Great job on those Guys', incidently , the reason I put the Torque Thrust "tumblers" on mine was to replicate the 1:1 car I bought new in '79 (and of course wish stiill had).
Another pic of the model slightly different angle
Not meaning to "hijack" your thread John, but I did this kit a while back and really don't remember all those sprue and flash issues you show ( but hey, I could have forgot...I'm old). Maybe a bad batch of kits?
The decals aren't the best for sure.
I loved the Plastikote "car color" paint. got a beautifil black metallic finish on a Corvette model a while back. Sadly, they don't sell this paint anymore.
I agree that from what I've seen it does look like the Inca Gold, but like I said earlier it looks more gold toned in the pics.
Thanks for the complements everyone.