bob terry Posted October 12, 2014 Posted October 12, 2014 Just finished this morning, 66 GTO. Just like we would have seen in the 70's.
Harry P. Posted October 12, 2014 Posted October 12, 2014 Nice. But could look even better if you foiled the window trim.
bob terry Posted October 13, 2014 Author Posted October 13, 2014 Harry, I've tried to do the foil bit, That is a skill I haven't been able to master. I've followed all the tutorials I've found but I just can't get it. What I do is highlight the window trim with a black sharpie. I like that contrast.
D. Battista Posted October 13, 2014 Posted October 13, 2014 I have seen some high bumpers in the '70's.... and I think you did a good job on this GTO..! COOL...!
Harry P. Posted October 13, 2014 Posted October 13, 2014 Harry, I've tried to do the foil bit, That is a skill I haven't been able to master. I've followed all the tutorials I've found but I just can't get it. What I do is highlight the window trim with a black sharpie. I like that contrast. I'm positive you can do it. It's not that hard. If you can build a model that looks that good, you have what it takes to do foil. It does take a bit of practice if you've never tried it, but like any other skill, you can learn it. You can always practice on a scrap body or some old model you don't care about. Believe me... once you get the hang of it (and you will), you won't ever build another model without it.
mikemopar70 Posted October 13, 2014 Posted October 13, 2014 Nice GTO, It was Worth the wait!! Congratulations, keep your modeling going!!
Snake45 Posted October 13, 2014 Posted October 13, 2014 Harry, I've tried to do the foil bit, That is a skill I haven't been able to master. I've followed all the tutorials I've found but I just can't get it. What I do is highlight the window trim with a black sharpie. I like that contrast. If you can do that with a black Sharpie, you can do it with a silver Sharpie. That's what I've been using for window trim for a couple years now and I can't imagine how I got by for 40 years without it.
promoman Posted October 13, 2014 Posted October 13, 2014 I like it with or without foil. Looks good with the black outline.
Nacho Z Posted October 13, 2014 Posted October 13, 2014 Yep, just took another trip back to my younger days. That is how we ran them if we could. Sometimes the local police department would have to ask tell you to drop the height of the rear.....hehehe. One day it would be too high and you would drop it only to be pulled over later and somehow, the darn thing was too high again. Nice looking GTO by the way!
bob terry Posted October 13, 2014 Author Posted October 13, 2014 Thanks for all the kind words guys. Harry, you are a heck of a motivator.
Snake45 Posted October 13, 2014 Posted October 13, 2014 I like it with or without foil. Looks good with the black outline. For most of the '70s, I drove a '69 SS/RS Camaro. It was light blue with a white top which I didn't like. In '77 or '78 I had it repainted a metallic gray very similar to this GTO. I had all the emblems and gingerbread removed, and swapped hoods with a guy for a non-SS hood. The black trim thing was starting to appear, especially on Eurocars. I tried to get my window trim done in black but everyone told me they couldn't paint chrome, it wouldn't stay on. I had bigs n normals on it--a "rubber rake." What I'm saying is that this model is the '66 GTO equivalent of the Camaro I actually owned and drove in the late '70s. Model on, dude!
bob terry Posted October 13, 2014 Author Posted October 13, 2014 Thanks Snake. I can recommend an awesome website if you've not seen it. 70s streetmachines.tumbler.com .I get a lot of ideas here and a great flashback to high school. Growing up in the 70s was awesome.
Maxicoop Posted October 13, 2014 Posted October 13, 2014 Sweet lookin' goat !!!!I'll have to post mine when I get the chance ..... I copied my buddy's GTO as close as I could .... and when I showed him the pictures he loved it .... anyhow your GTO looks fantastic !!!
Southern Fried Posted October 13, 2014 Posted October 13, 2014 It's good to see someone else "dwelling in the 70's" on a build. Started working on my Southern Fried '57 Ford "Garage Dog" a little, again. Started driving in '74. We had the "strip" where everybody cruised. A line of Fast Food joints auto parts store , etc.and a big Kmart parking lot on one end where you could gather without the Cops running you off!. just off the main highway.'Bout a quarter of a mile long. Cruise down, turn around, cruise back up. Crowded on weekends. Saw cars just like yours. Every kind of car. I had a '56 Bel Air. 350 4 speed with a worn out Hurst (that sometimes hung up) headers (which we could un-cap until Cops said cap it) 50's on 10 inch, 78's on 7's. American Torqs all around. Nice Turquois paint...until you got to the front cap (grey primmer...a little fender bender) no front bumper or splash guard. Boy, do I miss that car... You did a good job!
Chris White Posted October 13, 2014 Posted October 13, 2014 nice, needs the foil, and if I can foil, then you can foil, not that hard trust me
Grumpa Posted October 13, 2014 Posted October 13, 2014 Yup...'70's all the way! And boy...does this bring back a memory. One rainy night back in '74, and I mean pouring, a guy pulls into a gas station that I was working at, with, if my memory serves me, a '69 or '70 somethin. Raked like you wouldn't believe. Cracks his window and hands me three bucks for gas. OK...no problem. That tore up rain poncho will....whatever. I get done, and as I give him the thumbs-up he stops me and through the crack asks for fifty cents more. All the while his buddies are yuk'n it up. Well, was he ever surprised when he pulled out onto Main street! As with most stations the drop between the drive and street was a bit higher, and since the valves for adding air to his shocks were both located behind the drop down license plate. Also where the gas filler was. Well...ya know....I kinda let a bit of air out of his shocks. I know, I know.....not the nicest thing to do, but it sure made me smile as I stood in the bay dripping wet and watched his tires smack up into his wheel wells! Oh and Bobby...great lookin Goat! Sixty-six through sixty-eight are, in my mind, the best years for the GTO. I've got an MPC '68 that I picked-up as a rebuilder off of Ebay waiting to be restored. I think that after seeing yours...that '68 will need to move up in the line-up.
rmvw guy Posted October 13, 2014 Posted October 13, 2014 The foil work for me is almost as much effort as building the model in the first place. I have used the silver sharpie and a thing called Prismacolor , art marker from Hobby Lobby. Do it over clear and then add clear over for best results. You can always foil over this when your skill level increases. Harry is right about practicing on an old body. After I finished a Revell snap '57 Chevy, a lot of foil, I felt more confident. I still use the Prismacolor pen sometimes. Your GTO looks great, not a big fan of the high rake but, I do remember when!
Dale W. Verts Posted October 13, 2014 Posted October 13, 2014 Bobby, the GTO really does look nice. Harry "shamed" me on my first pic-post too (thanks Harry). It took me a few months, but the BMF has been handled. I'll never be a big fan of it, but it IS worth the effort. Dale
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