982 Nissan Stanza. She had lots of trouble with the Citation from new and was very interested that we had no problems with the Nissan.Agreed - good job! Slick photography of the subject, too! Edited June 5, 2017 by ToyLvr
echoxrayniner Posted June 5, 2017 Author Posted June 5, 2017 Nice build of a rare car. There were very few of the Citation two doors built. Most of them were the four door hatchback. And you are right, they were poor cars. In 1982 my wife's friend bought one new at the same time we bought a 1982 Nissan Stanza. She had lots of trouble with the Citation from new and was very interested that we had no problems with the Nissan. Thanks! I find these kits extra interesting cause they carry a fair bit of history and somewhat of a (if not tainted) legacy to 'em, besides that as a European its real interesting to delve deeper in the dark ages of the US automotive industries, especially the early eighties where Detroit really couldnt get their y'know-what together in terms of making a low cost, high reliability car. Agreed - good job! Slick photography of the subject, too! Thanks :3 Having a good camera helps hah, does 99% of the work for me! Looks really good! I have several "unfortunate" cars too. Good to see how these turn out. Ohh I wanna see 'em!
Lunajammer Posted June 6, 2017 Posted June 6, 2017 I've been on a kick on building the model kits from the uh, less fortunate era of the US automotive history. Got a '80 Volare, '80 Omni 024 and a '83 Charger that I oddly enough all got from a French retailer here in Europe, I can see that. I get it. Neat idea and Citation looks as good as any.
Davewilly Posted June 6, 2017 Posted June 6, 2017 Great work! I have 2 over these I picked up as baggy kits at a swap meet. they both even seem to be complete kits just dont have a box.
stavanzer Posted June 8, 2017 Posted June 8, 2017 I have one of these in a box, stalled. This makes me want to dig it out and continue working on it. Mine is more of a 'Tuner' car.
dodgelover Posted June 9, 2017 Posted June 9, 2017 Defiantly a junk car but a very nice build of what they should have been like.
carrucha Posted June 10, 2017 Posted June 10, 2017 Cool build. My parents bought a 1981 Citation 4 door hatchback new when I was a child. It was a lousy car but I have a lot of childhood memories in that car.
echoxrayniner Posted June 11, 2017 Author Posted June 11, 2017 I have one of these in a box, stalled. This makes me want to dig it out and continue working on it. Mine is more of a 'Tuner' car.From what the kit displays, that wouldn't actually look all that bad. I would've built the tuner version if I had two of 'em, kind of reminds me of a mid eighties rallycross car.
iamsuperdan Posted June 11, 2017 Posted June 11, 2017 My first car was almost a Citation hatchback. I went with a 78 Thunderbird instead. Anyway, kit looks great!
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