Ending 2017 the way I started it- 70 Torino GT

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So, in January, my first post of the year was a Revell 70 Torino GT that I converted to a 71 and made for a good friend to give to his dad.  It was his dad’s favorite car that he always regretted selling.  This was that build:

I’m getting to the end of available kits that I really want to build, and will be starting a new job that won’t allow much building time, so I’m currently repeating a few kits that were great to build and I felt I could have done a better job on.  Since I gave away the Torino, I figured I’d do another for my collection.

I went into the build with a couple rules: change the look from the last build and use the cool stripes.  In the end, my build came out fine, my rules not so much.

I originally planned a burgundy/white color scheme... should have gone with that, but couldn’t find a shade I really liked.  Then I got hooked on the idea of a green interior.  I have a lot of green cars, and have never done a white one, so that was the new plan.  Then I got cute and outsmarted myself.  Instead of jut buying a can of white, I tried a gloss Ivory from Rustoleum.  Decent thought, TERRIBLE paint.  After that was stripped, it stained the plastic, and while I primed again, I was worried about how difficult white can be, so what now?  With the interior already green, I ended up back with gold.  This time a light champagne gold.  I was also determined to use the pad printed Goodyear Polyglas L  tires, but the wheels and backs kept falling through the opening... they are just too small.  Tried a couple others, but they had the same problem or were too little for this car (like the kit tires), so I ended up using the same Firestones I used before.  So much for making it different!

Painted the magnum 500s bare steel because I like that look and it was different, and blacked out the hood... so there!  They weren’t supposed to be this close...oh well... happy new year everyone!

My green interior 

Engine

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[shoopdog]

Super nice looking Torino, turned out great. Really like that color.

[mikemodeler]

Those are nice, love the color! I always liked the 70/71 Torinos, not sure why but the bodystyle just caught my eye, you have done a great job on these.

Best of luck with the new job, hopefully you will be able to squeeze in some modeling !

[espo]

Great looking build. I would never have thought to combine that exterior and interior color combination, but with the green side stripes it looks perfect together.

[donb]

Super nice Torino. My favorite body style of that car. 

[Bernard Kron]

A fine piece of showroom stock style modeling - carefully detailed and realistically convincing.

[Renegade]

Both cars look great. Hope you get some more bench time in the future. Love to see some more builds.

[misterNNL]

outstanding work on both. Thanks for sharing.

[Ken Gilkeson]

look great

[peekay]

Nice! I love the champagne with the green.

[Slotto]

Wow! Very nice. Great detail on the interiors and engine bays

[thunderbolt]

Very, Very Nice.  Another great Ford.