AMT 1969 Buick Riviera

[Harry Joy]

Put this together as a quickie. I'm on vacation this week, taking care of getting the garden ready for winter and such, and taking care my wife after a little surgery, but played around with this during football games. AMT kit, and kind of bare bones. There were a lot of molding issues, and I glued the hood in place to make getting the front bumpers right a little easier. I only put together the bottom of the engine. Duplicolor finish with Tamiya acrylics everywhere else. AMT aftermarket tires (LOVE them).

[blunc]

never seen vector wheels on one of those Rivieras, I think they look good.

[RAMBENNA]

looks great, I too like the wheels on this car

[Bob Ellis]

• You can't beat the fidelity to shape on these old AMT annuals. Car looks great with those wheels.

[Harry Joy]

Thanks!

[slusher]

Very nice..

[charlie8575]

The rims do look nice on it. Nice, clean build, and it looks a bit like Embassy Gold. 

Charlie Larkin

[Harry Joy]

Thanks again everyone. I went with Duplicolor Sunburst Gold. That's a modern Ford color, but it seemed close to what I wanted. I'm thinking about using the same color for a 1954 Bel Air at some point, and this was a bit of a test for it.

[MGL]

Looks great, hope your wife is doing better.

[Harry Joy]

She is doing fine now. She's getting better day to day. I tried like the dickens to convince her to pull out a kit and have a go at it while I was at work today. She loves getting hourly updates on my progress on each car I build, but doesn't want to take up the clippers and sanding sticks herself (except when she is doing her nails).

Edited October 20, 2015 by Harry Joy