RestoModGuy

Got a bit of bench time this week. BMF, engine and interior Not a fan of bench seats, the new car has Recaro's and ribbon for the rear tray. I see I need to touch-up the steering wheel paint. Nice thing about hi-res pictures seeing what you can't see Not going full detail, at least did plug-wires.

Nice work, looks great

Nice looking quickie, well done.

Here's my 68 Custom Charger. Not a full Pro-touring set-up, but maybe some other ideas for you. Made the two side door "scoops" into a 1970 style single. Added more height to the tail spoiler, added front air-dam Added rear rocker flip with quad exhaust, molded in the rear Molded in the front grill-bumper, looks more like a 1970 Revell did an outstanding job on the detail of this kit, the chassis is awesome. I added the twin exhaust collectors for the quad tips Custom hood with grills Engine cover modification

nice! Cool idea for the rack, kinda like it...

nice color and paint finish.

very cool!

Wow! I love this build! Looks fantatasic

Nice! I like where you're going with this.

Hey, thanks all for the comments. Overwhelmingly leave chrome as is, I concur as well and will leave it as detailed chrome parts and BMF Here's a few of the cut and polished paint job. One of my smoother paint jobs, the stripe laid down nice and flat and sharp edges, pretty happy with it.

Thanks everyone for the positive comments, it's motivating me to get this "Tomato" finished this weekend. Laid on four-coats of Model Masters Wet Clear last night, will cut and buff tonight, this paint job is so smooth and so far flawless, even the edge of stripes are laying flat and smooth, so far so good. Since I "de-chromed" and modified and body color painted the bumpers, I need some opinions if I should keep the grill, headlights and rear taillight assemblies chrome as is, or tint with Tamiya clear black, or paint solid black or dark gray. This would also need to match the window and rocker trim. What's your opinion?

With everyone recently building the popular S&H Torino, thinking I need to build one of these too, picked one up last week and thought about how awesome everyone's Torino's came out, except they all look the same. I get it, it's a tribute build, but what if the Starsky and Hutch TV show was today in 2016? I thought about keeping the same theme of their car but give it an updated appearance, RESTOMOD style! Honestly I never liked the 74 Torino with the big chrome bumpers and guards, just looked ugly to me. Also never cared for that out-of-balanced design of a "stripe" even as a kid, I didn't think the stripe looked good or worked with the lines of the Torino. So here's my rendition of what maybe a revamped S&H Torino would look like in today's TV show. 1) I did some major mods to the bumpers, removed the ugly guards, shortened and brought them closer to the body and color matched with the body. 2) Redesigned the stripe design to better flow with the lines of the car. 3) Wheels are a modern 20" 5-slot design staggered set up I'm customizing and lower stance. Love this new Tamiya for curves tape! Best lines ever and zero bleeding... Of course I always spray a light coat of clear before color after taping to minimize color bleed. Colors and Paint: Duplicolor Electron Current Red Pearl Metallic with Tamiya white primer base and Tamiya TS-25 White Pearl stripes. Four coats of Duplicolor clear over all of it, then wet-sanded 1500 > 2000 > 3000 then four coats of Model Masters Wet Clear and those will be wet-sanded from 2000 > 12000 and polished. I'll post finished polished pictures later. UPDATE 6/30 Need opinion on chrome Since I "de-chromed" and modified the front and rear bumpers, the question is should I "de-chrome" the grill, headlight bezels and the taillight bezel? Options: 1) tint them with Tamiya Clear black 2) paint them Black 3) paint them dark gray 4) paint them body color Also, window and rocker trim, BMF chrome or black? What's your opinion?

Oh that's nice! Great looking build and the diorama is simply cool!

real nice! like the design and the stance is spot on! Nice custom work.

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Wow!!!! Again Al, you amaze at your craftsmanship, talent and focus to stay on task to build and finish. The quickest build for me is a week...

WOW! Love this build. Perfect balance of style and design.

excellent build, well done

very nice work, looks great

Okay, good to correct me, you're not rude at all, I didn't look that close, I assumed they were staggered since the box art depicted that illusion. I'm not using them so figures I should not have spoke so quickly. However, several of the older Monogram kits like the Tom Daniels California Vette did come with staggered 5-slots, I used a set on a 67 Camaro recently

The Starsky and Hutch Torino kit has staggered 5-slots.

Thanks David, I'll take a look at some junk yard sales on ebay for that kit. Looking like I'll be crafting mine like Jason did. Some resin caster should create these for the tri-fives, bet a lot of us would buy them, considering these are the most often built model car in general.

Jason, looks absolutely cool and the work you have done so far and those custom shaved bumpers, great craftsmanship!

Tom, nice job on this. Very well executed replica of the Torino in stock showroom form. I will agree it's a pretty good kit, nice work Revell.

Thanks Jason, those look great! I can do the same, but so time consuming to do and then send off to have plated.