30 replies to this topic

[Eric C]

Finally finished this one up. It's the re-release of the Revell (Monogram) 1970 TransAm. Painted with Tamiya Pure White and cleared/polished. The interior is painted with Testors Lacquer Nassau Blue Metallic and detailed with testors chrome silver and semi-gloss black. The shaker scoop was painted with Tamiya Light Blue Metallic and the decals were masked off (while still on the decal sheet) and re-sprayed with the same Light Blue Metallic so they would more closely match the shaker scoop. I added plug wires, although impossible to see, and I also added window cranks and door locks. I stripped and repainted the wheels and rear bumper. I painted the bumper with alclad and it was my first time using it. Some of the chrome rubbed of the bumper while handling it and it needs to be redone. The Firestone lettering on the tires are left over decals from a Fujimi GT40 kit. This release doesn't include "Transam" scripts for the fenders or rear of the spoiler. Also, the hood doesn't fit great.

Here's a few pics... thanks for looking.

[crispy]

What did you use for the headlight lenses? MV's? They look great!
Super Clean Eric!
Chris

[Abell82]

Is the rear spoiler on this kit seperate, or did you just accent the mounting position? It looks awesome!! You did a great job!

[Ray]

That looks really great!!

[ismaelg]

Outstanding paint job! Very clean execution. Looks great!

[Zoom Zoom]

sweet. wut paint did u use? did u use kit decals?arent this car suposed to be black w,gold strips?looks nice tho i think it shuld be lowred and tha weelz r two small

:shock:

Sorry, I was at the three pictures only or you will die forum and got a bit punchy from reading comments by the clueless :wink:

Beautiful model. I'll try to behave now :twisted:

[Harry P.]

Sorry, I was at the three pictures only or you will die forum and got a bit punchy from reading comments by the clueless :wink:

You shouldn't be so hard on them over there...remember, there's plenty of cluelessness everywhere...

BTW, don't you do a little work every now and then for the folks who run the "three pictures or die" forum? :wink:

[MonoPed]

Nice build!!

[Zoom Zoom]

Sorry, I was at the three pictures only or you will die forum and got a bit punchy from reading comments by the clueless :wink:

You shouldn't be so hard on them over there...remember, there's plenty of cluelessness everywhere...

BTW, don't you do a little work every now and then for the folks who run the "three pictures or die" forum? :wink:

Shhhhh. :wink: I should have said "you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him read"! Part of the problem of people asking the questions is because of the policy against pictures. Combine that with lazy readers and I'm left :roll: :evil: :x

I've thought many a time about simply posting photos of a new build on forums where that is common (this is not one of them), and just answering questions if/when they get asked.

[Eric C]

Thanks folks...

Chris, the headlight lenses are the ones that came with the kit. Thankfully, they're nice and clear and when attached to the chrome headlight bucket they look really nice. I wish they had handled the parking/signal lights better.

[Harry P.]

Also, the hood doesn't fit great.

Don't worry...the hood doesn't fit great on the real ones either!

[Tom Kren]

Great job! Nive paint too!

[Randy Kern]

WOW. Eric, that has to be one of the cleanest, best built models I've seen lately. Fantastic paint, too. A superior build on a great subject! Oh, and Bob, you crack me up! :mrgreen:

[Steve H.]

Wow, She's a beauty!
I'm not real familiar with the different T/A graphics, but I know I haven't seen too many models built with this particular package.
Nice trick on the decals! Did you mask off the bird, too?

[sno_man80]

Paint came out real good, and the tires look fine, and don't lower the car either. Not all cars, especially muscle cars, don't need to look like Jap ###### and get lowered and have those retarded low pro tires. Looks great. I also think people need to learn how to use a spell checker.

[cruz]

WOW! Very nice man, clean and simple and the paint job is out of this world! 8)

[Nick F40]

Paint is beautiful and the fit is perfect!! 8) Nice stock build. I have one to build, I hope it turns out this nice! :shock:

[Matt T.]

Eric that is perfect! And what a paintjob! :shock: Stance is perfect for a Trans Am.

It looks like you fixed the doorglass line in the roof with the proper curve? Great idea on paint-matching the decals too.

I just got one of these kits myself. Looking forward to building it after it's been gone for so long.

[Jason Rothgeb]

Eric,

I think the number of positive replies indicate what a beautiful build this, and high quality pictures really help demonstrate exactly how nice it is. There is a solution for the missing T/A decals, but I'm not sure it's a "perfect" solution. Keith Marks makes decals for Trans Ams, but they are listed as "1973-1977" instead of 70+ as the brochures listed the late introduction Second Generation Firebird. The main difference being the Screaming Chicken on the hood instead of the one stripe that runs the length of the car. I do not know if the missing Fender and spoiler emblems, which the Keith Marks sheet provides are the same for 1970 and 1973 and up. Bare minimum, it would give you a convincing look that only the most avid Pontiac fan could tell was "incorrect". Here's the link to the decals:

http://images19.fotk...Pictures-vi.jpg

You can order them through his Fotki site or he also has auctions on ebay. And no, I'm not shilling for the company, I'm just a very satisfied customer.