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Hi all,

I did a lot of modeling in the late 70's as a young teenager. Luckily, due to my love for models, I packed my collection away in newspaper and boxes. Unwrapped them about 5 years ago and they live perched in my basement rec room. Unfortunately, my curious cat sometimes tries to jump up to the area and knocks them down!

Well, my 1976 Firebird Formula was found in pieces on the floor about three weeks ago. Front wheels snapped off. Sad. Since I'm on a Rockford Files kick with Neflix, I decided to convert it to his gold color. Kept the hoop scoops, though. Had some gold hanging around. bought some beige for the interior.

Before. In pieces.

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After (outside)

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Rockford Files rules!

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More detailed pix of the rebuild:

http://s183.photobuc...rebird%20Model/

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Wow! it came out nice in BOTH versions!!! I have one of those layin around, but it's not a rockford car. BUT it soon could be! I like the gold color!!! It actually looks like it coulda been a photo shopped pic in the second one with the trailer house. Was it???? :);)

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Yes. The outdoor sunny shots were done "in camera". I placed the car on a black paper glued to foamcore. My kids discovered it in the garage and had skateboarded on it before I even got to use it! But it actually was good, because the black paper now has some "tracks". Made it more real looking. I shot it in my driveway sitting on a 5 gallon bucket. The black paper seamlessly blended into the driveway.

As for the Rockford Files. Yes, I def photoshopped that into the scene! I'm both a photoshop master, and a seasoned photographer.

Edited by Mutato
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VERY nice job Martin. The only give aways I could see were the car is a bit sharper than the background, and the windsheild on the Firebird is kinda canted in at the top. But other than that, it came out pretty good. YOUR pretty good at it, so gettin back into the groove shouldn't be too hard!! Oh, and WELCOME back!!!! :D:);)

Edited by george 53
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I will take pix of my vintage collection at some point. I have two Trans Ams (so 3 firebirds total!). Few Corvettes. Mustang ('79 Indy Pace car). Jeep Wrangler. Then a recent build from a few years ago: early 60's truck.

Posted

Welcome back to modeling, great bunch people here. Take a picture for us of your 70's collection, I am sure there are more then a few who would like to see them.

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