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Major, Magnificent Models

In my writeup on the LEGO #5580 Highway Rig restoration, I mentioned its inclusion on the site back in 1998. At the time, digital cameras were still a bit exclusive for most people (myself included), and I had to rely on scans of physical photographs to get pictures posted. This was the best photo I had of the completed rig at the time:

LEGO Highway Rig custom, c.1998


Unfortunately, that was about the best it looked. After that I moved twice, had it packed and unpacked several times, and just generally failed to take care of it. When I finally pulled it out of storage earlier this year, this is what it looked like:

LEGO Highway Rig custom, 2021 (front)

LEGO Highway Rig custom, 2021 (rear)

LEGO Highway Rig custom, 2021 (close-up)


If I Lose This Race, I Can Blame It on You

Although I've done several quick-build models, they've generally been customs, prepainted diecasts, or some other project that gave me a head start. I'd never tried a true 24-hour build of a traditional styrene kit that required paint and glue. I'm still not quite brave enough to try that, but I did want to try something that challenged my tendency to get sidetracked (after all, that's the whole point of my builds this year). So I decided that Revell's CART Reynard, this one kind of in the "WIP" pile thanks to some water damage that ruined its box and decals, was a good candidate to try turning into a 72-hour build (spoiler alert, I didn't make it).