1973 Ford Pinto Runabout

[RACINE ISHRAQUR RAZA]

This is my Motormax 1/24 scale die cast 1973 Ford Pinto Runabout. On the floor of the car and on the box it says '74 but the car is actually a '73. The '74s had larger bumpers front & rear. Motormax also made a die cast of the '74 with the correct bumpers so I might get one of those in the future.

Lot of enhancement was done to this car. The floor, subframe and engine bay were all molded in black plastic so they needed detailing. The car was taken apart and all those parts were detailed with a combination of spray paint and paint brush. The only thing I added to the engine bay was the oil dipstick, but everything else was highlighted using paint. I didn't have the exact shade of exterior green paint, so the engine bay was painted jade green all around prior to the detailing. The same green was used for the floors and that piece was finished off with simulated dust by spraying brown paint from a distance and on top of the piece, so that paint particles lands on it and looks like dust. Motormax highlighted the chrome trim with silver paint. For realism I added Bare Metal Foil over the silver paint on all the trim. The interior got seat belts and door locks. I did not add carpeting because I don't have the exact shade of green, but I did paint the pedals and added the windshield tint. To finish it off I highlighted the cowl panel and wheel vents with black paint.

[XYHARRY]

Nice detail there Racine, well done. 

Cheers, 

David. ??

[Falcon Ranchero]

That's a sharp little Pinto there, good work. Should consider doing like a diorama of a 70s parking lot featuring the models you build as you have quite a nifty assortment of very detailed cars that would look really cool all together in a setting. 

[slusher]

Very nice!

[RACINE ISHRAQUR RAZA]

Thank you everyone for the compliment! Much appreciated!

@Falcon RancheroThanks! That's a great idea! I'll do that one day once I get a few more models completed.