87 Buick Grand National

[Heartattaq]

Well I was able to get away to the city today, to pick up some tires for my real car, and decided to stop a the hobby shop, After a 18 year Hiatus I am gonna try my hand at modelling again. I went to the Shop in Sudbury, and although he had a LARGE collection of plastic model kits, there were no early model nascars and nothing really jumped off the shelf saying build me. So I saw the Grand National which has been a top 5 favorite car of mine forever.

I really kick myself for discarding all my supplies so many year ago, being on disability now, I really couldnt get everything I wanted to but got the basics. The wife wont be happy, but maybe it is sometimes better to ask forgiveness than permission .

That being said hopefully I will be able to find some cheap nascar models down the line as that is my true love, and I will collect all the other little items I need along the way.

I am going to use this thread to show pictures of the progress on my progress, and if anyone has any photos of Grand nationals stashed away for reference material that would be a huge help.

Here is the first pic of the what the model should look like completed.

More to come soon, as my health allows, I really want to thank the members of this forum for sparking my interest and love for this hobby again, the great work YOU ALL do is motivating and inspiring, thanks all.

Derick

[bryan_m]

cant wait to see what you cook up derick!

cheers

bryan

[Scuderia]

As a matter of fact my best friend is a GN freak. He even had a T-Type project car not long ago. I'll ask him because i'm sure he has some various pix of 1:1 on one of his computers still.

[Heartattaq]

Thanks Bryan, and that would be great Lawrence. What I want more than anything is a nice sized pic of a stock engine bay. Most of the GN pics I have seen the motors are modified in some fashion. I want to keep this build as if it rolled out of the factory

[Scuderia]

if he's still got his bank of photos pretty much everything will be factory or factory-type efforts. That's his style also

[cobraman]

Seems to me that more and more folks are getting back into modeling. Thats a good thing for sure. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with.

[Heartattaq]

Well started putting the engine/tranny together, running into frustrations already. Living in a small town in Canada Can't just run out to the store to get the colors I need. After researching, there are alot of various colours I will need, that I don't have /sigh.

On another note, does anyone know if the cars engine block, cylinder heads, and Transmission were painted, or were they just iron and aluminum? Have been looking around but can seem to find this answer. Will show some pics once I have something substantial.

[Chief Joseph]

Derick, I'm working on a couple of these models, too. Slowly, LOL. I have a ton of photos that I've taken and collected so if you need any specific images I may be able to help; just PM me.

For a stock motor, the block and the heads would be painted black and the transmission would be natural metal with a black flywheel/converter cover. The intake manifold, water pump, and valve covers are natural aluminum.

[Heartattaq]

Awesome Info thanks Joseph. I am so OCD that I can't progress on a model unless I have everything related to my supplies fo rthe model and proper colour research for the model. Thanks for confirming for me, I can go forward with this a little more now hehe

[slammedi'am]

Nice,I have one Im doing right now also