76 Firebird Esprit

[59 Impala]

I'm going to try and build this as the Espri Firebird.  I've made a copy of the MPC Formula hood and removed the two scoops to make a flat hood.  Here is a pic of the start of this build.  Dan

Edited July 28, 2017 by 59 Impala
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[GMCMAN52]

The start of a bird project  is always a good thing. nice work on the stock hood

[59 Impala]

Thanks John.  I sprayed the color on the car tonight and here are some pics.  I mixed Sapphire Blue and Metallic Black to get this color and it looks perfect for the car that we had.  Lucky again.  Dan

[mod3l Lover]

   Wow . . . . that's nice Dan!  I'm looking forward to more.

        David S.

[KWT]

Looking good! Can't wait to see more.

[DumpyDan]

Nice work on the stock hood, great work is this a mold or a hood sanded off with filler?  Would love to get one or make one.

[59 Impala]

Thanks guys.  Dan, the flat hood is a resin copy of the other one.  I don't have the right equipment to make a good copy.  I had a lot of holes to fill in and a whole lot of work to remove the scoops.  Also, the vents on the flat hood aren't very good either.  There are some pin holes in them and I'm not going to try and fill them in.  It looks ok to set on the shelf though.  This one is also the second one that I made.  The first one didn't come out all there and I almost gave up on making one.  I almost didn't even use this one because I was so dissapointed on how it turned out.  I really didn't want to do all the work to get it to look good enough to use.  But I really wanted to make a replica of the 76 that we had and so I spent a lot of time fixing this one.  From 10 feet it looks good enough.  Ha ha.  Dan

[kelson]

Nice work on the hood,like the color to.

[KENNEDYJR]

Great project. My first car was a 1978 Esprit so I will be following this build closely.

[Slotto]

Very nice. Good job on the hood. My t fine

[Mixalz]

Very impressive so far. LOVE the color. May I ask what brand paints they were?

 

[59 Impala]

Thanks everyone for the kind words.  Michael, I used Testors enamels in the little bottles.  Dan

[Lizz62]

Looking good , testors is awesome. 

[J.G.]

I like this idea, and looks great

I would like to build a later model Rockford 'Bird Esprit myself someday

There was a conversion set offered by a resin caster, but I can't remember who?

I haven't seen anyone making Esprit parts for earlier model like you're building

Edited July 28, 2017 by J.G.

[59 Impala]

Thanks guys.  I do have a mold of the Formula hood but it isn't a very good one.  I also don't have a vacuum pot to help get rid of air bubbles.  Dan

[59 Impala]

I just finished the 76 Esprit tonight.  It's not to bad.  Some of the parts were a pain to put together but, everything turned out Ok.  Here are some pics of her.  Looks like the one we had a few years ago.  Thanks fer lookin.  Dan

[Mixalz]

Love it. Awesome work

[Slotto]

Very cool. It reminds me of the tv show from the 70s called The Rockford Files

[59 Impala]

Thanks guys.  I enjoyed building this and it now sets with 11 other replicas of some of the cars that I've owned.  Dan