1969 Pontiac GTO "The Judge"

[1959scudetto]

Ca. 1986 box stock build - car lacquer + clearcoat sprayed from  the can, Humbrol silver for the trim. Main issues: paint with orange peel, warped hood - model is long gone, pictures from 2005

and December 2020 (before selling it):

[michelle]

Nice work 

[thatz4u]

looks real

[Classicgas]

Beautiful.

[Jim B]

Very nice.

[Mike C.]

Nothing sums up the muscle car era like a Carousel red '69 Judge. ??

[happy grumpy]

Despite the issues, it turned out quite well. The orange peel is not too apparent, I struggled a long time to get descent finishes, matt paint on planes was easier. This is my favorite GTO. A blast from the past.

[Dragonhawk1066]

Good looking Goat in the iconic color!

[KWT]

Very nicely done

[1959scudetto]

19 hours ago, happy grumpy said:

Despite the issues, it turned out quite well. The orange peel is not too apparent, I struggled a long time to get descent finishes, matt paint on planes was easier. This is my favorite GTO. A blast from the past.

Thanks Mario - today I'm going to wet-sand at least the primer and the top coat (eventually with some polishing compound at the end) - back then I didn't even have a polishing kit. I just sprayed everything on without refining anything.

[bbowser]

Beautiful!  I'm working on this very kit at the moment, hope it comes out as nice.

[TransAmMike]

Very nice looking Judge Helmut?

[PappyD340]

Looks great!

[ChrisR]

Very nice!

[slusher]

Beautifully done!

[1959scudetto]

Thank you Bruce, Mike, Larry, Chris and Carl for your kind comments.

[AMT68]

Great looking Judge. I'm currently in the finishing stages with one of these kits. They build up very nicely. I'm working on a mounting strip for the rear bumper above the tail lights to facilitate the attachment process. 

[drodg]

Nice job.  I have started this kit twice.  I need to finish it.  

[TooOld]

Very nice Helmut , too bad it's gone !  The Judge always looked the best in that color !

[ATHU]

Great work as always Helmut!!  '69 GTO is one of my favorite cars of that era!!

[1959scudetto]

On 2/16/2023 at 2:17 AM, AMT68 said:

Great looking Judge. I'm currently in the finishing stages with one of these kits. They build up very nicely. I'm working on a mounting strip for the rear bumper above the tail lights to facilitate the attachment process. 

 

On 2/16/2023 at 4:26 PM, drodg said:

Nice job.  I have started this kit twice.  I need to finish it.  

 

On 2/17/2023 at 11:35 AM, TooOld said:

Very nice Helmut , too bad it's gone !  The Judge always looked the best in that color !

 

On 2/17/2023 at 9:08 PM, ATHU said:

Great work as always Helmut!!  '69 GTO is one of my favorite cars of that era!!

Thanks, Tom, David, Bob and Anders for the comments.