Ben269

I have been in a Pontiac mood lately, and picked up a few kits. I have had the 70 GTO for a few years, bought it built up for $5. I picked up a Hurst Olds for the chassis, tires, auto shifter, and spoiler, but the spoiler doesn't actually look like one for a Judge, so I will probably try and scratch build one that looks right. I picked up the 68 Firebird for the engine, and have a build plan for that car as well.

This looks very nice.

Thanks for all the nice compliments, I have used a lot of the tips shared on this website.

Thats a really cool idea, and even better execution!

I ordered the wheels and tires from Historic Racing Miniatures.

If I were to do it again, I would cut the orange stripes off and paint the black on. The decal split in the back on the truck, and I couldn't get it to line up straight. Overall, though, I like the way it looks.

I love that green one.

Engine is just about done. I need to paint the transmission, and its ready to go in.

Thanks for the tips. I will strip it down and start over. I think the gray primer I used was too dark, so this will address both these issues.

This is what I am going for, but with a brown interior.

I started on this Torino. I have had it for a year or two, and couldn't decide on a color. Its a cool kit because it comes with four different stripe colors. I saw a yellow one with the yellow and brown stripe, and thought that was a winner. I bought an airbrush and have used it twice now. I had some issues on this, however. If you look close at the photos, you can see that the paint seemed to run away from the edges. Any Idea why that happened? I used Testors enamel thinned with mineral spirits. Any tips are appreciated. Not sure if I am going to sand it and respray, or strip it all the way down and start over.

Great looking build, I am starting to replicate our 1:1 68 convertible. Are those the seats that came in the kit? What kit did that auto shifter come from from?

this build idea is really cool. I like the idea for the seats. I have a 1:1 car I'm trying to replicate in scale, and can't find the right seats. this looks like the way to go. are you cutting out the middle of the stock seat, or just laying the horizontal striped part on top?

I haven't worked on it in a while, kinda got stuck on some of the interior panels. I am trying to shape those panels to fit inside, and trying to make the whole thing fit together.

This car was a pure white, right, not a off white or Wimbledon white?

I picked up those wheels from Historic Racing Miniatures. They look great. I'll post a pic of them when I figure out what the issue is. From Gary and Rex's photos, they look like they should be magnesium, right? I think ill try mixing a little black in with some aluminum and see if that looks right.

So I'm back to not being able to post pictures again. It seems they work if they are 2.0 mb or smaller, but not any larger than that. Is there a way to make them smaller?

Wow, thanks for the reference pics, guys. I can tell from Gary's picture that the car did have a wood wheel, and the red knockoffs from Rex's. Maxx, I'll check out those wheels. JC, I looked through your #6 427 build for some ideas yesterday. That car turned out very nice.

I am struggling to upload photos now. I am dragging them into the spot, it starts downloading, and then says "upload failed." Any ideas?

I started this with the hope that it will be a quick build. Time will tell. Does anyone know if this car had a black (carpeted) interior, or a stripped down aluminum one? Also, which valve covers would it have? Most pictures of competition cars show them with the chrome ones, but this kit comes with the finned aluminum ones. I can't find any good pictures of this car from back in the day. There are pictures of the car in its current iteration, but it seems to have modern changes and equipment.