'77 Pontiac Trans Am SE, From "Smokey and the Bandit"

[Nick Winter]

Well here it is, first is a bunch of reference of "suposedly" Bandit T/A's, all though some in my Pics are Fisher top cars not Hurst T-Top cars like they should be.

These are replica's or just regular T/A's, most are SE's though

There's more pic's of my reference in my next post, so Ya'll come back now Ya' here.

Edited November 20, 2009 by Dukefan69'

[Nick Winter]

Here's more replica's and regular T/A's, most being SE's

Here's some of the real thing, I've got more that I'll post.

Edited November 20, 2009 by Dukefan69'

[B_rad88]

nice! glad to see that your actually going to post it and finish it! keep up the awsome work!

[Nick Winter]

Here's the rest I hope, of "The Real Thing"

Here's my progress, these pictures are the old ones, I'm gonna post my old progress first then my new progress.

here's the kit I'm using

I black washed the grille inserts

I painted the dash, It might not be perfect but I think I did ok.

Edited November 20, 2009 by Dukefan69'

[Nick Winter]

nice! glad to see that your actually going to post it and finish it! keep up the awsome work!

Well I was very hesitant and finally started back on it today after it sitting all week without me doing any modelling of any kind.

Ok here's some more progress, this is still old progress though

Started to put the engine together

I tested out a decal, I think there terrible and I'm gonna wait for my Keith Marks Decals to show up.

Painted and assembled most of my interior

put together the chassis

Edited November 20, 2009 by Dukefan69'

[Nick Winter]

Now the new stuff I've done.

Everytime I tryed painting it with gloss black, I screwed up, so I used flat instead and will just give it a couple coats of clear, to fix the glossyness problem

I painted the steering wheel using some gold rattle can paint and flat black brush paint

I did something similar with the wheels, I stripped the chrome and painted them gold, then hand painted the silver accents of the wheel.

Finished up the radiator support and glued on my battery

Edited November 20, 2009 by Dukefan69'

[roadhawg]

Looking good so far! A word of advice on the Keith Marks decals..........they are much thinner than kit decals, and can be easy to tear or bunch up, so be careful! They DO look far superior to kit decals though.

Interior looks good, but I was thinking the Bandit had a tan interior. I might be getting that confused with a couple of T/As I owned, though. Your reference pictures show both tan and black. Interesting.

Anyway, keep up the good work. This one should be nice!

[crispy]

Nick looks like you're a quick builder. Wish I had the time.

Everything looks pretty good. If you'd like to give the dash a little more detail and if you have a craft store nearby I highly recommend some glitter for the turned dash.

When I was working on a replica of my 79 Trans Am I purchased some hologram glitter. A little white glue spread into the areas you want and splash the glitter on, shake off the excess and viola, turned dash. If you would like I would certainly send you some, I'll never use the whole bottle. Just pm me your address.

Keep the updates coming, I have a special place in my heart for 2nd gen Trans Am's, just ask Tommy!

Chris

[B_rad88]

wow, nick, that is lookin sweet! now i know what you ment by that comment you told me ! LOL!

[Guest Mustang3.8]

Great job, 'cuz.

[Nick Winter]

Looking good so far! A word of advice on the Keith Marks decals..........they are much thinner than kit decals, and can be easy to tear or bunch up, so be careful! They DO look far superior to kit decals though.

Interior looks good, but I was thinking the Bandit had a tan interior. I might be getting that confused with a couple of T/As I owned, though. Your reference pictures show both tan and black. Interesting.

Anyway, keep up the good work. This one should be nice!

Thanks for the advice Tommy, it's really helpful to know that. I'm using reference straight from the movie, infact I've been watching it as a build this T/A. Well like I said some of those are replica's or just normal T/A's. I will.

Nick looks like you're a quick builder. Wish I had the time.

Everything looks pretty good. If you'd like to give the dash a little more detail and if you have a craft store nearby I highly recommend some glitter for the turned dash.

When I was working on a replica of my 79 Trans Am I purchased some hologram glitter. A little white glue spread into the areas you want and splash the glitter on, shake off the excess and viola, turned dash. If you would like I would certainly send you some, I'll never use the whole bottle. Just pm me your address.

Keep the updates coming, I have a special place in my heart for 2nd gen Trans Am's, just ask Tommy!

Chris

Well I've had some spare time lately. What's this about the glitter I hear? I do to, I've got 3 2nd generation T/A's 2 built or in the progress and 1 unbuilt, all of them the AMT '78's.

Edited November 2, 2009 by Dukefan69'

[Nick Winter]

wow, nick, that is lookin sweet! now i know what you ment by that comment you told me ! LOL!

Thanks.

Great job, 'cuz.

Thanks Kevin.

[Nick Winter]

Ok I'm back with progress, Tommorow I'm mailing my order to Keith Marks.

I painted the reverse lights, Here's them in there posistion.

painted the turn signals and grille emblem, then got a coat of clear on it, so far so good.

Found and painted a CB mic, still gotta pick a CB Rig.

Edited November 20, 2009 by Dukefan69'

[Nick Winter]

Assembled my engine, interior, and chassis ( with the exception of the exuast tips )

Painted the Grille inserts and headlight buckets, also picked out a CB antenna

Edited November 20, 2009 by Dukefan69'

[Lownslow]

nice you should scratch a stetson and put in on the back seat

[Nick Winter]

nice you should scratch a stetson and put in on the back seat

Thanks, funny enough I'm working on casting and selling cowboy hats, and ball caps as well as hard hats. Good Idea.

[B_rad88]

thats cool looking! great job nick!

[Nick Winter]

thats cool looking! great job nick!

Thanks Brandon.

Edited November 2, 2009 by Dukefan69'

[Nick Winter]

Well I found, painted, detail painted and installed a CB rig.

Edited November 20, 2009 by Dukefan69'

[B_rad88]

Thanks Brandon.

any time bro! and its looking great so far!

[Modellpularn]

Sorry for being a bit nitpicky here, but you need to paint some black around the dash "insert". Only the flat portion should be silver, or "turned dash". But you might have already fixed it....? Coming along fine. Good thing to strip the chrome off the wheels.

[Nick Winter]

Sorry for being a bit nitpicky here, but you need to paint some black around the dash "insert". Only the flat portion should be silver, or "turned dash". But you might have already fixed it....? Coming along fine. Good thing to strip the chrome off the wheels.

I realized it after I painted it, still haven't fixed it yet though, thanks for the reminder. Thanks. the wheels turned out better than I thought.

[VW Dave]

They must have gone through a lot of tyres making the movie, you think?

[Nick Winter]

They must have gone through a lot of tyres making the movie, you think?

Your telling me Dave watch this video.

[Nick Winter]

Well Mr. T was in the shop all night making sure nobody took the Bqandit's Trans Am, I kept hearing "keep walking sucka" and "I pitty the fool who try's to steal this Trans Am"

Edited November 20, 2009 by Dukefan69'