DoctorLarry

Looks great! You back to doin decals yet?

Make that SENATOR Blutowski

"My advice to you is begin drinking heavily"...

No kit yet. I am building the 75 now.

That's what I'm working on. See the first picture.

Which one?

I made it.

Here is my next project, a 1975 Buick Regal Indy 500 Pace car. I just finished a 73 Buick Century and had already done the 76 Buick Century Pace Car so this was the next one on my list. It had the formal roofline that some of the Collonade cars had instead of the fastback roof. Since the 76 car has the formal roofline, this was a pretty simple cut and splice (so far). I just started it and so I still need to rework the front and rear ends and the rear bumper. I shaved the marker lights off the 73 body and will need to move them up like the 75 car had. So off to a good start. I also shaved the roof band off the 76 roof (but left the t tops) and am starting to open the windows up to get the correct shape. Because the main body was already done, this one should move faster than the 2 years the other two took!

Beautiful job!

A friend of mine in high school had a 401/4 speed dual quad AMX that was a very sweet, quick ride.

Sourcing the engine from the JoHan kit?

I use them for spray outs when testing paint colors. THEN the circular file!

Tom, they are cheap but what does one do with the accumulated bodies that are of no use???

Real Jo Han or resin copy? Only real one on EBAY was $225. Must be rare?

Powertrain?

Very nicely done, Gerald.

Here are a couple of mine: 73 Buick Century all scratch built, 76 Buick Century Pace Car all scratch built. Bodies, bumpers, all interior parts.

Nichels Road Runner and GTO:

.020 styrene rod also works well for seat piping and you can use regular glue to attach it.

I'll cast it after I get settled from moving (ugh)

I favor the Collonades. I have owned three (still own one) and I like their style. You can do 75 Cutlass (Jo-Han snap kit), 76 Laguna (you have to convert a Pepsi NASCAR Chevelle and use Revell 77 Monte Carlo interior), 73 Century, 76 Pace car, 73 Grand Am, 73 GTO, 74/75 Grand Am, 77 Can Am, and 77 LeMans sedan. I am going to do the 75 Buick Pace Car (already started on the interior) and maybe a 77 442. I did the 77 Buick Century in fastback and formal roof NASCAR cars and a 76 Hurst Grand Prix as well.

Thanks for the props!

Duly Noted. The car is modeled as a Gran Sport.

Detailed out with bumpers. Panel lines scribed, tail lights on, bumpers done in Molotow.

Go to the grocery store and look in the coffee filter section. You will see basket filers that are plastic and have metal mesh openings with very fine mesh. That's what I use. I cut the mesh out.