Tommy124 Posted July 8, 2019 Posted July 8, 2019 (edited) Hi folks, I just finished this goat... It's that old AMT kit, built rather out of the box, except for some small additions: I scratch-built the twin exhausts for both sides, using Evergreen tubes. Seat belts have been made from adhesive medical tape, which has been painted black with a pen. Belt buckles are PE aftermarket parts. Sun visors have been scratch-built from Evergreen card. Some flocking has been used to create a black "carpet" look on the floor. Gauges decals are from the parts bin, as are the mirrors. The glass effect on the headlights has been archieved with the aid of a very nice UV glue. The wheels are from the '66 Chevy Nova kit, the redlines were taken from an AMT aftermarket set. The thin silver pin stripe has been taken from a decal sheet. It's application was rather nerve-wracking and, at times, made me breath harder than Hector Salamanca... Anyways, I hope you like it: Edited July 8, 2019 by Tommy124
Snake45 Posted July 8, 2019 Posted July 8, 2019 I think your taillights are reversed/upside down, but otherwise, a nice clean build--about as well as this old crock of a kit can be built out of the box. Well done and model on!
YBlock292 Posted July 8, 2019 Posted July 8, 2019 (edited) Nice color choice on this 65 Pontiac GTO, Thomas! I think, I'll have to get on of these kits for my own ...Model on! Edited July 8, 2019 by YBlock292
Tommy124 Posted July 8, 2019 Author Posted July 8, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Tom99 said: Very nice! Thanks Tom! 43 minutes ago, Snake45 said: I think your taillights are reversed/upside down, but otherwise, a nice clean build--about as well as this old crock of a kit can be built out of the box. Well done and model on! Thanks! I will check on the taillights, they appeared to be strangely small/ thin to properly fit in there. 39 minutes ago, YBlock292 said: Nice color choice on this 65 Pontiac GTO, Thomas! I think, I'll have to get on of these kits for my own ...Model on! Thanks Ludwig, also for your "support" in this matter. Edited July 8, 2019 by Tommy124
Snake45 Posted July 8, 2019 Posted July 8, 2019 2 hours ago, Tommy124 said: Thanks! I will check on the taillights, they appeared to be strangely small/ thin to properly fit in there. Yup. They don't look perfect installed correctly, either.
Classicgas Posted July 9, 2019 Posted July 9, 2019 On July 8, 2019 at 7:45 AM, Snake45 said: I think your taillights are reversed/upside down, but otherwise, a nice clean build--about as well as this old crock of a kit can be built out of the box. Well done and model on! X2.
Shambles Posted July 9, 2019 Posted July 9, 2019 Very nice build. The headlight surrounds should be body color. You'd think the manufacturer would know that.
Ron Hamilton Posted July 10, 2019 Posted July 10, 2019 Very nice build. I have one of the annual kits of that car from 1965 that I am going to build one day.
Cpt Tuttle Posted July 10, 2019 Posted July 10, 2019 Nice, I haven't seen too many of these being built up, rumours says that it is not a very good kit but I haven't built any myself so I don't know. In that case, it doesn't show up on your model anyway.
Tommy124 Posted July 11, 2019 Author Posted July 11, 2019 Thanks folks for your kind words, much appreciated!
Tommy124 Posted July 12, 2019 Author Posted July 12, 2019 20 hours ago, BeakDoc said: Very nice build! That color is choice. Thanks Chris, I'm happy you like it too.
zakdoggi Posted July 12, 2019 Posted July 12, 2019 Nice build. Can you tell me more about the UV glue you used on the headlights.
Tommy124 Posted July 15, 2019 Author Posted July 15, 2019 (edited) On 12.7.2019 at 12:03 PM, zakdoggi said: Nice build. Can you tell me more about the UV glue you used on the headlights. Thanks guys! The UV glue is a product from a German company called Fischer. They are specialized in fastening technology. This type of UV glue is the first one I came across that satisfied me both in terms of transparency and hardness. After painting the kit's "chrome headlights" with the usual mix of tamiya clear and the tiniest amount of white in the first step, I simply applied one small drop of the glue and "dried" it with the small UV lamp that comes with the glue. Below find two images, showing the difference between before (lower bezel) and after (upper bezel) the application of the UV glue. One image was made using flashlight, the other one without. IMHO it's a good result coming from little work. And, what's more, it's eliminating that "dead eyes" look that comes from the "chrome headlights". Edited July 15, 2019 by Tommy124
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