69H.O.Firebird

Hit a milestone! It’s on 4 wheels. By far the hardest part was masking and painting the 4 hub caps. The wheels were airbrushed with molitow chrome. I’ll never do that again! I hope it’s all worth it , changing the body color. Next up will be the firewall and on to the interior. I have resin seats that will be covered in red glove leather. Also I’m lighting up the gages in the dash.

I think that I used model master panther pink.

Box stock, another fun build.

Nice! I love these old Tom Daniels kits.

The masking of these hubcaps has tested my patience. I just have a little touch up and then I’ll clear it. But it had to be done as I’m changing body color.

Really nice! I might have to get one of these.

Got some parts in that were on back order. I’ll be able to put the wheels on as soon as the molitow dries. I airbrushed them as I’m looking towards a chrome effect on the wheels. So far it’s going together well. I’m having paint mixed in the actual color of “White-Gray”. It’s an off white. I’ll be repainting the body in that color. See the last pic for what I’m trying to replicate.

Nice Job!

This is the Polar Lights snap kit. Very nice for a snapper. I foiled the glass & all other chrome was a molitow pen.

Started about 8 years ago and put away. Now it’s another quarantine build. Box stock

Thanks Everyone!

TarheelRick, Yes it is a slick and it is 1/8 scale. Thanks for all of the nice comments everyone!

I’m calling it done. This thing kicked my butt. I replaced the seat post so it would be at a more natural level. Also replaced the cables with proper colored wire and at a more scale thickness. I chose the seat stripe without filling in the pleats. Looks kool.

Maybe a local body shop? I am repainting mine because I found a color that I prefer. I'll be using a automotive detail gun on mine.

That's great Bill! Unfortunately the shipments are on backorder still. I've put it away and will resume once I get some parts.

Not sure if this belongs here but its a restored 1/24 Tamiya lotus on a restored Cox magnesium chassis. Fun project.

Some progress. I have all the parts to make a rolling chassis. Front & rear suspension installed. I have to walnut blast the 4 rims and polish them. Then I can install them. The next set of parts are on back order due to printing of the instructions I was told.

Making some progress. Engine is mounted , starting on the chassis. Lots of metal & screws! It needs coaxing here and there. I found a few holes that were plugged up with paint. Nothing too bad. Next up is the suspension. I still have to bead blast the rims and polish them.

Can you provide a link to the source for your display cases? Kool build by the way!

Yes Bill, It is 2 years. Skip, Yes I see the yellow colored decals. Thanks.

You have me beat on the photos! LOL I have seen yellow ones as you say. But I have pics of silver also. These were already on the parts from the factory. I masked them & repainted the parts. I'm sure there are going to be many discrepancies with this kit. I'll address what I can and see I guess. It's been a fun build so far. The next step is finishing the frame and stripping the 4 rims and polishing them. That should be fun.

I believe they were a silver color and yellow with age. I have pics of them being silver then some pics where they have a yellow tint to the silver.

Skip, I received the next set of kits. The chassis and front suspension. I have not had time to work on it. Maybe this weekend. I just received an email last night that the next batch of kits were shipped also.

Nice site! Thanks. The real one I'm modeling mine after was sold . I pulled the pics from their site. I like the polished wheels with the red centers of the hub caps. It goes with the interior and breaks up the hub cap coloring some.

Thank you for the compliment! I've saved as many pics from the net as I can of original cars and some restorations. I'll be painting the body a ivory color with polished rims and standard painted hubcaps. I'll post a pic of the one I'm modeling.