Yeah. i did a few cheap kits as practice as filler while i waited for kits to arrive through mail. trying different youtube tips for rusting, road dirt, and i figured since the SDF-1 was in space for nearly 2 years, and beat to hell, it wouldn't have a clean finish, and the daedalus and prometheus would have typical rusting from the salt water before they made it to space.
The volkswagen was i think the 3rd kit. The lancia Stratos was actually the first kit i built after my 10 year break. I was actually sitting on it longer, kind of afraid of it due to the decals, but i took the plunge.