AMT 1965 Pontiac Grand Prix

[THarrison351]

Simple kit, typical AMT promo chassis, low parts tub interior, metal axles, and an engine with a hole for the front metal axle. In other words, something that looks good on the shelf. This is the second effort painting with MCW paints, but I can say I'm much happier with the results this time. The first time was over a decade ago and well I ruined four models in one day. Lousy primer I guess. Anyways, I chose their evening orchid to represent Pontiac iris mist and because the trim was already present for the vinyl top, painted it as such. I did forget the seam strips, did not realize it until after the black was sprayed and well, it's my shelf. The interior is Rustoleum 2X satin aubergine to represent a plum interior. I should have used black primer, but did not expect the color to come out so light. The cap was much darker. Some things I did change were the wheel backs, I added some material to increase the width of the track. As they are the wheel tracks are too narrow. I also deviated from the stock build with the small supercharger and twin Weber side draft carburetors. The pulleys and the drive belt are so wrong, but it looks cool under the hood of the stock appearing car. Overall, it was fun to build and looks good next to my ancient build of the AMT Prestige 1965 Bonneville from the eighties.

 

[SpikeSchumacher]

That's nice! ?

[bisc63]

Very cool! I don't mind the interior color, I think it looks nice with the exterior color. The surprise under the hood is a fun touch. Nicely done.

[Supernurd]

Very nice!

[michelle]

Very nice work 

[Slotto]

Super clean build. Nice work

[Kah puts]

Well heck you done built a winner ?

[PappyD340]

Looks fantastic, well done!

[Mittagskind]

Well done.?

[StevenGuthmiller]

Looks splendid!

And in case you weren't aware, 1965 Chevrolet "Evening Orchid" and '65 Pontiac "Iris Mist" are in fact the exact same color.

General Motors "P-Code"

So the color you chose doesn't just "represent", it is in fact correct.

 

Nice job!

 

 

 

Steve

[ewetwo]

Beautiful!

[karbuildr]

Very nice, I really like those big Pontiacs, simple is good. Sometimes they make the best models. I've always liked Iris Mist, very unique color and it looks great on your Poncho.

[Bills72sj]

Nice GP. I am slowly working on one as well. What kit did that intake come from? What was your technique to do the tail lights?

[rrb124@sbcglobal.net]

Nice 65 GP. Color is really good. reminds me of the real ones when they hit the streets in my home town. Trim work is super.

[dragcarz]

60s cars were so beautiful, your build is beautiful as well. 

[ChrisR]

Nice!

[THarrison351]

On 6/23/2023 at 4:53 PM, SpikeSchumacher said:

That's nice! ?

Thank you!

On 6/23/2023 at 6:10 PM, bisc63 said:

Very cool! I don't mind the interior color, I think it looks nice with the exterior color. The surprise under the hood is a fun touch. Nicely done.

Thanks! It looks better assembled on the shelf without a flash from a camera. Still not as dark as I hoped

On 6/23/2023 at 7:49 PM, Supernurd said:

Very nice!

Thank you!

On 6/23/2023 at 8:01 PM, michelle said:

Very nice work 

Thanks!

On 6/23/2023 at 8:07 PM, Slotto said:

Super clean build. Nice work

Thank you!

On 6/23/2023 at 9:52 PM, Kah puts said:

Well heck you done built a winner ?

Thanks!

On 6/24/2023 at 5:30 AM, PappyD340 said:

Looks fantastic, well done!

Thank you!

On 6/24/2023 at 7:13 AM, Mittagskind said:

Well done.?

Thanks!

19 hours ago, StevenGuthmiller said:

Looks splendid!

And in case you weren't aware, 1965 Chevrolet "Evening Orchid" and '65 Pontiac "Iris Mist" are in fact the exact same color.

General Motors "P-Code"

So the color you chose doesn't just "represent", it is in fact correct.

 

Nice job!

 

 

 

Steve

Thanks!

16 hours ago, ewetwo said:

Beautiful!

Thank you!

14 hours ago, karbuildr said:

Very nice, I really like those big Pontiacs, simple is good. Sometimes they make the best models. I've always liked Iris Mist, very unique color and it looks great on your Poncho.

Thanks!

12 hours ago, Bills72sj said:

Nice GP. I am slowly working on one as well. What kit did that intake come from? What was your technique to do the tail lights?

Thank you! The intake was in the kit on the chrome tree as a part of the GMC blower and Weber carburetors. I just painted it silver. The rear panel/bumper was all chrome. I scribed a line with my scalpel were the trim should part on the trunk lid and the taillights separate from the diecast panel first. Then I used Tamiya black panel liner and after that dried I used Tamiya red clear for the taillight area

12 hours ago, rrb124@sbcglobal.net said:

Nice 65 GP. Color is really good. reminds me of the real ones when they hit the streets in my home town. Trim work is super.

Thanks!

2 hours ago, dragcarz said:

60s cars were so beautiful, your build is beautiful as well. 

Thank you!

1 hour ago, ChrisR said:

Nice!

Thanks!

[ewetwo]

12 hours ago, Bills72sj said:

Nice GP. I am slowly working on one as well. What kit did that intake come from? What was your technique to do the tail lights?

The engine intake looks like the set up in the Buick Rivera kit.

[espo]

Great looking color and paint finish. Clean assembly goes a long way on even the most basic kit. 

[Bronzekeg]

nice clean build!

[bisc63]

4 hours ago, THarrison351 said:

What kit did that intake come from?

Very similar (if not same) setup is found in AMT's older but common 57 Chevy with the optional 409:

[Rattlecan Dan]

Very nice build. I also felt it was very original looking paint job (aside from interior color) which by the way looks very nice. Fine detailing all around. Thanks for sharing.

[carrucha]

Cool build.  I like the body color.  I built this kit a few years ago and found that the metal axels were too short so I cut new ones from music wire.

[THarrison351]

5 hours ago, Rattlecan Dan said:

Very nice build. I also felt it was very original looking paint job (aside from interior color) which by the way looks very nice. Fine detailing all around. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks! This is an original color, and for the interior color choice there were only three, parchment, black or plum. I tried to match the plum, but came up short. Here's what I was shooting for.

 

8 hours ago, espo said:

Great looking color and paint finish. Clean assembly goes a long way on even the most basic kit. 

Thank you!

8 hours ago, Bronzekeg said:

nice clean build!

Thanks!

5 hours ago, bisc63 said:

Very similar (if not same) setup is found in AMT's older but common 57 Chevy with the optional 409:

Yes it is except, for the carburetion and the drive is a chain instead of a belt

2 hours ago, carrucha said:

Cool build.  I like the body color.  I built this kit a few years ago and found that the metal axels were too short so I cut new ones from music wire.

Thank you! Yeah, the axles are too narrow and so are the wheel backs, I added pieces from other wheel backs to widen the track. If you look at the picture of the car with no paint, you can see how narrow the track is before I modified the wheels.

[slusher]

Beautiful Grand  Prix!