nonova Posted September 14, 2008 Posted September 14, 2008 After a long time on the workbench, and nowhere near ready to be completed, I finally talked my daughter into taking pictures of this long-standing project. Thanks to Revell for releasing the new Nova tool. I am using the interior and chassis from the Nova as a foundation for the '74 GTO. I hope you enjoy! 1974 GTO Side View. NOTE: upper quarterpanel and rear side window redone GTO Front View: grilles from AMT 1972 GTO, turn signal lamps from AMT 1965 Grand Prix GTO Rear View: bumper modified from MPC 1975 Ventura rear bumper Nova Quarterpanel: this is the 'before' picture GTO Quarterpanel: this is the 'after' picture (not finished yet) GTO Top View Resin Grilles supplied by Ed Fluck III at dragcitycastings Rear Bumper under construction The Real Deal: Owned since new
george 53 Posted September 14, 2008 Posted September 14, 2008 WoW, Rick, is that comin out sharp! I like the way you did the tops of the quarters/windows there, It came out REAL nice! Great job on a little known member of the GTO family!
modelguy( jeff) Posted September 15, 2008 Posted September 15, 2008 i have the 1975 gto i will be building mine soon seeing yours can you tell me does the 75 nova bumpers fit the gto
lizardlust Posted September 15, 2008 Posted September 15, 2008 THUNK(Sound of jaw hitting floor)!!!! That is a monumental amount of work so far on your replica - looks amazing!!! KUDOS to you for "carvin' yer own" - there CERTAINLY won't be another like it on the contest table!!!
nonova Posted September 15, 2008 Author Posted September 15, 2008 i have the 1975 gto i will be building mine soon seeing yours can you tell me does the 75 nova bumpers fit the gto Jeff I used the bumpers from the MPC 1975 ventura kit. I used a strip of Evergreen plastic to replicate the rubber rub strip on the front. And I cut and lowered the middle portion of the '75 Venturas rear bumper and added the same Evergreen strip for the rear.
nonova Posted September 15, 2008 Author Posted September 15, 2008 THUNK(Sound of jaw hitting floor)!!!! That is a monumental amount of work so far on your replica - looks amazing!!! KUDOS to you for "carvin' yer own" - there CERTAINLY won't be another like it on the contest table!!! Thanks Kurt With those words of encouragement I just might have to see this thing through to its completion.
KENNEDYJR Posted September 15, 2008 Posted September 15, 2008 Keep up the good work - excellent subject matter.
Gregg Posted September 15, 2008 Posted September 15, 2008 Rick, you better see this build through, or I'll just to fly up there and give you a good 'ol jawaiian head slap! Seriously, if that's your real car, and from day one, you better finish this, and bring it to a show I will be at. I would be honored to shoot this labor of love and feature it in MCM. There are a few cars of mine that I have owned over the years I will be building replicas of, too bad I don't still own them as well.... Now, back to the workbench, and thank your daughter for shooting pictures as well
Daniel Lynch Posted September 16, 2008 Posted September 16, 2008 Wow! You are to create and very nice and rare modeling subject. Great job on your conversion works! Bravo! Sure then i stay tuned for your progress it's very interesting work! Daniel
LVZ2881 Posted September 16, 2008 Posted September 16, 2008 This is a great build!!! brings new meaning to the term "scratchbuilding"!!!!
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