DoctorLarry

One of my good friends bought the wagon. He lived around the corner. I don't remember what happened to it after the rear end self destructed.

Curtis, I have tons of reference material on the car so if you want pictures PM me. Larry

I did not do the print but it did come with a different color resin than the rest. I also have a Robert Burns Skylark wagon so I have something to compare to. Thanks for the tip!

Evidently there were two Motion-prepped Buicks. The other one was a yellow GSX. I have ordered parts to do that one, too. It will be easy because the kit already exists. Ladder bars, 12 bolt Chevy rear, Motion under hood stuff and Keystone mags with Motion spinners.

In my hometown, we had a v8 Vega wagon someone did (it was not by Motion). They had shortened the axles on the rear end and evidently either welded them back together or destroyed the heat treating so of course there was a minor explosion one time when the hammer was dropped!

I think I bought one of those kits to test the size of the engine. As I recall it had a hole in it for a metal axle and as you said not much detail. I will check it out. Thanks for the tip!

I think so, too.

Having just finished a Buick Pace Car, I had a number of new possibilities to start. Cleaning up some old magazines (at one point I had 18 boxes of car magazines) I found an old Musclecar Review article about one of two Buicks known to have been modified at Joel Rosen's Baldwin-Motion shop. It was fully restored and is a beautiful car. I had bought a 3D printed 69 Skylark on EBAY and thought that would be a good use for it. The Revell 68 Chevelle is my donor, it has the same wheelbase. I will start with a Monogram GSX engine but at 1/24 scale it might look too big (that was true in the last build). The Motion car has Hurst wheels on it and just so happens that Jay's Resin just introduced them in 20/21 diameter. I emailed him and asked if he could do them in 17 and he did! They look awesome. Original car had 14" wheels but I'm stretching things a little. I started making the interior (the 3D print had one but it was all wrong) from the Chevelle parts and sheet plastic. I'll get my paint guy to mix up the paint. No decals this time so it should go faster (I hope). Thanks for looking.

Does anyone do Pontiac engines or Buick 350/455 engines in resin?

I started sanding with 220 dry and will follow up with 400 wet. Then tape off the detail stuff and hit it with Dupli-Color Filler primer and see how it turns out. The top had really deep lines ii it as well as the hood.

I bought a 3D print 69 Skylark from someone on EBAY (not Robert Burns, to be clear). It has all sorts of ripples in the body. My question is is this a common thing? Second, do I just try to sand them out? Third, how do you prep one of these for paint? Any experience would be appreciated. Thanks!

Very nice and clean. I love the engineering that went into opening doors, trunk and hood. At first glance you would think it was the real car. Excellent!

Thanks, everyone for the kind comments. I don't know if I will try another engine compartment like that one. Maybe back to the 60's-an alternator and a heater!

Super clean. A friend of mine's Dad had a burgundy one. I always like that car.

Very clean-did you use texture paint for the roof?

I have a great love for the 73-77 GM Collonade cars. I have done several Pontiacs and have done resin castings of both Pontiacs and Buicks. I also like the two Buick Indy 500 Pace Cars and so did resin castings of both. Like many of you, I always seem to have multiple projects working and finishing them takes me a long time. I started this build awhile ago and my ambitions got the better of me. I see unreal detail and craftsmanship on the board but I had never attempted a super detailed build. This was a somewhat ambitious attempt at one. My own resin body and interior, 1966 GTO chassis shortened, 66 GTO engine with a Buick front cover and scratch made intake, Fireball Quadrajet and resin BOP Turbo 400. Resin wheels and tires. Fred Cady (I think) decals with Ray's Kits under hood detail decals. I tried to do a full interior which included textured headliner (HO scale textured plastic), dome light and shoulder harnesses. Photo etch seat belt buckles with blue ribbon. Detailed interior with wood grain and my own resin seats and console and steering wheel. Undercarriage with brake hoses, fuel line and emergency brake cables. Under hood looks like a typical mid 70's emission V-8: a mess. I added transmission lines, power steering hoses, A/C lines and scratch built pulleys and belts. Detailed battery and cables. Heater and radiator hoses. The washer tank and radiator overflow were scratch built to mimic the real thing. I added a charcoal canister and lines, throttle return spring, power brake hose, electrical relays and the vacuum ball for heater controls. I used thread and fine wire to represent wiring and hoses, color coded to the real thing. I went through 3 decal sets as they just crumbled up. I finally put three coats of clear lacquer on them and that made them stay together. Paint is correct for inside and outside as I had it mixed at a paint store. A lot of work and lots of flubs in it but it was satisfying to finally get it done.

I built a replica of my 1-1 car

Very nice! What did you start with?

Thanks for the information. I'll wait.

Any chance of a Pontiac V-8? your work is beautiful in its detail and accuracy.

Looks great, Gerald!

From what we could tell via a quick internet search it looked like the Yeoman models were "strippers" that lacked the rear trim. It could have been an option. I know very little about this era but the wagon was neat. It had exhaust cutouts and a beautiful interior as well.

My son got married in Palm Springs, California last March. We came out of our hotel room one morning and this was in the parking lot. Very cool.

My son got married in Palm Springs, California last March. We came out of our hotel room one morning and this was in the parking lot. Very cool.

Another source of fine mesh screen is a filter for a Keurig coffee maker. That's what I use for my NASCAR builds/