69H.O.Firebird

Making some progress. Engine is mounted , starting on the chassis. Lots of metal & screws! It needs coaxing here and there. I found a few holes that were plugged up with paint. Nothing too bad. Next up is the suspension. I still have to bead blast the rims and polish them.

Can you provide a link to the source for your display cases? Kool build by the way!

Yes Bill, It is 2 years. Skip, Yes I see the yellow colored decals. Thanks.

You have me beat on the photos! LOL I have seen yellow ones as you say. But I have pics of silver also. These were already on the parts from the factory. I masked them & repainted the parts. I'm sure there are going to be many discrepancies with this kit. I'll address what I can and see I guess. It's been a fun build so far. The next step is finishing the frame and stripping the 4 rims and polishing them. That should be fun.

I believe they were a silver color and yellow with age. I have pics of them being silver then some pics where they have a yellow tint to the silver.

Skip, I received the next set of kits. The chassis and front suspension. I have not had time to work on it. Maybe this weekend. I just received an email last night that the next batch of kits were shipped also.

Nice site! Thanks. The real one I'm modeling mine after was sold . I pulled the pics from their site. I like the polished wheels with the red centers of the hub caps. It goes with the interior and breaks up the hub cap coloring some.

Thank you for the compliment! I've saved as many pics from the net as I can of original cars and some restorations. I'll be painting the body a ivory color with polished rims and standard painted hubcaps. I'll post a pic of the one I'm modeling.

The engine is pretty much finished. You will not see any of the screw holes or seams for the bell housing or trans once the belly pan is installed. Lots of detail painting & and a few injector pin marks to deal with on this engine But nothing too bad.

I'm leaning towards Ivory or Black

Here is where I'm at with my build. Every part has been repainted or detail painted. I’m probably going to change the body color also. Very nice kit and the company is eager to help if a part is missing or damaged.

I'll try this one.

Wow! I never realized the 1:1 had a mold line! Live & learn each day. Still, awesome work!

Great job! I would pop off the fuel pump & remove the mold lines before it gets buttoned up for good.

Great job! But I hope you don't mind a helpful comment. You forgot rule #1 in building. I think you can fix it still. You did not sand away the lettering from the maker on the chassis. Stands out like a sore thumb on a great build. Bruce

First year for sales of a vega was 1971. Production started June of 1970.

Something is off with the AMT 55. I cannot pinpoint it. I think the rear quarter windows are too large. I want to build a replica of mine some day but that darn AMT kit is horrible. Here is a pic of my 1:1 55 Bel-Air

Any pics with the body panels on? My buddy built one & could never get the alignment correct.

Tom, I had the same issue at a contest. I won NNL a few weeks before this certain contest and took the model to a large MA contest. It got honorable mention. When they gave me the ribbon the judge says that the model would have won but there was no tread on my rear tires. (street rod class) I proceeded to tell him that the owner was doing burnouts in the lot before he came in and entered the contest! He had nothing to say! No more contests.

Engine looks great, Starter motor also.

Wow! I'm sure that I can figure something out with all of the suggestions. If I need to cut and alclad then so be it. Not an issue. I'm just trying to see if there are any plug & play wheels out there that have a deeper rear.

Thanks Casey, They won't work. I need deep dish for the rears. I think the resin ones on evilbay will do it.

O=man, Pretty close! I might get a set. Joseph, Yes that was what I'm thinking to do with the Pegasus wheels. Thanks guys!

Thanks, They are there but all 4 are the same size.

I'm looking for 17" not 15"