mrmike

Thank you guys! I found out a lot more about the Pontiac Firebird Trans Am GTA during my research. It is quite the car!

My new project and the return of McNally, Boston PI. The Story is called Wrong Turn. No one in this story is related to anyone living or deceased. The Build I am using Revell's '90 Mustang LX 5.0 Drag Racer kit for this project. My paint will be Testors Icy Blue with a grey interior. A set of wide treaded tires from my parts box unless I can find a set of street slicks. I originally wanted a ducktail spoiler, but I couldn't find one that I liked, so I'll be using the kit spoiler instead. I also want to make an "on-off" switch for the rear of the car. The Story Having been born and raised in Boston and knowing it's many neighborhoods for years, McNally knows how to find his way around. Tonight, he is driving back through Chelsea in his Challenger SRT8 and he stops at an intersection signal light. While he is waiting for the light to change, a blue Mustang pulls up and the driver is revving his engine and yelling at McNally to race him. McNally revs the 6.1 Ltr. Hemi a couple of times and the light changes and the Mustang takes off in a cloud of tire smoke and McNally turns on his right directional indicator, takes a right turn and drives away from the intersection, avoiding the race. What he saw that the other driver didn't see was the nose of a Chelsea Police Cruiser sticking out of an alley on the other side of the intersection and he wasn't about to race the Mustang anyway. McNally will return...

Thank you Joe! It took me about 30 minutes to mask everything, so I got the paint booth running to help get rid of the fuzz and dirt flying in the air.

I spent a half hour masking off the body of this Transit. I hope I did a good job when I pull off the tape after the paint dries. More to come...

My '89 Firebird Trans Am GTA is finished and posted in Under Glass. I would like to thank all those who have viewed and commented on my WIP.

This is my '89 Firebird TA GTA painted with Testors Classic White Lacquer with a Model Master Dark Tan interior. The center console was modified for an automatic transmission and shifter as it was set up for a manual transmission. The Buick Turbo V6 was cleaned and rewired and the transmission was repainted with Model Master Aluminium Metalizer.

Thank you Ron!

Thanks Eric and D Ryberg!

Thanks Vince!

Thanks Jacob!

Thank you Jim N!

Thanks Curtis! I started reassembling the Firebird today. More to come...

The body is in the stripper and I'll start over again with a clean body, and Model Master primer and paint. When life gives you lemons, make lemonade!

Well, my bad painting luck has returned! The paint cracked on top of the primer. I think I'll strip the paint and start all over again with the same brand primer and paint. This is the chassis and it is supposed to be semi-gloss black and it looks like gloss black. This is enamel paint, so I'll have to clear coat it with Acryl Semi-Gloss Clear. More to come...

Thanks Scott! It's always nice to find something that reminds us of our past. Yesyerday, I spent some time on the Firebird GTA by reassembling the chassis. The interior is done with the revised center console. and repainted interior. The body has been repainted and reassembled. More to come...

I spent some time on the Transit yesterday at my "Play Date" with some of my fellow Club members. I got the seats painted and dash decaled and painted and I glued the floor pan onto the chassis. I need to do some touchups on the seats and on the interior pan. More to come...

Thank you Jeremy and Doug! Doug, you can try contacting Steven Zimmerman through his Facebook page.

Thank you Gene!

Thank you Adam!

I just got the last of the parts out of the Easy-Off Oven Cleaner and gave them a good washing with a scrub brush and Dawn Dish Detergent. The nose. The rear view mirrors. The transmission pan which was chrome plated. When this is dry, I'll give a squirt of primer and then a good dosing of Model Master Classic White Lacquer and the transmission pan a good coating of Model Master Aluminium Metalizer. More to come...

Thank you, Thomas!

Thank you Larry, Gary and Jeff!

Thanks Vince!

Try pushing the pen up and down on its tip intil the chrome ink starts coming out. Do this on a piece of paper towel. I found this out with my Molotow 1mm pen.

Last night, I sat down with a circle templet, a mechanical pencil and a piece of sheet styrene and drew out four circles at 9/64 inch diameter. I cut them out with a chisel point knife, glued them to the wheel openings and painted them with Model Master Aluminium Metalizer and a brush. Easy and done! More to come...