Dragonhawk1066 Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 (edited) Here's my version of the MPC 1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am. I started with Stynylrez Black Primer, followed by two coats of Shuttle Art Flash Black (Metallic Black), and then three or four coats of Tamiya X-27 Acrylic Clear Red, all through my airbrush. Then I added the decals and sprayed three coats of Createx High Gloss Clear. After that I wet-sanded from 6000-12,000, polished with Novus #2, and finally a coat of Meguiar's Cleaner Wax. The interior is all craft paint, using combinations of Apple Barrel Khaki, Apple Barrel Nutmeg Brown, and Decoart Honey Brown. I used Embossing Powder for the carpet area, which was painted over with the Khaki. The engine and transmission is from the AMT 2006 Camaro Concept as is the engine bay surround. The wheels are from Forward Resin on ebay, and the tires are from the parts box. The chassis and suspension are from the kit, with some cutting and trimming done on the front suspension parts to fit the tires. The exhaust is also from the kit, with a bit trimmed off to fit the 1/8 inch styrene tubing carefully bent to reach the LS engine exhaust headers. This is a challenging kit in the first place with some excess flash, thick clear glass, sparse details, and an ill fitting body/interior/chassis connection. I don't know if it was easier or trickier with the needed mods made for the non-kit parts, lol. Either way, it was actually a pretty fun build that I am very happy with the results of. I really like these cars, but wish either Round 2 or Revell would re-tool/commit to a new tooling of them as I really think an improved version would do well, but in the end it does look the part which is most important I guess. Anyways, as always thanks for looking!! Edited October 26, 2023 by Dragonhawk1066 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger74 Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 Looks great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intmd8r Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 Excellent color choice! very clean….. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ea0863 Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 Oh man, I LOVE that deep metallic paintjob and awesome detail. Great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 Looking great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncbuckeye67 Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 Wow, that is beautiful! I love the color combination. It looks like the Model Master "Root Beer" brown, on the exterior. That's something you don't see very often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave42 Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 Absolutely beautiful! Excellent work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeah Nah Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 Stunning all round build! That paint...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XYHARRY Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 That is one gorgeous TransAm there Craig. The paint is amazing and your mods look great. I have an old AMT/Ertl 79 TransAm that has been waiting in my stash for over 20 years. Your build has inspired me to dig it out. Well done and thanks for sharing. Cheers, David. 😎👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpikeSchumacher Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 You should be very happy with that Craig. Beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TransAmMike Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 Wow Craig, that's a great looking '79....that color is amazing....great job!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorLarry Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 Stunning finish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 Beautiful looking paint color and finish, like the dark deep look. Contrasting interior color goes well and its finish looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMT68 Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 Excellent work as always! The exterior color along with the wheels to me give it the restomod look. I've built one of these so far and I agree the body takes a good amount of smoothing. And yes such an iconic car deserves a retool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karbuildr Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 This is a really beautiful build. Excellent modifications, wheels and tires look great, and your paint is outstanding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy grumpy Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 All these efforts paid off. The model looks awesome and with that paint job, Fantastic build. 👍👍😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classicgas Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWT Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 VERY nicely done! Color is awesome on it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonhawk1066 Posted October 26, 2023 Author Share Posted October 26, 2023 20 hours ago, charger74 said: Looks great 20 hours ago, Intmd8r said: Excellent color choice! very clean….. 19 hours ago, ea0863 said: Oh man, I LOVE that deep metallic paintjob and awesome detail. Great job! 16 hours ago, ChrisR said: Looking great! 11 hours ago, Dave42 said: Absolutely beautiful! Excellent work. 11 hours ago, Yeah Nah said: Stunning all round build! That paint...... 11 hours ago, XYHARRY said: That is one gorgeous TransAm there Craig. The paint is amazing and your mods look great. I have an old AMT/Ertl 79 TransAm that has been waiting in my stash for over 20 years. Your build has inspired me to dig it out. Well done and thanks for sharing. Cheers, David. 😎👍 10 hours ago, SpikeSchumacher said: You should be very happy with that Craig. Beautiful! 4 hours ago, TransAmMike said: Wow Craig, that's a great looking '79....that color is amazing....great job!! 4 hours ago, DoctorLarry said: Stunning finish! 4 hours ago, espo said: Beautiful looking paint color and finish, like the dark deep look. Contrasting interior color goes well and its finish looks great. 3 hours ago, AMT68 said: Excellent work as always! The exterior color along with the wheels to me give it the restomod look. I've built one of these so far and I agree the body takes a good amount of smoothing. And yes such an iconic car deserves a retool. 2 hours ago, karbuildr said: This is a really beautiful build. Excellent modifications, wheels and tires look great, and your paint is outstanding. 1 hour ago, happy grumpy said: All these efforts paid off. The model looks awesome and with that paint job, Fantastic build. 👍👍😎 1 hour ago, Classicgas said: Well done. 1 hour ago, KWT said: VERY nicely done! Color is awesome on it! Thanks for the compliments guys, much appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim B Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 Great looking Firebird. Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonhawk1066 Posted October 26, 2023 Author Share Posted October 26, 2023 (edited) 13 hours ago, ncbuckeye67 said: Wow, that is beautiful! I love the color combination. It looks like the Model Master "Root Beer" brown, on the exterior. That's something you don't see very often. Thanks Jeff! For some reason the lighting gave it more of a red-brown look, but it is a really sharp deep red. Edited October 26, 2023 by Dragonhawk1066 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelson Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 A thing of beauty!!👌 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 MPC definitely didn't do anyone any favors with some of the design and fit elements of this kit, so kudos for taking on a tough build and knocking it out of the park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills72sj Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 That is SWEET! Does anyone know if they made a T-top version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowsportwagon Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 This is a sweet build Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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