Harold Posted May 26, 2010 Posted May 26, 2010 Here's my Grand Prix. The rear window was MIA, so I made a convert out of it. The scratchbuilt items include sun visors, top boot, third brake light and the targa bar across the B pillars (and I plan to maybe redo that).
Duntov Posted May 27, 2010 Posted May 27, 2010 Hey I like this....I always was fan of the blac w/tan interior cars.....and the subject is cool too!!!! Something different for a change......nice work....thanks for sharing!!! Regards Bill (Duntov)
crispy Posted May 27, 2010 Posted May 27, 2010 Nice job! I love the colors and it looks like a natural in this configuration. Chris
Jordan White Posted May 27, 2010 Posted May 27, 2010 Too bad GM didn't offer something like that. Reminds me of the awesome pace car they made out of the Chevy Beretta.
RodneyBad Posted May 27, 2010 Posted May 27, 2010 After seeing yours, it's hard to believe they didn't make a convertible. It looks Great. How did ya do the boot? Looks right at home on it. Excellent work..
Harold Posted May 27, 2010 Author Posted May 27, 2010 (edited) After seeing yours, it's hard to believe they didn't make a convertible. It looks Great. How did ya do the boot? Looks right at home on it. Excellent work. I made the boot out of .020 Evergreen sheet and .030 x .125 and .020 x .040 evergreen strip. This was kind of a 'wing it' job- the trick was getting the lower edge to make that transition from the quarter panel to the rear deck. After I roughed it in, I slathered on a coat of Bondo, shaped it, used some textured suede spray as a base coat, and finished up with Testors tan acrylic and some spray Testors Dullcote. Edited May 27, 2010 by Harold
Modelsbyroni Posted May 31, 2010 Posted May 31, 2010 LOOKS GREAT. GM MADE THE CUTTY THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS TOO.
Brizio Posted June 2, 2010 Posted June 2, 2010 That's nice!!! Good job, I really like it! Also the color combo!
Jon Cole Posted June 2, 2010 Posted June 2, 2010 Looks like it should have come from the factory that way. Good build Harold!
charlie8575 Posted June 4, 2010 Posted June 4, 2010 Too bad GM didn't do that; it would've been easy to share the parts with the Cutlass Supreme. Nice work, Harold. Charlie Larkin
Harold Posted June 7, 2010 Author Posted June 7, 2010 Thanks for the complements, everybody. Since the pictures were taken, I swapped out the wheels with a set of custom 5- spokes from a '92 Stealth. Now, if I can just remember what box the side mirrors are hiding in...
Lownslow Posted June 8, 2010 Posted June 8, 2010 i love it its like a different take on the cutlass, pontiac shouldve verted this version.
Harold Posted June 10, 2010 Author Posted June 10, 2010 And here it is with the new wheels... As for the roll bar, well, there would have been too much re- engineering of the doors and door jambs to make it economically feasible to eliminate it. Plus, all the cars they'd have to crash test after the engineering was complete. Too much cost.
brodie_83 Posted August 25, 2011 Posted August 25, 2011 Sorry to bring this back from the dead, but I have this kit and a 1991 GTP kit as well and this one is very different but very cool. I haven't seen man of these kits built so I was curious. Great job!
xbazzarex Posted August 31, 2013 Posted August 31, 2013 Great looking build, I have one of these I'm waiting to build myself.
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