Bills72sj Posted March 6, 2023 Posted March 6, 2023 This one is finally done. Backdated a 75 Cutlass promo to a 1974 Hurst/Olds with a Rocket 455. Lots of kit bashing and fabrication. No less than 6 kits contributed to this build. It started as a desire to replicate a car that I street raced against in the summer of '84 (I won BTW). I found the decals online years ago but kept waiting to pick up a neutral colored promo at a decent price. I started it right around a year ago. Wheel hoops are aluminum machined on my mini-lathe with 69 Olds wheel centers. The engine has the most detailing I have incorporated to date. This is the link to the build: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/170183-1974-hurstolds-indy-pace-car/ Comments welcome. ? 9
Bills72sj Posted March 6, 2023 Author Posted March 6, 2023 13 minutes ago, Hard_2_Handle_454 said: Very nice. Cool subject matter. Thank you Eric. ?
The Modeling Hermit Posted March 6, 2023 Posted March 6, 2023 That brings back memories. When I was stationed at Ft Lewis Washington, the Olds dealer there had one in the showroom. I nearly bought it but got a Caprice convertible instead. I wish I'd bought them both.
XYHARRY Posted March 6, 2023 Posted March 6, 2023 Nice build Bill. Your workshop scene looks great too. I really like the wheels and stance on this. Cheers, David. ??
happy grumpy Posted March 6, 2023 Posted March 6, 2023 Great build. Thanks for sharing . We don't get to see these very often. Great setting BTW.
moparmike619 Posted March 6, 2023 Posted March 6, 2023 LOVE this. The inspiration behind it, the countless hours and ingenuity put into it, the incredibly obscure subject matter, the diorama/photography, and of course, the finished product. Excellent job!
carl63_99 Posted March 7, 2023 Posted March 7, 2023 Nice work! Kind of a different subject we've picked to work on. Mine is stalled at the moment, been too busy with life and other things.
catpack68 Posted March 7, 2023 Posted March 7, 2023 Awesome work Bill! Love the staggered Rallye wheels and the stance is perfect?
Bainford Posted March 7, 2023 Posted March 7, 2023 Very nice, Bill. The Olds turned out great. Your efforts have paid off well. Love the subject matter of this build. Such a good looking car.
Bills72sj Posted March 8, 2023 Author Posted March 8, 2023 On 3/5/2023 at 11:56 PM, Kodiak Island Modeler said: That brings back memories. When I was stationed at Ft Lewis Washington, the Olds dealer there had one in the showroom. I nearly bought it but got a Caprice convertible instead. I wish I'd bought them both. If you had, you would have stood out in a crowd. On 3/5/2023 at 11:57 PM, XYHARRY said: Nice build Bill. Your workshop scene looks great too. I really like the wheels and stance on this. Cheers, David. ?? Thank you David. ? On 3/6/2023 at 2:47 AM, ChrisR said: Awesome! Thank you Chris. ? On 3/6/2023 at 3:46 AM, H.A.K said: Thats really nice. Thank you Samuel. ? On 3/6/2023 at 1:08 PM, happy grumpy said: Great build. Thanks for sharing . We don't get to see these very often. Great setting BTW. Thank you Mario. This is the first I have ever seen in scale. I am glad you liked the workshop. On 3/6/2023 at 1:19 PM, moparmike619 said: LOVE this. The inspiration behind it, the countless hours and ingenuity put into it, the incredibly obscure subject matter, the diorama/photography, and of course, the finished product. Excellent job! Thanks, thanks, thanks and thanks Mike. On 3/6/2023 at 1:26 PM, dave branson said: Like your build a lot very nice Thank you Dave. ? On 3/6/2023 at 1:32 PM, Jim B said: Nicely done. Thank you Jim. ? On 3/6/2023 at 2:02 PM, cobraman said: Looks great ! Thank you Ray. ? On 3/6/2023 at 2:02 PM, FLHCAHZ said: Cool Car and Pictures! Well Done Thank you Chaz. ? On 3/6/2023 at 4:16 PM, Dragonhawk1066 said: Well done! Thank you Craig. ? On 3/6/2023 at 4:19 PM, KWT said: Very nicely done Thank you Jeremy. ? On 3/6/2023 at 6:03 PM, carl63_99 said: Nice work! Kind of a different subject we've picked to work on. Mine is stalled at the moment, been too busy with life and other things. Thank you Carl. I know how that goes. It took nearly a year to make it happen. On 3/6/2023 at 8:31 PM, charger74 said: It looks great Thank you Eric. ? 16 hours ago, catpack68 said: Awesome work Bill! Love the staggered Rally wheels and the stance is perfect? Thank you Scott. Staggered wheels and stance are two of the goals I always shoot for. 14 hours ago, Bainford said: Very nice, Bill. The Olds turned out great. Your efforts have paid off well. Love the subject matter of this build. Such a good looking car. Thank you Trevor. I am glad you like it. 30 minutes ago, slusher said: Beautifully done! Thank you Carl. ? 1
Bronzekeg Posted March 8, 2023 Posted March 8, 2023 the model, the backdrop, the photos are all hard to beat. beautiful work!!!!!
ybsluos Posted March 10, 2023 Posted March 10, 2023 Your wheels are fantastic Bill. Very clean build brother.
Mattilacken Posted March 10, 2023 Posted March 10, 2023 Came out very well! I am a sucker for this generation an like this build! Have only seen one olds irl.
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