1989 Pontiac Firebird (red) for a friend - wip
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The seats are made.
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One pair of fender vents will be added (right top 1/25; the left fender vents are 1/24)
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Base coated
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Red is done. Let it dry some days before it will get a first layer of clear coat.
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The first layer of clear coat is done. Shiny shiny shiny!
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Next step: interior and engine painted. Now to detail painting. I think the color of the interior looks not quite right.
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Changed the color of the interior to a much better one.
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8 months later I took 4 kits for painting the details. Now the interior and engine of this Bird is done.
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Now let's take this thing out.
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That's the base I have to seal with.
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The PMD seats and dashboard are on their place
Commentaires
7 22 April 2020, 04:54
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Except the fender vents and PMD seat it will be right out of the box.
22 April 2020, 05:26
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I'm now using Firebird (MPC 1-0733, 1:25)
Because it has it's fender vents already and it was planned to be a red Trans Am years ago.
13 May 2020, 11:26
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Dine with the engine and chassis. Next will be fitting the ground effects onto the body
16 January 2022, 18:14
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Thank you. I like this ground effects. They look good. On the other hand, i like the bumpers with that black rubber inserts too. Sadly, this kind of bumper does not exist in any kit. I'm going to build one sometimes. I have to. For myself.
17 January 2022, 06:46
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Where did you get the PMD seat on the righthand side of photo 2? It looks nice.
12 February 2022, 14:41
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@Starbase101... The PMD seats are the seats out of a KITT kit by the ERTL group.
@Istvan ... My primer is beige 😉
13 February 2022, 12:46
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So. The first layer of clear coat is done. Sweet. Have to deliver pictures. My battery went down so see you tomorrow 😉
22 February 2022, 21:15
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I was not satisfied with the color of the interior. Changed it a little. Now it looks like tan.
7 August 2022, 21:33
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Thank you. I guess by hand. It's to time consuming to tape all for two different grey shapes. That ist to much work for me (remember, I have two on the workbench).
I think by hand will work the same way. If I fail, I can rethink my decision 🙂
8 August 2022, 12:46
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Bad news. After a second layer of clear coat (weeks ago), I saw some flaws in the passengers door. After thinking about the next step or how I fix it over and over again, I decided to get the paint ripped of. Two days ago, I layed the body into the "bath". Yesterday was no reaction to the red color. The clear coat seams to peal of but nothing more. Also handling the body with a brush leads to no result. Hopefully, the color wents of and I can use the body again. If not, I'm in real trouble - I don't have such a body in reserve :/
7 November 2022, 05:19
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I have to. It sucks but there will be a solution. Somehow. This evening I'll take the candidate out of its bath and take a look at the result. Curious I am 🙂
7 November 2022, 13:47
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interior looks much better in this color.
sad to hear the pain with the body....perhaps, give it to me to try to get the paint removed 😉
8 November 2022, 15:21
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Thanks.
@Dominik ... I'll keep that in mind for the upcoming weekend.
@problem ... I peeked into the container and rubbed a little with the brush. It looks like the paint disappears slowly but that is a good progress. Looking successfully forward 😄
8 November 2022, 17:25
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I once stripped Testors enamel off of a Ferrari with something called Motsenbockers Graffiti Lift Off. It was like a snake shedding skin. Didn't seem to work as well with Tamiya TS paints, however.
8 November 2022, 20:04
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Christian, I trust that you have used DOT4?
For me, that can strip a nun naked, in less than a day?
8 November 2022, 22:34
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Thanks for your comments and recommendations. So far, I didn't use DOT4 nor Graffiti "remover" ( I'll call that - have to look it up, what available in Germany).
Yesterday I took it out and brushed it as good as I could clean. Now it would have such a cool look if I want to show a restoration thing or rodden thing. Damned.
Nevertheless. Going to wet sand it and see, what's on the surface after a new laywer of base coat.
9 November 2022, 05:17
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uhhhhh....that looks coool,the stripped paint. that could be a really good used car :-D .
9 November 2022, 15:41
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So the interior is done. I can't push it away long enough: going on to paint the body again.
15 November 2022, 22:41
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The latest news on this built: I'm in the comfortable position, to grab a "payable" doner for the body. I bought a kit without instructions and 7 missing parts. Gladly, no body parts are missing. 6 of the 7 parts I was able to add out of my spareparts box. So I#m going to get a mold of the ground effect and bumpers to be on the safe side and start the new body.
14 March 2023, 11:52
Album info
1989 Trans Am;
TBI, red, tan leathered interior with PMD seats, T-Top, fender fents, D80 (black), diamond spokes (black), some parts black on the Body, smoked rear lights, ground effects
To Costumize:
- fender vents
- PMD seats