Tres T/As ,, 3 '79 TransAms. Green one painted and decaled.

[Can-Con]

Been wanting to do a few '79s in different colors than the silver 10th anniversary car for quite a while. The recent re-release with the 3 different color decals has made that possible.

One will be dark red or burgundy with the red decals, red interior

One will be dark blue with the blue decals, blue interior

And the last will be dark green with the gold decals and beige interior.

Probably going to be curbside builds concentrating on looks over detail.

 

Edited December 5, 2015 by Can-Con

[FordRodnKustom]

This should be fun. I'll be watching! Will they all be factory stock?

[Can-Con]

This should be fun. I'll be watching! Will they all be factory stock?

Pretty close. Maybe a set of larger wheels and tires on one or two.

[donb]

Subscribed!

[slusher]

Looking forward to the builds..

[BKF]

I'll be watching. Looking foward to seeing them in the different colors. 

Edited August 25, 2015 by BKF

[Can-Con]

The first one's now in BIN primer.

After glueing all the body parts together, I shot a light coat of Duplicolor grey primer and wet sanded it out to find the areas in need of attention. After puttying up the low spots, it was again wet sanded .

 

 

Then shot with a couple coats of Zinzer BIN.

 

 

 

The sharp-eyed may notice there's a dip in the top of the taillight opening. This seems to be in all the kits. After these pics were taken I used an old #11 blade to scrape the area until it was the correct shape.

After it's dried a couple days I'll wet sand it smooth with 3500 grit and shoot some silver on it to detect any other places that need to be fixed before the color is applied.

[FordRodnKustom]

Coming together nicely. Those bodies look quite proportionally accurate to my eye.

[tbill]

cool project, i like multiple same car builds at once, i'll be watching this one.

[Stingray wes]

Tuned in!! I was looking at this kit today at Hobby Lobby. 

[DRIPTROIT 71]

You got my attention!!

[Can-Con]

Got the first one painted, decalled and clearcoated.

 

 

 

[donb]

Looks awesome Steve. Keep in going!

[Eric N.]

Nice to see this car being done!-In somthing other than Black. I like the dark red,can't wate to see the others in color.

[Speedfreak]

That dark red works great with the decals and interior color, very nice. How did you get that color red for the interior? Or, does it look different than it actually is, because of the photo? 

[花火]

the decals looks extremley sexy... great so far.

[kelson]

Wow!that looks nice.

[slusher]

Beautiful color and decals Steve...

[Can-Con]

Sprayed all 3 sets of glass earlier today and will clearcoat them in a day or two before installing on the first one. Nice thing about '79 T/As is the trim was usually black instead of chrome so no foiling to be done.

 

 

Also have the second one ready for some primer. This will be the green one with T-tops and tan interior. I cut out the openings and added a piece of sheet plastic underneath to form a lip.
 

 

I trimmed down an old set of hatches from the Monogram 1/24 kit to fit the openings. They'll get a dark tint using Tamiya "smoke".
 

[Speedfreak]

Nice work Steve. Can't wait to see it in green.

[kelson]

Any updates on these?

[Can-Con]

Any updates on these?

hopefully, soon Curtis. ,  I had problems with the green paint on the second one and it set me back some. 

I have the glass in the red one and the interior can go in. 

[Can-Con]

So, here's the green one. As you can see, the decals don't look as good as I'd hoped. More of a brown/beige combo than golds. Still, should look better with the tan interior in place.

 

[slusher]

Really sharp Steve..

[crazyrichard]

whow nice !!