1940 pontiac custom

[Jeff Sauber]

Here's my take on the Jada diecast '40 Pontiac. Nothing too serious, but it was fun reworking this hunk of metal and adding on some of my own extras.

I stripped the original "factory paint" with easy off oven cleaner, smoothed out all the body work and imperfections, carefully carved out some small channels for the Bare metal foil trim work, and added a set of scratchbuilt fender skirts made from sheet styrene.

The intake manifold was scratchbuilt from aluminum and plastic as well as some rubber hose fuel lines. The body color is duplicolor deep blue metallic, and the roof is white pearl. The wheels are from pegasus and are the 24" lightning series.

[Nick Winter]

Well Jeff I'm a sucker for A Pontiac, and this is a real beauty. I like seeing your builds,

[outlaw035]

that came out very "CQQL" ...i like to mess with diecast once and awhile...neal

[Jeff Sauber]

that came out very "CQQL" ...i like to mess with diecast once and awhile...neal

Thanks, yeah I like fiddling around with metal stuff in between my plastic and resin models, but cutting plastic and resin is alot easier than trimming metal...

It's ashame that a 40 chevy or pontiac isn't offered in plastic.....These things have a ton of potential.

[AzTom]

That's cool.

I wondered if anyone on here played with the diecast. That's my main hobby, I do the plastic as fill ins.

AzTom

[bsoder]

That is one hot Pontiac!..that paint looks awsome Iv'e been known to "modify" a few diecast...hey plastic metal,resin it's all modelin'

[Steven Zimmerman]

Question on the paint....Did you use grey primer or black?..........'Z'

[karbuildr]

Wow. I really like this Jeff, nice deep color and a real ground scraper. Gotta love a low Kustom like this one.

[Eshaver]

J , quick question . is the Pontiac still avalible ? If so who sells them ? that car would look so at home at my Amoco station too .

On the other note , you workmanship shows well on this car- WELL DONE ! Ed shaver

[charlie8575]

It's ashame that a 40 chevy or pontiac isn't offered in plastic.....These things have a ton of potential.

Agreed...or any cars of the immediate pre-war vintage for that matter. A lot of them were very, very classy designs.

My personal favorite of that vintage is the 1942 DeSoto.

Charlie Larkin

[Guest Johnny]

Outstanding job Jeff!