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Painting is always the best part. I did a flat black base coat followed by a few coats of 2k clear. I'll let it dry for a while (BTW, WARNING this plastic gets SOFT in the food dehydrator) sand it and see if I need more clear coats. This 3D printed body is super smooth and straight.

After some time away from the project, and having re-evaluated, I redid the grill. I cut a whole pile of new slats from 0.020 Evergreen and got them as even as I could. I used an aluminum square tube as my guide to get them lined up. same Evergreen between them to create the spacing and super-glued it down. Now I have a spot on the hood to grind down so it sits flush again. 2.5 hours bent over my bench, my neck hurts.

I didn't really like the screen for the front grill. Working with sheet plastic, I came up with this. Looks more like the real thing, I may redo it as I have some ideas to make it more uniform. But, this is better than before.

As a fan of Ferraris in non-traditional colors I'd say you picked a great look there. That paint job looks nice. Really nice!

Made it to the Austin Scale Model show on Saturday and found 1 (like the only one in the entire show) '83 Hurst Olds, and no '69 Hurst Olds. Otherwise, it was a great show. Lots of stuff in the vendor area, and the models in the contest area looked pretty damn good. On to my Hurst Olds. As you see, I cut the headlight buckets from the '83 kit and installed them. I'll paint them gloss black then Alclad chrome to make them nice and reflective.

Every time I say I'm going to set this project aside, I find something that I just have to do on it. I found my railroad screen, which is one of my favorite materials to work with, and worked on cutting down the grills and shaping the screen over them to determine how it will look. Not exactly what the 1:1 scale had, but it's my model and I like it!

Really nice build.

Congrats! Was a great build to watch. Retirement isn't such a bad thing, really!

I had gotten two 3D printed blowers, planning to use the second one someday. That day came this week. I also was tired of the too-small rims and tires in the original AMT kit, so I used these from a long-gone diecast. Model is looking a little rough around the edges (literally, in some spots) and I would do some things differently if I were to build this one again. Still, happy it's on the shelf.

When I redid my '69 Dodge Coronet, I got a spare blower just in case. This Viper has been on my shelf since around 1997, won a number of trophies and has always been one of my favorites. I decided time to change the rims out, and whatthehell, drop the blower on. I prob won't have any in-progress, but will show it when done.

October 1st is the Austin Scale Model Show, and I've been making out my shopping list. I've been sorting out fine details, i.e. firewall area and interior. I need a few kits and some supplies to finish things up. In the meantime, I've gone and foiled the badges on the '74 body. I'm going to cut them off and sand them down from the back side to install on the stock '77 Cutlass, on the right in pic 2. Engines are ready for repaint, 350 with turbo 350 for the stock and 455/4 speed on the Hurst Olds. I'm considering sending the bumpers out for chrome, but may go Alclad chrome over gloss black which yields the same results. See yall at the show!

If it came from a Mustang, It was OK to use. I cut the chassis and interior of a 2010 GT500 to fit under the Pinto Body. Not my best work, but I had fun. Wheel/tire change at the last moment, lost 1 five-spoke and can't find it. Enjoy.

Done. Pics in Under glass.

Been doing interior work. Themes: for the Hurst/Olds (current black interior), as it was a pre 1976 proposal from Hurst, I want to keep the 1974-1975 look of the interior, while showing performance upgrades. Thus, 1969 dash for the added gauges, it will have a Hurst shifter for the 4 speed. Color will be light tans and browns. For the 1977 Supreme (current tan interior), I've changed the seats, added better arm rests, and changed the vents to more closely match the 1:1 scale '77. I know it seems odd to do the tan interior black and black interior tan, but the parts mix and other factors just made it work that way.

While the body sits I can get to the interior work. Just about ready to go in.

The Pinto came with a coke machine, which I decided to build. Fun diversion and it will look good in pics.

Ixney on the verde. Yea, changed my mind. I was going to go lime green. But, when I shot the coke machine, I opted to do the Pinto GT in that color too. Went on nice and smooth, comes out more red than these pics indicate. White racing stripes to continue the Coke theme... Onward!

Looks like I've got my stance and interior/chassis fitting in the body just right. Making changes to the engines so all the hi performance bits are on the HO and standard stuff on the standard Cutlass.

Nope, nobody is seeing things, no deja vue. Nailpolish green didn't go on so well. So I had to strip and repaint. Silver base looks nice. When I get a chance, shopping trip for some good green to do that again.

I use a NEW blade in an X-Acto knife, dragging it backwards over the panel line. Going slow, using masking tape on the ends to keep from scratching the body past the line. Cutting the dash area took the longest because of space. I had to run the knife through the interior and scrap about 1/3rd of the dash part at a time. That took some time. But, afterwards, you can sand down the backside of the hood as much as needed for it to mount flush.

Onward to the interior. Cut out the 75 Promo seats to use the 69 seats, a little closer to the correct patterns for the black interior. With the front seats out, I can work on door detail.

Aside from the two bodies I got two promos, a blue 74 and tan 75. I also picked up a 69 H/O which has the decals I need, although I will need a second set of decals to complete the look. Tan interior in the standard Cutlass, which is going to be all black, and black interior in the H/O car with the '69 dash for more gauges as well as not replacing the seats.That gives a different look between the two cars.

I've been working on business so my Cutlass projects were sitting for a week. Today I started looking at the interiors and what/how I was going to cut them up. I think I'm close to where I want to go on both interiors. Mockup shows things coming together.

Prime and sand, prime and sand, repeat. Working on getting the back quarter and window area smooth and symmetrical. After that, need to lay down some trim for the vinyl top.

I can't stress enough the use of a camera to check fit and alignment. You will see things in a photo that you don't notice when working on a model. Having the stock model alongside sure helps to get everything lining up and looking right. The JB weld is hard as a rock, giving me a good solid body to work with. Now it's sand and prime and fill; repeat until perfect!