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There's a couple they could have come from. The AMT '63 Impala and one of the Monogram '57 Corvettes come to mind first. I'm sure there's a couple more that had daises but not as common.

The AMT VW Sirocco has 13" wheels, including a deep racing set. They're the mesh type but you may be able to cut the rim away from the centers to use on other style centers. But looks like the Aoshimas are pretty close to your wheels anyway.

Hey, you got it done,, looks good. Did you get the bubble tinted on the first shot?

I'm pretty sure all the resin ones are copies of the original AMT kits.

I don't have to, I know what they go for but that's not an original AMT kit. I also know that's a ridiculous price for a 1/25 resin body with just the bumpers and hood no matter what the subject. Yes, AAM used to sell a Cougar. So did R+R Resins. Unfortunately, both are out of business. There were a couple others that did resin Cougars too.

85 bucks seems kinda high for a body, bare bumpers/grille and hood. I got mine from Modelhaus for under 60 and it included in interior and plated bumpers. Glad I got it when I did.

Mark, the "V: is the speed rating of the tire, it has nothing to do with the size. It means the tire is rated good for 135 MPH. The 50, 40 and 35 are the "aspect ratio". That's the height of the tire in % of the width. There should be another number, such as 205, 225 or 245 etc. that would tell you the height of the tire but AMT never put them on the tire so it's hard to say exactly what they're supposed to represent. Anyway, some of the Monogram "performance cars" from the '90s had them such as thier Formula Firebirds and Porsche 911 kits but the sidewall detail was completely different. Lindberg did some Gatorbacks too and put them in a couple of thier kits. Some of thier '40 Ford coupes and '34 Ford pickups had them. They might fit your wheels a bit better but they're not molded quite as nicely.

Just checked , the 35s are slightly wider but the same height. The 50s are slightly smaller. I don't think they made ZR 60s. Monogram also made Goodyear Gatorback tires in a couple different sizes but in 1/24. One may be the height you're looking for but they'd be too big for the wheels you're using. The rims would fall right through the openings.

The Revell Glidden Motoecraft Thunderbird has them. IIRC, the kit is 1/24.

Another little update on the 1/25. Finished up the interior this weekend while keeping an eye on the high water levels in the river and my basement. The paint is a bit shinier than I'd like on the seats but my old spraycan of dullcoat seems to need replacing. The shades are pretty close though. And a mockup with the glass tinted and installed and the interior in. BTW, the bodywork is coming along well on the 1/1. I think if I hadn't had to stay home last weekend on floodwatch, we could have had it almost ready for paint. I picked up the paint, decals and new window sill felts over the last month so I pretty well have everything I need to finish up the outside now.

It does affect Japanese kits sometimes too. I have one of the Hasegawa '66 Pontiac Bonnevilles with those beautiful whitewall tires. The white is styrene and it's now quite melted and deformed in the tires.

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.