realgone58 Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 This is an original promo, Jo-Han, 1973 AMC Hornet. Factory finish Maxi Blue. I did the interior in black, buffed and waxed the body and BMF'd it, replaced the wheels with some steelies sprayed gloss black, dog dish caps, and Firestone Super Sports with blue lines from http://www.vinylnationdecals.com/ Lucked out with the chrome on this one, just cleaned and polished, then some blackwash where necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Minarick Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 I like it ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Sweet! I cant believe the model companies ignore our repeated requests for AMC kits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1930fordpickup Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Looks great. This takes me back a few ears when they ran around town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyjim Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Came out real SHINY :) , Al. I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David G. Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Looks great! Also one of my favorite cars. David G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Real sharp Al, great mirror shine.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Looks good. Takes me back to when my folks got a brand new one back in the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Very nice. I have an old resin body of that somewhere. Just the poorly cast body, none of the other required parts. The big question - Why hasn't anyone mastered a Sportabout?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike 1017 Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 I like it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realgone58 Posted July 20, 2013 Author Share Posted July 20, 2013 Very nice. I have an old resin body of that somewhere. Just the poorly cast body, none of the other required parts. The big question - Why hasn't anyone mastered a Sportabout?? I'd say sell off the resin body and grab one of these one the 'bay. I chased one of these in this color for quite a while, but lucked out on this one. Got it for under 40 bucks. I think it was because the seller took really bad pics of it and some folks were probably scared that it may have been in bad shape. It needed attention, but it was far better than I had expected. I'm with you on the Sportabout wagon. Would love to have a full detail kit of one of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffs396 Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Nicely done!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fury3 Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Beautifully restored. Always liked these cars...nice to see one done factory stock. Fury3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peekay Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 That came out great! VERY nice BMF application. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Oooh. Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixties Sam Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Great save of a rare model! The finish looks good. Blueline tires are a nice touch. Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocklandrambler Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Sweet! I cant believe the model companies ignore our repeated requests for AMC kits. From what I understand "Mother Chrysler" owns the rights to AMC and won't give permission for new kits. Offers were made to pay any fees they wanted and the offers were ignored. So, it's not the model companies who are to blame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris White Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Really nice work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooOld Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Great looking Hornet Alan ! Boy , that plastic polished out nice ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jantrix Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Fantastic work. I'd found one of these back in '86 when looking for my first car. I wanted it bad, but my dad talked me out of it. He was probably right, but man, I like this body style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Van Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Gotta love an AMC!!! Nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrKerry Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 Oh, me likes!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordairgtar Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 Very nice. I have an old resin body of that somewhere. Just the poorly cast body, none of the other required parts. The big question - Why hasn't anyone mastered a Sportabout?? They have. I think one of the recent Model cars mags has done a review on it. I know someone in our club had brought on to our model club meetings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie8575 Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 Very nice build. I'm surprised I missed this earlier. Charlie Larkin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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