'72 Nova street machine

[Quiet Eric]

Getting the ball rolling, here's my most recent completion. AMT Old Pro kit...nothing too crazy. Just a few extra pieces from the parts box, flared the rear wheel openings, and added a resin L88 hood. Most of the effort on this one was spent in body and paint work. Not perfect but I'm still relearning some forgotten skills/techniques. It needs more detail paint work but good enough for now. Thanks for looking!

Edited October 7, 2020 by Quiet Eric

[doorsovdoon]

That's very nice! I love the big fat rubber and those wheels, with the raised rear end it looks amazing. Very well done.

[espo]

Great looking Nova. Very nice paint work and the trim is all cleanly done. You have the stance of the day here and the hood and rear wheel wells complete the look. 

[Snake45]

Looks like you got a pretty good fit on those troublesome front fenders. Great finish, too! Well done and model on! 

[Spottedlaurel]

Looks like your relearning is going well, that looks excellent.

[Dragonhawk1066]

Looks great! Well done!

[michelle]

looks nice 

[Bills72sj]

Smoooooth.... Pretty color too. What is it?

[ChrisR]

Looks great!

[Quiet Eric]

Thanks for the kind words!

6 hours ago, Bills72sj said:

Smoooooth.... Pretty color too. What is it?

It is Model Master Nassau Blue.

[PappyD340]

Very nice!

[larman]

 Awesome job! It reminds me of a car a kid I knew in high school had. His was about that color, jacked up in the rear, but a lot more ratty, lol! It did have a really strong running small block in it though.

[NYLIBUD]

Old school,gotta love it.

[slusher]

Looks great!

[TooOld]

It's got the "look" we all wanted way back when , very well done !  

[johnny rocket]

looks great, I just did one of these myself with the same era look.  could you post some pics of how you flared the rear fenders

[echo]

Very nice ! Subtle weathering on the chassis & wheels is nice to see.

[Snake45]

On 10/8/2020 at 7:55 AM, Quiet Eric said:

Thanks for the kind words!

It is Model Master Nassau Blue.

Nice! I've been stockpiling that stuff while we can still get it. I think I've got three cans now. Don't even know what I'll use 'em on, but I'll use 'em on something. 

[Quiet Eric]

11 hours ago, johnny rocket said:

looks great, I just did one of these myself with the same era look.  could you post some pics of how you flared the rear fenders

I thought I could get away with heating and deforming the fender lips but that was a miserable failure. So I used some Apoxie sculpt for the first time to make them.

[cobraman]

Good looking Nova.

[Lunajammer]

Your body work is flawless. Wow.

[Metaldrumm]

Very cool build!

[jamesG]

I'd say your paint and body work is spot on though zooming in shows you need a little work on masking around the rear marker lights. Otherwise, beautiful build. 

[Quiet Eric]

7 hours ago, jamesG said:

I'd say your paint and body work is spot on though zooming in shows you need a little work on masking around the rear marker lights. Otherwise, beautiful build. 

The problem there was the detail of them is pretty light to start and sanding on the rear fender flares kinda made that worse. They've since had the marker lenses painted as I didn't have the right colors before. I'm steadily relearning what I need to pay closer attention to on the finish work though.