DoctorLarry

My last two rides:

Got the interior mostly done. I have to refine details and it is ready. The body is about 95% done. More refinement, add some trim and this will be ready for clay.

Where did the wheels come from? They look killer on the car. Has a nice period feel to it.

I wipe my resins down with rubbing alcohol and then wash them in dish soap. Air dry and move on. I also have used auto wax and grease remover. Quick wipe followed by another paper towel then in the dish soap bath.

The master for the formal roof Century is in the final polishing up stages, then on to mold making!

More progress. I opened up the grille area and fabbed a new one. 39 separate pieces! I modified the front bumper to fit the 75 and added the center bulge for the license plate. In back I modified the deck lid and the rear quarters to fit the 75 profile. I fabbed up a new rear filler and tail lights and modified a bumper I had from the parts box. It is coming together.

Gerald your work space looks like mine. Orderly chaos!

I have the 74 GTO on my list of "nexts". Soon as I finish the 75 Buick Century Indy Pace Car.

Looks great! You back to doin decals yet?

Make that SENATOR Blutowski

"My advice to you is begin drinking heavily"...

No kit yet. I am building the 75 now.

That's what I'm working on. See the first picture.

Which one?

I made it.

Here is my next project, a 1975 Buick Regal Indy 500 Pace car. I just finished a 73 Buick Century and had already done the 76 Buick Century Pace Car so this was the next one on my list. It had the formal roofline that some of the Collonade cars had instead of the fastback roof. Since the 76 car has the formal roofline, this was a pretty simple cut and splice (so far). I just started it and so I still need to rework the front and rear ends and the rear bumper. I shaved the marker lights off the 73 body and will need to move them up like the 75 car had. So off to a good start. I also shaved the roof band off the 76 roof (but left the t tops) and am starting to open the windows up to get the correct shape. Because the main body was already done, this one should move faster than the 2 years the other two took!

Beautiful job!

A friend of mine in high school had a 401/4 speed dual quad AMX that was a very sweet, quick ride.

Sourcing the engine from the JoHan kit?

I use them for spray outs when testing paint colors. THEN the circular file!

Tom, they are cheap but what does one do with the accumulated bodies that are of no use???

Real Jo Han or resin copy? Only real one on EBAY was $225. Must be rare?

Powertrain?

Very nicely done, Gerald.

Here are a couple of mine: 73 Buick Century all scratch built, 76 Buick Century Pace Car all scratch built. Bodies, bumpers, all interior parts.