1970 oldsmobile 442

[base905]

replica of my dads car

[RJWood]

Great work Matt. It looks just like Dads car. I like the 2 pics with both model & your dads car together. Great stuff.

[george 53]

NICE job Matt. I like the body side mouldings! Perfect touch!

[Scalper]

Cool pics with the 1/1 car. Model looks great. nice match on the paINT.

[sjordan2]

Nice work – looks like a perfect paint match – and it's great to have a kit available for a car you actually own. The only kit of a car I owned came out many years after I sold it – Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider. By the way, your kit has a more realistic stance than your dad's car. Or is he a moonshine runner? (Kidding)

Edited May 28, 2010 by sjordan2

[Guest 85Biarittz]

Turned out real good.

[MyBradKeselowski]

Very nicely done...

Great match to your dad's

[James Flowers]

Nicely done. They both look nice.

[Modelsbyroni]

NICE REPLICA OF DADS RIDE.

[Duntov]

Excellent job Matt.......both cars look great......your crafstmanship shows in your model.....thanks for sharing!!!

Regards

Bill (Duntov)

[KENNEDYJR]

Wow- I would be happy to own either one! Nice work.

[Junkman]

Is this special order 1970 Aegean Aqua?

How did you replicate it?

[Trendsetta68]

I love that color ! Great job on his replica !

[MikeeD]

Nice job!!! If I was your Dad, I'd sure be proud of you.

I have daughters, they wreck cars, they don't build 'em.... ;)

[charlie8575]

Great job, Matt. That's a model to be proud of.

Charlie Larkin

[base905]

Is this special order 1970 Aegean Aqua?

How did you replicate it?

not sure on the colour, all we know is that it came factory, we always thought it was called aqua marine (38 38)

just a couple months back my dad went to get a match for the paint cause we are repainting the 1:1 car and found out its called argent green, and was a colour from 1977 not 70, so i guess it was a special order in 1970

i painted the model with 2 diffent shades of green from dupli color 1st bright teal, 2nd colipso green i think

thanks for the comments everyone!!!!

Edited June 6, 2010 by base905

[Jon Cole]

Edited June 6, 2010 by Jon Cole

[crazyjim]

Your model and the 1:1 look great.

[camaroman]

Great job!! Now tell Dad you'll trade... LOL!

[David G.]

Excellent replica! Some of the photos almost look like a Photoshop trick!

[Tony T]

Cool, Matt! Nice job.

One thing I'd consider adding. Take pictures of your Dad's licence plates, resize and print them out for your model. Would give it a nice touch, I think.

I did find Ontario plate decals a few years ago, and there were some blanks, and separate letters so you could replicate any plate, and even the renewal sticker for the rear.