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Micro Scale has sheets of pinstripes. The 1/64 is out of stock on thier website but they have "1 and 2 inch" on HO scale. That's pretty thin.

Here's my '72 I built over 10 years ago. I "took some libertys" with it. But aside from the valve cover, air cleaner swap and scratch made panel in front of the radiator, it's all JoHan Toro under the hood.

All the chassis and everything on the engines except the "CADILLAC" script valve covers is the same in all the JoHan kits from '66 to '72. The engines are all Oldsmobile. They just put the Caddy script on the Eldorado kit valve covers. The inner fenders, firewall, rad wall and other underhood stuff is pretty well the same too, if not 100% carried over from the '66.

Something else you should consider is the doors on a 4dr were shorter than a 2dr. That's giving you some proportion problems.

That's true. It's why MPC/AMT and Revell/Monogram kept switching between calling thier TransAm kits "Trans Ams" or "Firebirds" depending on who had the licencing at the time. Also why Pontiac was going to call the Trans Am just "T/A" at the start of the 3rd gen run. To avoid the licencing issues.

Ya know, I've been thinking about these conversions. They definitely have it all over mine for power and technology. Superior in every way,, but,, and this might be the couple "adult beverages" I've just consumed but I think I'll keep my 100% genuine Pontiac TransAm.

You could just cut the top off and add a boot. Don't know where you'd find a boot in 1/24 though. It wouldn't be 100% correct though because the rear 1/4 panels and the tulip panel between the trunk lid and back window or top is much flatter where it meets the roof opening where the hardtop has the character line that wraps up right around the rear window. Probably look better with just the vinyl top option. Would have been better to add the trim before painting but you could probably get away with adding it by glueing it down with clearcoat and doing a couple more coats of clear overall after it's thoroughly dry. That could hide any smudges done while adding the trim. As for size of trim, I just use stretched sprue usually when I do a vinyl roof.

BTW,, '70 GS in "Burgundy Mist"

Something to keep in mind though is you can build a stock GS from the kit you need a different grille and hood for a Skylark. The hood with the hole in it for the custom version would be right [with the hole filled] for a '71 or '72 but the front edge of the '70 had an undercut that's not on the kit hood.

That special order purple was '70 Cadillac "Chateau Mauve Firemist". Pretty color. A very long time ago I owned a '70 Skylark Custom in "Aqua Mist". with black. One of my favourite color combos. Looked like this one. ,, but not nearly as nice.

Stian, if you like the kit, you should hold onto it. If you get rid of it , you will probably regret it in the future. BTW, most Palmer kits are rare and have excellent boxart.

I've seen those Otaki "1/24 scale" kits in person, I'd take the 18 bucks and run!

A lot easier to get an AMT '72 Ventura or one of the resin copies and update it. The '73/'74 was an update of the earlier body with new front and rear ends with big bumpers and different shape rear side windows. The '75 up were a different generation body.

Nope, no '73/'74 Novas or Venturas were ever done in kit or resin.

They are. There's also a third one called the "Autolite Special". The Mach 1 came out in '68. You can tell by the artwork. It's similar to most of the other AMT kit artwork that year. Best kit box art ever, IMHO. Here's the box of my '68 Thunderbird for comparison.

The original maroon version looks a lot like a convertible version of Cadzilla to me. Both came out of Coddington's shop, of corse.

Sometimes you do something silly on a bet, and end up with something like this,, Sometimes there's a car you really want but don't want to spend $200+ on a mint kit. when a $50 rebuilder will get it done.

If I hada known, I had a couple left I could have sent you. Oh well.

We already went through this last month, it was a misprint. The color is "Citron", not Bitron.

Vintage kit route. IIRC, that kit and any after it were reissues of the "Craftsman" curbside kit with the hood cut open and engine added. BUT, the firewall and everything else needed is in the AMT '64. OR, you could just get the new tool Revell kit.

So, given this news, is there a chance you'll be offering plated parts in your resin kits sometime in the future Jeff? Might be a good move, maybe even just as an available option. I know I'd pay a bit extra for pre-plated bumpers, grilles, etc.

After bodywork and priming I always apply a coat of BIN Zinzer shellac. Wet sand it out with 1000 grit or finer and I'm good to go. Never had a problem in over 30 years of doing this. BTW, It's quite pebbly from the spraycan so I airbrush it thinned with rubbing alcohol. The Alcohol also is excellent for clean up afterword.

Where on earth did you get the hood Ron? [Norm?] I thought I was the only one who cast any of those. [did a couple for Albert Wallace a few years ago] Anyway, cool project, I love those old lux cars.

Looks really good Tom. Very cool replica. [BTW, that's also the original colour of my 1/1 '85 TransAm. ]

Here's a tip about the headlights on that kit. The placement seems off when built from the box but the looks can be vastly improved by simply making the holes bigger, adding a thin strip of sheet plastic around each hole to form the bezel and adding larger lights.