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1 hour ago, lordairgtar said:

Neat model build. It always puzzled me on how to depict the tail lights as they are usually hidden behind some chrome ribs

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Try some Clear Red paint much the way you would detail the area with black paint if you didn't have taillights there.Ā 

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Got the interior finished. I used foil for the seats and upper chrome molding on the doors, Revell Chrome on the rest. I replaced the shifter with a pin. Iā€™m not happy with how the carpet turned out, but it wonā€™t really be visible easily once the body is on.? I am using the GTO decals from the Polar Lights kit.

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This project is rolling right along rather nicely, Greg. Dash is super. Good choice on interior color, I'm a sucker for white vinyl. Engine looks terrific in factory color. Work faster!Ā ?

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33 minutes ago, customline said:

This project is rolling right along rather nicely, Greg. Dash is super. Good choice on interior color, I'm a sucker for white vinyl. Engine looks terrific in factory color. Work faster!Ā ?

Thanks Jim. The interior is actually Mr. Color #69 ā€œOff Whiteā€. I think it will be a nice contrast to the Maroon exterior.? My speeds are: Plodding, full stop, and back the truck up.?

6 minutes ago, TopherMcGinnis said:

I think the interior looks AWESOME!Ā 

Thanks Topher!?

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Iā€™ve got paint on it, but I keep winding up with a bit of trash in the paint.? I swept and vacuumed the garage floor the other day so I will try another coat, then some clear.

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Back on this one. I finally got the clear coat looking acceptableā€¦to me anyways.šŸ¤“ And I got the foiling done. Iā€™ll brush a little Revell Chrom on the door handles after assembly.

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On 10/3/2024 at 5:54 PM, NOBLNG said:

Drilled out the exterior door handlesā€¦a pet peeve of mine.?

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Thank you for showing the door handles drilled out. I have always been apprehensive to try that. But you have confirmed my suspicions that it looks way better.

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Thanks Fellas!šŸ˜Ž I detailed the grill and bumpers today.

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I should have made some positive bumper mounts sooner. The lumps at the rear are what I assume would be the mounts on a 1:1, but they are about 1/8ā€ short of touching the bumper.šŸ˜”Ā The only contact points on both bumpers is the painted bodyā€¦.so after locating them both with a small amount of CA, I attached some tabs to bridge the gap with epoxy. After a bit of paint they wonā€™t be too noticeable.šŸ˜¬IMG_6431.jpeg.a95cd8949d78116722218252ab6333e7.jpeg

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I had to lengthen the upper rad hose and shorten the lower one. Iā€™m pretty sure I have the rad in correctly, but when I made a shallow rad cap the hood would not close flush. So I converted the rad to a cross flow sort of. The rad should have been lowered a bit I think.šŸ¤”

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21 hours ago, NOBLNG said:

I should have made some positive bumper mounts sooner. The lumps at the rear are what I assume would be the mounts on a 1:1, but they are about 1/8ā€ short of touching the bumper.šŸ˜”Ā The only contact points on both bumpers is the painted bodyā€¦.so after locating them both with a small amount of CA, I attached some tabs to bridge the gap with epoxy. After a bit of paint they wonā€™t be too noticeable.šŸ˜¬IMG_6431.jpeg.a95cd8949d78116722218252ab6333e7.jpeg

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I had to lengthen the upper rad hose and shorten the lower one. Iā€™m pretty sure I have the rad in correctly, but when I made a shallow rad cap the hood would not close flush. So I converted the rad to a cross flow sort of. The rad should have been lowered a bit I think.šŸ¤”

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I ran into the same issue with the hoses,Ā  I ended up having to file the angles on the ends to better match the engine side. This is looking beautiful.Ā 

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Well it turns out the center nose piece was also (or maybe the only thing) interfering with the hood closure. I should have filed down the width of it before paint so that it would sit closer down to the bumper.šŸ„“ Anyways, I filed it down and touched it up a bit and good enough.šŸ˜¬ I am calling it done. Thanks for all the compliments and encouragement along the way folks!šŸ™‚ More pics under glass Here:Ā https://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/198033-ā€˜64-pontiac-gto/

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