Coyote_6

Beautiful. And the raised white letter tires are just so right! Niiiiiice. Steve

Dude! Sick paint choice and awesome build overall. Just awesome and cool details. I especially like the silver lips on the wheels. I am working this same model right now and don't be too hard on yourself - the headlights and the black filler piece are TOUGH!! Anyway, great build and great color choice. Steve PS - nice carbon fiber choices. I am CFing the wing and those cool batwing vents on mine.

Way to persevere! Turned out beautiful! Steve

Sweet. A lot of fine work there! Very nice. Steve

An heirloom. Very nice build. Steve

Whoa! Beautiful paint - what did you use? Very nice work! Steve

Yes! Triple Black!! Just yes! Well done and very classy! Steve

@spencer1984. Thank you! I think I have a good image and have it sized right. I just have to come up with more decals to fill my 8.5x11 decal sheet before I print! ? Thanks all for the kind words. I just love that old movie and Burt Reynolds just made me smile.

@70 Sting, @Jim B, @espo, @KWT, @Deathgoblin, @rv1963, @ChrisR, @Tom99, @Chinacar, @Gustavo Reis, @ncbuckeye67, @PappyD340, @TransAmMike and @Stingray wes - Thank you all for the kind words! I am glad the car resonates. It really did bring me back. Makes me wanna build the Snowman's Kenworth! Steve

Man - when the sun hits that paint just wow. Nice Vette! Steve

Very cool. Copper engine for the win! Just cool. Steve

Beautiful build. Love the flat aluminum look on the engine! Steve

That is sweet! Digging the finish for sure. Steve

@Bullybeef. Thank you! I had to buy the Bluray while I was working on it! ? Money well spent!

The taillights under different lighting conditions. They were a pain to do nicely.

Should also mention aftermarket tires and Goodyear decals. Painting with gold is fun! That Testors gold in the little bottle is timeless.

Ahh the good old days. Smokey and the Bandit! I got on a kick to do a couple of cars from my childhood that were foundational to my love of the internal combustion automobile! The Revell Monogram Bandit kit goes together pretty well but suffers from two major shortcomings - no Trans Am decals and no front Georgia license plate. I was able to locate the Trans Am decals off a certain auction website, but I am still working on a Georgia plate to complete the movie car. Also, I needed to scratch build a CB antenna. All in all a fun build that brings back good memories of simpler and funner times. "For the good old American life. For the money, the glory, and for the fun! Mostly for the money."

Some silver sharpie and a dab of superglue... And our customer is back on the road east bound and down. It looks like an improvement.

For today, the black Trans Am. Our supplies include 32 gauge stainless wire (dead soft unfortunately - easily bendable but easily bent), some 0.030 OD wire (about 1/2 inch), silver sharpie and super glue. Pull the wire core out of the black insulation and feed our stainless wire through in its place. Straighten as best we can, lop off the old antenna (leaving a bit to use as the new antenna base) and drill a 0.5mm hole into the remaining base... New on the left (.007" stainless) vs old on the right (.015" stretched sprue).

And while we're at it, The Old Shop is a full service shop - paint, fabrication, mechanical, overhaul - and today, auto electronics! A couple of customers who wish to remain anonymous called ahead for some CB antennas - in 1/24 scale?? Yikes! The Trans Am currently sports a scale 0.380 inch diameter antenna - Firestick perhaps? He wants to go with something a little thinner for less wind resistance. The two boys with the orange car said their antenna got tore off when someone chased them through the old barn by the Boars Nest. We'll see what we can do.

The shop is unchanged to date but it is Lamborghini Day in the shop. Some old work and some new. Muira is in to have its tailights refreshed and North American (California) personalized plates put on. a Liberty Walk Murcielago is being prepped for paint.

Very clean styling. Awesome idea and beautiful work! Steve

Nice paint. Really nice build! Steve

@ncbuckeye67 Those are Powerslide sheet number 208 decals. I don't know if we can say sources but they are available today on the internet. The decals matched great with Tamiya TS-93 Pure Blue. I think the yellow was Tamiya TS-16 Yellow. Steve

The valve covers look great - looks like a nice crinkle black finish to me. Very cool! Steve