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1978 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am


Nick Winter

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Bought this kit in December, just finished it now, started it around January. Revell Re-issue from last fall. Plastikote primer, Duplicolor GM Cardinal Red, Duplicolor Clear, Scratch X 2.0 Polish. BMF, Some LLumar 1:1 Window Tint, Monogram '69 GTO Rallye II's. I'm pleased with it, still have some very small things to do, for now.

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Nice job Nick! The only flaw I see is that it looks like you have air shocks on all 4 corners but if I remember correctly, that is an inherent problem with the kit. I like the wheels, never did like those snowflake wheels that came on those cars.

Your skills continue to improve and impress, keep at it!

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That's a real beauty ! Reminds me of the 1:1 I had new in '77 . Bright red T/A with no screamin chickin on the hood !

I also never liked the honeycomb wheels on them . Yours are a nice change . Is that window tint easy to use ?

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Thank you everyone, I seen a '76 T/A in Cardinal Red last fall and I loved the look of it, so I built this car nearly Identical but using the '78 kit.

Bob, the window tint does have a bit of a learning curve to it, but I had my buddy who I got the tint from, Torie (owns FX Tint), show me how to use it.

Nick

Edit: Bruce- It will have my native plates soon enough (Ontario).

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That looks like a "Jersey" style car to me. I can see J-Woww and "the situation" cruising around in it... :lol:

I actually live minutes away from where the show was filmed. The boorish yahoos of "Jersey Shore" in NO WAY represent the year-round inhabitants. But yeah, the car does look like something I've seen in real life around here.
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