Samiches Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 I love GTOs, and the 1970 model year is one of the tops. It is too bad that Round 2 hasn't retooled this kit, or better yet, Revell hasn't come out with one of their own. Comparing by the quality of the '64,'66, and '68/69 GTO kits that revell has put out it would most certainly be better than the aged molds that Round 2 is using. For this build I used the '70 body, interior, and firewall. The chassis,engine and small details to the interior and firewall (arm rests, brake cylinder, and wiper motor) are from revell's 69 GTO kit. I used a donor glue bomb that I had from my childhood. I ended up scratch building the spoiler chopping a couple of the incorrect spoilers that came with the '70 kit and oddly came with the '67 gto kit. I then cut a scale license plate in half to make the spoiler pillars. Finally, I used one of those fake plastic credit cards that comes in the mail for the spoiler ends. I had to cut the chassis short by about 1/4" since it is from a 1/24 scale model and the '70 is 1/25. I also drilled out the headlights since I hate kits that have them molded into the bumper. The interior is carpeted (a first for me) and the decals are from Kieth Marks. Thanks for looking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slammedi'am Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Very nice!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjracing Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Great build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FordRodnKustom Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Nice work. you really captured the look and feel of the 1:1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disabled modeler Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Beautiful....! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Nice Goat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathgoblin Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Excellent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hard_2_Handle_454 Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Very Cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Hamilton Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Niiiice!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intmd8r Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Amazing! This specific year of GTO has got to be one of the best looking cars of the 70's in my opinion. I'm surprised that no one has released a (current issue) kit of this car. Job well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 She's a beaut ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunajammer Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Super clean! So if you drilled out the headlights, what did you use for lenses? They look as good as any I've seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Absolutely beautiful, a really stunning piece of work! Model on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helix Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Nice build Andrew ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samiches Posted December 17, 2014 Author Share Posted December 17, 2014 Really nice looking GTO Andrew! The color and decals makes it! Only suggestion I have would be to switch out the 1/24 wheels and tires for something more appropriately sized. Maybe a set from an AMT '69 Firebird or Revell '68 Firebird. Unfortunately, the only extra 1/24 scale wheels I have in my small collection are from the '67 GTO, which are the same rally wheel, but with poorer detail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samiches Posted December 17, 2014 Author Share Posted December 17, 2014 Super clean! So if you drilled out the headlights, what did you use for lenses? They look as good as any I've seen. I used un-faceted rhinestones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samiches Posted December 17, 2014 Author Share Posted December 17, 2014 Thanks for all the nice comments! I had a lot of fun building this goat and have several more GTOs with bodies painted waiting in line for me to build them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Outstanding build... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenGuthmiller Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 I knew a guy from school who bought one of these brand new in '70! I was just a pup of about 8 or 9 & he was the son of the owner of the dairy in our small town. He was the talk of the town when he brought that thing home! His was orange though. Nice job!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Custom10 Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 That's my favorite color on a judge. Nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenGuthmiller Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 I used un-faceted rhinestones. That's a great idea! I may have to check that out. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbill Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 great looking build, really like the color/stripe combo. well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris D Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Very nicely done, thanks for sharing. Chris D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Great build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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