1964 Pontiac GTO Convertible

[Ron Hamilton]

I have been in a little funk lately. My basement flooded a few weeks back. Fortunately, none of my models were damaged, but some of my magazines were casualties, as a lot of them were in cardboard boxes on the floor. I am in the midst of rearranging everything, and doing an inventory of my collection.

A couple of years ago, I did a master of a 1964-71 Pontiac Dog Dish Hubcap, and had a set cast in resin for a future project by a good friend, who also gave me a set of steelies to use with them. I foiled and detailed the caps, painted the steelies black, and found an appropriate set of redlines for a future project.

In my "clean up", I found the perfect candidate for the wheel setup, a pre-painted Black, Polar Lights '64 Pontiac GTO Convertible.

I rubbed out the finish, Bare Metaled the Tampoed on Silver trim, painted the interior a custom mixed Saddle for contrast, and used Model Car Garage 65-66 GTO Photoetch for the emblems, and license plate frames.

I have a lot of projects under construction, but I did this one to get my juices flowing. If you like the subject matter, a prepainted kit can help you get out of the doldrums. I enjoyed doing this one, and it did not take much time to build and detail to my satisfaction.

By the way, the dog dishes and steelies were cast by Norm Veber of Replicas and Miniatures Co, of MD., and they should be available in his product line momentarily. Thanks Norm.

Edited September 20, 2010 by Ron Hamilton

[lizardlust]

Beautiful Poncho, Ron - those poverty caps really give it a character all its own!!

[Guest]

Nice GTO, how about some engine and chassis shots?

[charlie8575]

Nice wheels, Ron, and that pre-decorated kit cleans up nicely.

Those'll look good on the R&R 1964 Tempest wagon.

Charlie Larkin

[John E. Bowers Jr.]

Nice job again Ron. I'm thinking about starting the Monogram hardtop offering of this kit, again in triple black. We'll see.

[mikeD1]

cool ron