OldNYJim

Ohh, this is going to be a cool one - LOVE that 1:1! Looking forward to seeing more!

Yeah, I was watching that auction - think it ended up at $120 or so in the end. Good way to get a jump on the reissue and build one if you're desperate...but I can wait a while and buy 4 of them for the same price when they're released for real

Looks killer - the paint laid down nice too!

If it's anything like your 1:1 inspiration this is gonna be COOL! Following!

You guys are amazing - I follow a car home and within an hour I know, from a blurry photo of the back quarter of it, what year model and color it is! And what options it did and didn't have! LOVE this place

Hey, I never said I was smart ?? Bonus pic my wife took (not that it’s much better...)

Person who can identify this old muscle car from this terrible photo gets a coconut* It sounded cool - I wasn’t fast enough (or willing to break the speed limit enough) to catch it, but I could hear it long after I stopped seeing it ? *offer not legally binding

Ohh, awesome - thanks for the link Tim! Will pore over that now! Guess I have a good lead on my next 50 hot rod builds now...would be fun to complete the list (even if a few of those will be trick/pricy to find I'm sure).

Sounds like a plan buddy! Had a fun week painting this thing...took a while to get all the layers done (and there weren’t even THAT many of them ?). First up, lime ice green: Then cut and applied a set of masks: That tiny lettering was particular tricky ??. Then, a base coat of black: Followed by blue/purple flip-flop: Then followed by rainbow pearl with pink mixed in to make the highlights even brighter once it’s cleared (hopefully): Then a little Testor’s pearl purple mixed with white for some highlights at the tip of the flames: Then, moment of truth, time to de-mask and see what we’ve got... It’s good practice to de-mask as soon as the paint is starting to set up so you get nice clean edges...but I couldn’t do that with this particular sequence of painting and layers so I need to tidy the edges up a LITTLE, but it’s nothing major. Once that’s done, we can shoot some nice glossy clear coat and really see this thing sparkle! More soon!

Aww yeah, this is gonna be a cool build! I love the wheels, and the effect that the Tamiya smoke gives over the bumpers is really cool - storing that tip away for the future!

I never saw those photo etched ones before - those are NICE!

Like most all of your builds...I love it! Would look killer with a Winfield fade - I'll be interested to see what color combo you come up with on this one! I really like the reshaping of the headlamp openings too, that was really nicely done

Honestly, at first glance I thought that's what it was until it got closer ?

Out of curiosity, what are the other 4? I'm guessing the Revell 32 is in there somewhere...

C’mon Ace, we all know you could whip up a GT40 if you wanted ?❤️

I’ve heard of people doing this before, but never tried it. Here’s one such example (with a layaway plan available if you don’t want to spring for the $3 upfront ??) http://www.hobbyworld-usa.com/Store/index.php?id_product=1161&controller=product

What a GREAT idea! Love them!

Interesting! Thanks fellas!

Nice work Tom! Looking good!

Absolutely! She’s awesome - she sends me pics if she sees something I might like, brings me kits from the Hobby Store...lucky guy! Now if she’d just let me trade our 2010 Civic for something dangerous and impractical... ?

Amazing! Congrats! ?

Exciting! Thanks for the scoop Tim!

Rear angle of the Pontiac is better than the front, for me: My wife was like “hey look! A Miata!” Close enough ?‍♂️?

Love it!

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