Revell 1970 Pontiac Firebird

[bluestringer]

Didn't come out as good as I wanted. Seems my last 3 or 4 builds start out ok, then go downhill during the final assembly. My builds from a year ago were looking much better.   I've got to stop being impatient with my builds and do more prep work before I start putting things together. Anyway, this is painted with Testor's Gloss Blue Acrylic. Interior is a semi gloss black. I tried some weathering on the chassis, engine and the engine bay. I tried following the excellent tutorial by Steven in the tips section. There are some pics of that in my WIP. All comments are welcome, and thanks for looking.

[espo]

Great looking paint and decal work. The added under hood painted details add to the appearance. 

[michelle]

looks great awesome work

[Yeah Nah]

Looks good from here James! I think a problem all builders have is during construction we stare at the model for weeks (even months) and see flaws that no-one else will notice.

[Zippi]

Your 70 Firebird looks pretty good to me James.  Great looking blue.

[AMT68]

Great shine! Nice looking aftermarket wheels. 

[Mittagskind]

I think it looks very good, a real eye catcher.

[XYHARRY]

Great looking Pontiac James. I have this kit in my stash and was not going to use those wheels but your build has changed my mind. Well done. 

Cheers, 

David. ??

[bluestringer]

16 hours ago, espo said:

Great looking paint and decal work. The added under hood painted details add to the appearance. 

Thanks David.

 

15 hours ago, michelle said:

looks great awesome work

Thanks Michelle.

 

13 hours ago, Yeah Nah said:

Looks good from here James! I think a problem all builders have is during construction we stare at the model for weeks (even months) and see flaws that no-one else will notice.

Thank you.

 

12 hours ago, Zippi said:

Your 70 Firebird looks pretty good to me James.  Great looking blue.

Thanks Bob.

 

11 hours ago, AMT68 said:

Great shine! Nice looking aftermarket wheels. 

Thank you.

 

6 hours ago, Mittagskind said:

I think it looks very good, a real eye catcher.

Thanks.

[ncbuckeye67]

Nice looking build! My favorite Trans Am.

[happy grumpy]

Great job on a classic monogram kit. That deep blue is awesome.

[bluestringer]

6 hours ago, ncbuckeye67 said:

Nice looking build! My favorite Trans Am.

Thanks.

 

1 hour ago, happy grumpy said:

Great job on a classic monogram kit. That deep blue is awesome.

Thanks Mario.

[PappyD340]

Very nice

[slusher]

Beautiful Firebird!

[bluestringer]

On 9/5/2023 at 5:46 PM, PappyD340 said:

Very nice

Thank you.

 

9 hours ago, slusher said:

Beautiful Firebird!

Thanks Carl.

[ewetwo]

I think it looks fine. We chose the same color on this build. 

 

[ea0863]

James, we're always hardest on our own work  It came out beautiful, and I particularly like the tires/rims combo. If I may offer one minor observations; the front stance seems a bit high compared to the rear. Is that what you were shooting for, or is it possible to drop the rims on their spindles by a little bit at this point? In any event, great job!

[karbuildr]

I agree with the others James. Your Firebird looks very well done, great paint and details. We're our own worst critics. I have this kit built and I'm working on final details.

[FLHCAHZ]

I think it looks great.