Volvoman Posted July 26, 2012 Posted July 26, 2012 Hi there folks, my name is Mark and I am all new to this forum. I have been dropping by from time to time but have now decided to join you all and show you some of my stuff. I thought I would start the ball rolling with one of my recent builds, my Pontiac Ventura. This was offered to me by a friend who had acquired it by a kit collection he had bought but he couldnt sell it on because it had missing parts so he offered it to me for spares. It turns out that the missing parts were a set of tyres which I had plenty of in my spares box so I set about putting it together. Being an old MPC kit, it did fight me a little bit but I was quite pleased with the end result. The paint is Tamiya TS 60 pearl green metallic which is a very close colour to another Ventura that I found pictures of whilst looking for reference material. Hopefully these pictures are ok and all questions and comments are welcome.
Scuderia Posted July 26, 2012 Posted July 26, 2012 Very classy and the bumper sticker is a nice touch. very smooth and welcome aboard!
peter31a Posted July 26, 2012 Posted July 26, 2012 A great build of a rare kit, Mark! Welcome to the forum and keeping sharing the builds with us.
disabled modeler Posted July 26, 2012 Posted July 26, 2012 Hi Mark....my name is Mark too....I like the Pontiac!
Repstock Posted July 26, 2012 Posted July 26, 2012 I like it! That MPC roofline looks so much better to my eyes than the AMT Novas of the same body type. That's a real pleasing car to look at, it's easy on the eyes!
bbowser Posted July 26, 2012 Posted July 26, 2012 Great build, love the factory stock stuff. Welcome and hope to see more.
TooOld Posted July 26, 2012 Posted July 26, 2012 Really nice looking Ventura . Where have I seen this before ?
Olskoolrodder Posted July 26, 2012 Posted July 26, 2012 Awesome and not-often seen subject matter,nicely done! Welcome to here too,mynew friend
Volvoman Posted July 26, 2012 Author Posted July 26, 2012 Thanks very much guys for all the positive comments and the kind words, they are all very much appreciated. I have been posting on another forum site which is where some of you may have seen my builds before. I do have plenty more to share with you all but I will post as and when I can; I don't want to bore you all with too much ,too soon. Thanks again for all your comments.
crazyjim Posted July 26, 2012 Posted July 26, 2012 Howdy Mark and welcome to the forum. Plenty of good things happening here all the time. Nice job on the Ventura.
mini trucker Posted July 27, 2012 Posted July 27, 2012 That's a sharp looking car right there, excellent work!
Grumpa Posted July 27, 2012 Posted July 27, 2012 Nice straight, stock, build Mark! Welcome to a great group of modelers, and a nice nod to Greg with the Hawaiian license plate!
bsoder Posted July 27, 2012 Posted July 27, 2012 Well I just had a 70s flashback! ..I'm pretty sure I've never seen a model of this car! you did a great job on this man B)
Sixties Sam Posted July 27, 2012 Posted July 27, 2012 Great model of a rare subject! Nice to see some different cars modeled. Looks good! The bumper sticker is a nice touch. Sam
Chuck Most Posted July 27, 2012 Posted July 27, 2012 Nice! I've seen a few of these kits, but the asking prices are always a bit more than I'd like to pay.
Volvoman Posted July 27, 2012 Author Posted July 27, 2012 For fear of repeating myself, I genuinely am humbled by all of your comments. I shall certainly be posting up more builds for you to see in the very near future so watch this space!!
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