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  1. Love the Renault. I have one of those I want to do. The actual rally cars were beasts. I'm going to change the wheels and I got a detailed engine to transplant from an EBAY built kit.

  2. I must have the same kit. Only problem I have is the console is all wrong. The driver's side is not flat but has several curves to match the contours of the floorboard. The front is also a little higher and slopes down more sharply. I modified mine with sheet plastic and putty to make it more realistic. My shifter broke off during shipping so I need to reattach it. My kit had separate door panels.pauls73gtoconsole.jpg.cb5cc8e142230faa4f8136c477658bac.jpg

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  3. After I finished my Motion Buick Skylark, I wanted to continue with Buicks. Perry's Resin used to do a 68 Skylark GS in resin but it is long gone.  Occasionally they pop up on EBAY and go for big money. I've bid on and lost probably 4 or so over the years. Recently files were created for 3D printers for a 69 Skylark and Skylark wagon.  The body is pretty accurate; the hood not so. The lines are wrong.  The interior is not correct for the 69 DeLuxe interior in the GS. I made my own molds and cast it in resin for my Motion build and fixed the hood lines.  There are lots of printers offering the 69 kits now. The chassis are pretty basic and the interiors as well, as far as being accurate. The dash and console are great.  However, no 1968 kit yet.  To do  this for my build, I created a 69 to 68 "fix". I used the 68 Chevelle as a donor for the 69 chassis and interior and created my own seats and door panels.  For the 68, the hood is different, the deck lid has trim on it, the rear marker lights are different. the fenders are cut out for a gill vent. The interior is also really different. So I made my own. The Chevelle rear seat is too wide so I created the door panels to look like the real ones do and made new seats. The front IMG_6764.jpg.b35962e0946fad58d25bcc51ef4decb4.jpgseats are wider and flatter with no head rests. I used 66 GTO seats and cut the middle out which made them just right to modify. The 68 also had a column shift console which I duplicated. I will make molds of everything and cast them up.

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  4. 12 minutes ago, iwantmodels said:

    This is gorgeous.  I hope someone from Revell will see this post and go forward with a 68/69 Buick GS.    

    Perry's Resin did a 68 at one point. I have a 69 that I'm going to convert to a 68 and I'll also do the 68 interior. This is the goal:

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  5. This is probably my most ambitious project yet. Baldwin Motion reportedly only modified two Buicks during their time.  One was a 69 Skylark GS and the other a 70 GS. I started with a resin 69 Skylark. I made my own DeLuxe interior and used a 68 Chevelle as a donor. The rest is scratch made. Jay's Resin Hurst wheels and tires. Testor's blue metallic paint (a little dark) and white. Model railroad pinstripe decals. Photo etch GS emblems. I think it turned out great. Comments welcome.

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  6. A friend of mine just retired and he used to have a green Challenger T/A. I built a replica for a retirement gift.  I had the correct exterior color mixed by my local paint guy and used a different color craft paint for the interior. I love this color combo even if it was rather unique and lesser seen.

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