'72 AMX rebuilder

[restoman]

I picked this up a few years ago in a pile of vintage built & unbuilt kits, none newer than 1974 by my estimation.

I found the headers and one exhaust pipe in a junk box, the hood and rear spoiler in another. 

I found the original decal sheet stuffed in with a bunch of instruction sheets.

It's a gluebomb. The body was crazed from whatever paint the builder used, but I managed to eliminate the crazing under the primer without losing any detail.

I thought about building it as a full-on Trans Am machine, but I didn't want to get too far from the original kit, so opted instead to do somewhat of a tribute street machine build.

The body is done with white basecoat, blue nail polish, and red nail polish topped with over-thinned 2k clear.

Fireball minilites are used. 

Still putting the engine back together, so this one might get finished this year. I started in back in 2020.

Hopefully, the decals work!

Comments always welcome.

Edited January 1 by restoman

[lordairgtar]

Nice. Good job recovering that car.

[LennyB]

Nice save, always a favorite kit of mine.

[rattle can man]

Nice save. I wish we could get a new or re-release of this subject.

[Bainford]

Wow! That's looking fantastic. I'm really digging the direction you've taken on this build. 

[Monty]

20 hours ago, rattle can man said:

Nice save. I wish we could get a new or re-release of this subject.

I would think this would be a huge success for, say, Revell or Moebius, especially if they offered a correct series engine and a more detailed chassis.  If memory serves, JoHan occasionally put the wrong year interiors in some of these as well, so having that corrected would be great as well.