DoctorLarry

I always love the old stuff and scratch builds and here are a whole lot of them! Great craftsmanship on display.

Got some work done slowly. Tried Bare metal foil and Molotow chrome for the first time and painted the lenses. Also tried my hand at making decals for the stripes. Decal paper, a straightedge and some ultra fine Sharpies. Not great but passable for a first try. All parts are resin. Used lowrider carpet and found some cool floor mats online. Shifter boot is painted masking tape and the shifter is a straight pin. Still need to add pedals then on to the engine compartment.

Got my order in-had to sign for it as it came from Germany. I ordered some fifteen52 wheels-very detailed and some tires. Very quick shipping and very good quality. Very similar to C1 Models and Ukrainian Scale products. All of them very detailed and all very good service. Only problem is C1 is out of stock on a lot of their issues. Glad I bought two sets when I did. Thanks for the help on this one, folks.

What do you use to model the anodized fittings?

Just placed an order. I love global business!

How much was shipping if you remember? Thanks for the tip on the flag. My computer will auto translate but I will follow your instructions.

Do you submit the order through Google translate and how do they ship and accept payment? Thanks!

Anybody bought things from Scale Production? Website is in German but Google will translate. They have some really nice resins but wanted to know if anyone has bought from them.

I always wanted a Golden Olive Grand Am or 73 GTO so this was as close as I could find. It really pops on the Jeep.

After sitting for a long time, I finally started work on this project after doing resin masters for awhile. The body, interior parts, chassis and inner fenders are all my own resin castings. Got some paint on but no foil or trim paint yet. Hopefully I can actually finish a build now! Paint is Chrysler (Jeep) Rescue Green lacquer with Dupli-Color automotive clear. Interior is a custom mix to replicate 74 Grand Am Dark Saddle. Engine is from a 66 GTO with single carb with Fireball BOP Quadrajet. Still have to create the 73 GTO ram Air setup. Progress, albeit slow.

Complete kit (body,interior tub seats, console, door panels dash) $55 each. I make them to order. Takes about a week to do them. Larry

Thanks, gents. I appreciate the feedback.

Trashed the last set of bumpers and made new ones.

I started doing the Pontiacs for two reasons: I like the body styles (having owned some-still do) and the fact that nobody made kits of them. Once I made the first one, I watched a video on resin casting and said "I think I could do that". After that, it has been fun to develop new body styles (now onto Buicks) and have folks want to build them. I have made a little money from them, but more importantly it is like any art project-it is satisfying when they are done and you can see them in resin. I just need to stop and actually finish building one!

I suppose that technically if you take an existing styrene kit from Revell or JoHan or someone else and make something different out of it you have utilized the design talents of someone else and you are copying at least part of their work. In my case, I began with styrene bodies and used their basic characteristics (wheel base length, roof line, etc) to create something that was in the same family as the styrene original (Grand Am and Can Am from Cutlass, Grand Prix from Monte Carlo). Some elements were minimally modified and some are unrecognizable from the base model. Are they exact copies? Obviously not but they are radically modified versions of an original base body. So parts are copied, undeniably.

I make them when I have time. Price depends on what you want.

A little more work. Still trying to get the bumpers right but getting closer.

I still have the molds for all of these. I cast when my work and family schedule permits, which has meant not much lately.

I like the silver one-who was the driver?

I'm almost done. Bumpers, final measurements. checking body lines and symmetry. Maybe a month.

I have two Cutlass roofs I cut off of other projects in my spare parts bin...

here's the one I mentioned. Definitely the standard roof with opera window.

I saw these decals on EBAY-looks like the regular roofline.

Got a picture for me? I can graft the Cutlass roof onto one of the resin copies and then fill in the triangle windows to have the formal opera window. I did that for a guy who had an opera window Grand Am. I re-did one of the resins with an opera window for him. LB

You wanting to do the Lennie Pond Regal?