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Its Pink !! The only road car in my collection that is. This was done in the early 2000's during one of my painting sprees. Corvettes were my favorite to experiment on. I wanted to see what Liqui Acrylic pearlescent ink Sundown Majenta would look like over white. I used the Liqui Acrylic Silver Pearl white as a base and masked off the side panel. Water base (latex) clear was the choice for top coat Never been a fan of pink cars so this went back in the box to cure for 20+ years. That being said, the more I worked on this kit (Monogram did a nice job here) and the closer I got to finishing it the more it grew on me. Am actually pleased with the finished build. More comments below. Feel free to leave your own comments as well. Aaaahh..the finished piece. Lots of chrome details as was typical of this year. Getting the wheels to steer was a little bit of a chore. The radiator had to be ground down quite a bit to get it into position. This was the only real problem encountered with this kit. Everything else fit very well. The hood opens but is nice and tight closed.\ Nice photo here and lots of detail. Interior was well appointed and the dash nice. White is a mixture of Tamiya LP2 and LP3. The hard top came with the kit and I like this one. Looks good in the pearl white. Could have fit a little better though. I went with the fuel injected version of the 283 v-8. Gotta luv Tamiya panel liner for bringing out detail.

Been staring at this kit some 40+yrs. The chassis had the rear body lower half attached so I re-engineered it so I could fill in the seam. Other modifications were the steering wheels (see pic) and other details. Color is Tamiya TS26 white. Red is a combination of Mr Color Character red and clear orange. Blue is a combination of three different Mr Color blues. The red and the blue had to match the decals. The blue and red graphics had to be painted on because I didn't trust the ancient decals, especially over the hood louvers. Kit went together surprisingly well and the rest of the decals were OK. Thanks for looking and comments welcome. I cut the molded in rack (the white piece) away from the chassis and made a new one from styrene tube and hex rod. Spindles were reworked to accept .020 Piano wire, Tie rod is .o25 brass rod with the ends flattened and drilled. The boots are wire insulation that also allows to adjust the toe. Radiator covers this up. Finished car is low and sleek. Windshield did not fit across the bottom so a wide piece of black tape fills the gap. Most GTP cars were rear engined but this one the engine is in the miiddle for even weight distribution and better ground effects at the rear. Rear end was quite detailed and is visible through the back window. A lot of masking and waiting for paint to dry went into this. all the vents were opened including the louvres in the fenders (which took a day and a half BTW) Wheel inserts were filled in with india ink and then the tops exposed with a q-tip.. A coat of clear yellow turned the spokes gold. The four cylinder turbocharged Ford engine only had a few parts but was well detailed. A little creative painting made it stand out.