AMT 1965 Pontiac Grand Prix

This is AMT's 1965 Pontiac Grand Prix. I built this from an original issue of the kit that a friend of mine found in a thrift store. It was already built at some point and was in a state of disassembly when I got it. Some parts were missing and there were no instructions, but I made the best of it. The paint is Dupli-Color lacquer and I think it is called light turquoise metallic. Clear is Rust-Oleum lacquer. Polished with MicroMesh and then Novus 2 and 1. Interior is Tamiya TS-7 Racing White. Dash is detail painted; chrome is Alclad; brightwork is BMF and some aluminum tape. I didn't add much; I installed door locks because that spot is so visible that it seemed to call for them. Also a prewired distributor is installed, but I didn't really do much of anything under the hood. Chassis is detail painted because everything is molded in place. I had to make the windows because those parts were either missing or damaged. I'm happy enough with the result. I don't usually build cars like this one and I don't usually build old AMT kits (nor Revell, Monogram, and the rest for that matter).

Enjoy.

This is what I started with:
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And here it is in its resurrected glory:
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Really nice work.Congrats.

Good work on the save!

Recently I saw the most beautiful pontiac

Nice! :bigthumb:

only the poor fit of the hood disappoints to some degree but even then a very appealing subject and nice re-birth. the interior looks very nice!

Nice! :bigthumb:

only the poor fit of the hood disappoints to some degree....

Chalk that up to poor American workmanship, I guess. Crappy Detroit land yachts were all like that back on the old days.

Anyway, you are right. The hood bothers me just a little bit. There wasn't anything I could do about it so I left it like it is. I'm sure some modelers have the necessary skill to correct that problem; however, I am not among them.

Chalk that up to poor American workmanship, I guess. Crappy Detroit land yachts were all like that back on the old days.

Anyway, you are right. The hood bothers me just a little bit. There wasn't anything I could do about it so I left it like it is. I'm sure some modelers have the necessary skill to correct that problem; however, I am not among them.


From what I seen of You work, I think you would manage fixing the hood. You use .010, or .020, sheet styrene, and superglue gel. Just glue the hood at right angel to the sheet styrene, angel depending on which side of the hood You wish to add material. Then when it is dry,cut out from the sheet. This way You don't need to add a thin styrene strip following the curvatures, and spilling glue. Also when You have cleaned up, filing, You could add gel to eventually gaps that still are visible betweene hood, and sheet.

Clean restoration. It sure looks better than before.