1970 Pontiac Firebird in Lucerne blue (1/24 Monogram/Revell)

[e30lover]

Hey all,

 

Here’s the finished 1/24 Monogram/Revell 1970’ Firebird! 

 

For this I decided to build close to the stock - one of the biggest shortcomings of this kit (apart from lack of T/A decal) is how poorly the wheels look compared to the rest, so I used 1/24 Rallye II wheels from Fireball Modelworks and paired with stock tires.

 

Here’s my full build detail:

 

• Scribed panel lines, wet-sanded whole body with 600 > 1000 grit
• Added primer, removed rest of uneven body panels with 1000 grit, added another primer and finished with 1500 grit
• Simulated Lucerne Blue with mixture of Mr Color’s metallic blue, metallic green and silver (2 base coats)
• Laid decal and applied Mr Color’s Super Clear II
• Once the first clear coat was cured, wet-sand with 2000 grit to flatten out the decal
• Applied second clear coat and repeated wet-sanding
• Applied third clear coat and cured it for more than a month
• Wet-sanded the body with 3000 grit, 6000 grit and 8000 grit then polished with Tamiya 3 compounds and Hasegawa ceramic compound
• Added panel lines and gave the whole body a light polish wht Hasegawa polymer coat
• Painted the engine block with body color mixed with additional silver and added ignition wires
• Painted interior with mixture of pure blue, green, black and grey, masked and painted the upper part, seats and dashboards with brighter blue
• Got rid of auto shifter and added manual shifter and third petal
• Remove pin marks on the underbody, painted with Tamiya dull red, masked & painted fuel tanks and frame rails, then lightly airbrushed flat black for subtle weathered effect
• De-chromed most of poor looking chrome plated parts except for the front bumper then painted them with Alclad
• Painted tires with mixture of flat black, brown and flat clear to get rid of shiny plasticky texture
• Maksed the body and painted engine bay flat black and trim in Mr color’s chrome silver
• Added coolant reservoir cap and cooling hose
• Masked the windshield, painted the inside and gave the outside a light polish with ceramic compound

 

It was a pretty straightforward build without any drama - I love the older Monogram kit because they're 1/24 and they knew how to get the texture of different materials right (carpet, engine block, seats etc).

[michelle]

Awesome work looks great

[Yeah Nah]

STUNNING. What a gorgeous model.

[Hard_2_Handle_454]

Looks amazing

 

[KWT]

very nicely done

[70 Sting]

Incredible work.  The trim, paint and finish, wheels… wow!

[Wolf]

Oooohhh, that’s pretty! Beautifully done. Well photographed as well. That’s the way you do it……

Cheers,    
Wolf (had a friend in high school that had a ‘69 Firebird convertible in that same colour. I envied him until he trashed the car.)

[Nacho Z]

Beautiful!!!

[charger74]

It looks fantastic ????

[XYHARRY]

No orange peel on this beauty. Really well done Chang.

Cheers, 

David. ??

[ChrisR]

Looks great!

Only thing missing is the manual gearbox.

[Zippi]

Super looking build.  Blue is my favorite color so I'm really liking this one.  Very nicely done.  

[Intmd8r]

Looks like the real thing!

[Classicgas]

Hands down the best build I have ever seen of that kit.

[Mike C.]

Beautiful work! ?

[gman]

That looks 100% like it's full sized counterpart in a number of your photos. You've done an exceptional job with this build.

[espo]

Beautiful looking paint finish and the trim all looks very cleanly done. 

[karbuildr]

Absolutely gorgeous build in every way. All the details and the effort you put into this kit has made it museum quality for sure. Some of your photos make it look like a real car. Stunning paint work. I'm in admiration of your skill.

[rrb124@sbcglobal.net]

Looks like a real 1:1 automobile. Standout!

[moparmike619]

I’m truly speechless. This car is absolutely beautiful. The craftsmanship is unbelievable. You should be proud of this one! 

[Dragonhawk1066]

Outstanding in every way!

[DanL]

That's a beauty....

[Jim B]

Beautiful Firebird. Very well done. 

[kjohan]

Agree with all the comments above:

Superb

Question : in the engine bay there are two rerservoirs (light coloured)

One on the left side near the battery 

One in the front right corner 

One of them is the for the windshield wash system (assume the one to right)

If so, what is the other one ?

Reason for question: am now building the same kit , but white (And on a different level)

[carrucha]

Very sharp!  Nice shiny paint job.