Randy Kern Posted July 20, 2007 Posted July 20, 2007 R&R resin kit of a '58 Pontiac Bonneville, paint is Tamiya Mica Red with white top. Interior is aluminum color, with Scale Motorsports seat decals and flocking. I did a 'what if' sort of, as my Grandmother had a '58 Pontiac Chieftan that I drove briefly after getting my license, and this version would get the groceries home in a lot more style. This build was supposed to be quick, but took me half the summer to do. I think most of it was filling the pin-holes.
Mike Posted July 20, 2007 Posted July 20, 2007 I love it! Fantastic build. I'm generations behind that make of vehicle, but I absolutely love the body lines about it.
MrObsessive Posted July 21, 2007 Posted July 21, 2007 Excellent job on Pontiac's "Impala" Randy! The Bare Metal Foil alone can be enough to make anyone weep! I'm generations behind that make of vehicle, but I absolutely love the body lines about it. I can remember '58 Pontiac's (In fact all GM '58's) very well as a kid as they were fairly numerous into the late '60's..............a neighbor across the street from us had the more plain Chieftan(?). (Am I becoming an 'Old Fart"??)
Andy Wyatt Posted July 21, 2007 Posted July 21, 2007 Very sharp Randy! Can't wait to see it in person!
Fisher61 Posted July 21, 2007 Posted July 21, 2007 Very clean and well detailed build! One of the better looking '58's from the GM that year.
Lyle Willits Posted July 21, 2007 Posted July 21, 2007 Fantastic job. I love it. Did you take out a second mortgage for the Bare Metal Foil? Looks like a serious contender for the "resin kit" category trophy at the Sept. Showdown.
Randy Kern Posted July 22, 2007 Author Posted July 22, 2007 Thank you all for the kind words. This was one of those sentimental projects, and that car will be fondly remembered. Any '58 year car will certainly test your foiling patience, so I spread it out over a week!
cruz Posted July 23, 2007 Posted July 23, 2007 Very fine job as usual Randy, can't wait to see it in person. I am not even going to waste my time competing with you in the next meeting
horsepower Posted August 21, 2007 Posted August 21, 2007 Great job, I can remember a family friend that bought a new '58, in a metallic pink & white two tone, it was quite striking.
mikelo Posted August 21, 2007 Posted August 21, 2007 Very nice! Nice look. Man, thats a lot of BM. Great job!
Steve H. Posted August 21, 2007 Posted August 21, 2007 Great build! R&R's build up nice if you put some work into them. I think I would have taken vacation from work before I started the BMF Excellent foil work!
patrol52 Posted August 21, 2007 Posted August 21, 2007 I have a real 1:1 58 Buick that I would like to have look like that.
Raul_Perez Posted January 25, 2008 Posted January 25, 2008 Randy, I have only 3 things to say to you about your Pontiac: 1) I love Pontiacs...and this one is no exception!! 2) Your '49 Merc makes a "nice" avatar, but this one kicks it's ___! 3) You need to put it in a box and mail it to me! I've already made room for it in my display case!! GREAT BUILD!!
James Flowers Posted January 25, 2008 Posted January 25, 2008 I have to get me one of these some day. My brother-in law had one around 1964 or 1965 a blue one with a black custom interior in it. I loved that car. Saddly it got wreaked. He didn't fix it as parts where hard to find for them back then. Seams to me his didn't have as much crome on the sides on the front of the coves. Love the look of yours.
OLDERGUY Posted January 25, 2008 Posted January 25, 2008 I really like your Pontiac, also your Merc. Thanks for some of the details on the Pontiac build.
Lyle Willits Posted January 25, 2008 Posted January 25, 2008 Well, if we're going to dig up 6 month old posts, here's a very recent photo of Randy's Pontiac. I love this model!
dub Posted January 25, 2008 Posted January 25, 2008 The first time I saw this one, it was at the club picnic. It was also my first meeting, so I didn't know what I was looking at. I'm glad this came back up. I think this thing is sweet! Didn't realize how much work went into it; man, good job!
Raul_Perez Posted January 28, 2008 Posted January 28, 2008 Randy, I'm glad to see that you changed your avatar over to the 58 Pontiac!! Does that also mean that the model is in the mail and headed my way?!
RodBurNeR Posted January 30, 2008 Posted January 30, 2008 It doesn't matter what you do to a '58 Pontiac , it's going to be sweet! However...you did choose a very nice shade of red Nice job!
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