Halloween 2023 - "Left 4 Dead 2" Jimmy Gibbs Jr Car

[spencer1984]

For this year's Halloween build I made the Jimmy Gibbs Jr. car from Left 4 Dead 2. The game car is based on a '69 Charger R/T with a Daytona wing, and since time was a bit short this month I used MPC's Coca-Cola snap kit as my starting point. I stripped the chrome and redid it in gunmetal, opened the headlight doors, fixed the leading edge of the hood, used Plastic Performance Products' wheels with parts box tires, removed the center console and rear seat, raised the rear end a couple scale inches, moed the fuel fill to the right fender, added a rear panel, and scratch built the wing. Paint is Tamiya Pearl Blue and Pure White with my own custom decals. As always, any comments/criticisms are welcome!

Edited October 31, 2023 by spencer1984
typo correction

[Yeah Nah]

Great build! Excellent work on all your own mods too Bill.

[Rattlecan Dan]

Really nice build. Great job.

[spencer1984]

Thanks, guys!

[Chuckyg1]

This is really cool. Great dash detail. 

[happy grumpy]

Nice Charger, you did a fine job to upgrade this MPC kit. I like the livery.

[KWT]

Very nicely done..

My son and I used to play the left for dead games quite often. He actually sent me a picture that he was playing it last night.

[spencer1984]

Thanks, guys!

7 hours ago, Chuckyg1 said:

This is really cool. Great dash detail. 

Funny enough, all kit supplied. Round 2 has really upped their decal game over the last couple of years.

44 minutes ago, KWT said:

My son and I used to play the left for dead games quite often. He actually sent me a picture that he was playing it last night.

It was a friend who clued me in to the game, but as soon as I saw this I knew I'd have to try to build it some day.

[Gustavo Reis]

Nice model. 

[spencer1984]

Thank you!

[slusher]

Great build'!

[ChrisR]

Looks great!

[spencer1984]

Thanks, guys!