Der Bugmeister

Absolutely stunning work, Steve! Looks good enough to jump in and start driving...

The colour looks great, nice work so far! In the Oldsmobile world, those Magnum wheels would be SS1 (Super Sport 1) wheels. Correct for the car and definitely a sportier look ?

The more, the merrier ? I've been on the forum for years but haven't built anything since 2014ish...and I really need to change that. I ordered this kit from BC Shaver and after I picked up the one they ordered in for me, they called and said they had the one I ordered in the store now. Hmmm...ok, went down and bought the second one. I have a '71 Cutlass that I'll base one of them off, and an old Testers/Johan 1970 Cutlass to build like my '70. I restored the '57 Beetle in my avatar back in the 90's and may redo it at some point but for now I'm up to my armpits in the Cutlass. Your chassis is looking sharp. Did you consider adding the green band around the rear axle? That was a factory marking.

Yep, I'm up in Duncan and doing a frame off restoration on a 1970 Cutlass right now. I'm enjoying seeing your photos of both the real deal and the great detail work you're doing on the kit. Details like the alternator bracket and master cylinder bale are outstanding!

Beautiful work, I'm loving the detail you're putting into that engine! The 1:1 looks like a highly detailed restoration, I'm going to have to keep my eyes open for it this summer assuming he gets out in it once in a while! I've got two of these kits on the shelf waiting for me to find the time but I'm getting too up close and personal with the frame and underbody of my '70 Cutlass ? Looking forward to seeing more of your work on this build.

My wife says I have too many models and too many 1:1 cars. I disagree. I don't have enough room, is the problem.

I think there's a '72 CS Convertible kit, essentially the same as a '71 except the grills and tail light dividers.

Correct. Front bumpers have round signal lights and the rear bumpers have horizontal tail lights. There's a conversion kit available that I need to locate and buy. The grills and gravel guard are also different for the 71, but I'm not sure if that's in the conversion.

Coming along very nicely! I've got the Testors release of this kit with similar plans to use parts from a '69 HO kit. Mine will replicate how I envision my '71 Cutlass S will look in a few years.

Painted and cleared, just a mockup here so don't let the wheel position throw you off. Debating whether to leave the seats their current colour or add some accent panels to them.

Moving along on the '50 Olds...

Fantastic work on those engines!

Great work! Love the detail.

Unfortunately gluhead's photos seem to have disappeared into fotki space, but from his description it sounds like he probably did something like this (maybe more): Drilled the A arms for pinning with stretched strue, cut them loose then pinned them up. They won't move when I'm done the installation, but this will get me the stance I'm after. Probably old hat for many, but first time for me trying a lot of these techniques. So far, so good! Thanks for the tip on the AMT kit, horsepower. I don't have access to it unfortunately, but was planning on trying my hand at fabbing the open roof/cover. Most everything else should close up alright.

Thanks Pappy Found the rims for it, now to make things fit and resemble something that might work in 1:1. I don't think I'll be able to get it sitting as low as originally planned, but that's alright. Also picked up a Revell Pontiac 421 V8 in the hopes I can make that work in there.