Picked up a GN

These things look badass in black, so that's what I'm gonna make it.

Only after taking pictures did I realize that it had a kinked A-Pillar :shakehead but I'll just try to fix it... :headshake The plastic is extremely soft and crappy, and it seems pretty bad even for a Revell kit.

This will go hand in hand with my Supra build :wink:



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hope it turns out great i was going to get it the other day cus i was lookin for a car that looked like the one from TRAINING DAY. which i think its a cutllas well i was going to make it look like it cus the bodystyle is almost the same

"Training Day" featured a '78 Monte Carlo.

I did that kit a while ago, was my 2nd or 3rd model, Tires were really crappy but it's a good kit and the car is just great !

http://img199.echo.cx/img199/3076/gnxok2sh.th.jpg (http://img199.echo.cx/my.php?image=gnxok2sh.jpg)

I have the kit, and mine is fine... I actually think it's one of Revell's betters. Maybe you got a bad one from the lot?

Looking foward to progress!

lookin good man!

How it turns out well for ya.

The GNX (same but different ;)) is actually one of my fav american cars, and I missed out on one on ebay the other month, havent seen one since :(.

Dan.

ive got 4 of those kits somewhere in my basement, they were for sale at a garage sale for 2 bucks a piece so i figured why not

i've been meaning to pick one of these up. i love the grand national. ultimate sleeper car. all the young pups dont know what they are. immagine, all the little ricers thinking their cars are fast, even some of hte younger crowd with the muscle cars, getting blown away by an old boxy turbo car........comes back to reality. yeah, been meaning to pick one of these up. lol

GN's ROCK! They are a BLAST to drive. I call 'em "Granny Nationals" because they look like gramma cars.

I've built 1 1/2 of these kits (the second was a resto of a friend's attempt, I got stalled on the paint part-he painted it with a brush and unthinned enamels) and I think they all have the A-piller problem. I think this kit has an incredibly detailed interior, that was my favorite part about the build.

If you want to be dead-on realistic, I can give you some pointers! IE GN's have a factory installed rock guard, kinda like Rhinoliner, about halfway below break on the door. You can achieve this by allowing some overspray and/or not polishing this area.

Some interesting GN trivia....The GN platform was cancelled after the 1987 model year because, in a track test against the Corvette, the GNX outperformed the Vette on all counts. This was unacceptable, because the Corvette was GM's flagship and therefore HAD to be the best thing GM made. GN's were offered from 84 to 87; the 86-87 model years are the most desireable because they're factory intercooled. They were also only offered in black.

GN's ROCK! They are a BLAST to drive. I call 'em "Granny Nationals" because they look like gramma cars.

I've built 1 1/2 of these kits (the second was a resto of a friend's attempt, I got stalled on the paint part-he painted it with a brush and unthinned enamels) and I think they all have the A-piller problem. I think this kit has an incredibly detailed interior, that was my favorite part about the build.

If you want to be dead-on realistic, I can give you some pointers! IE GN's have a factory installed rock guard, kinda like Rhinoliner, about halfway below break on the door. You can achieve this by allowing some overspray and/or not polishing this area.

Some interesting GN trivia....The GN platform was cancelled after the 1987 model year because, in a track test against the Corvette, the GNX outperformed the Vette on all counts. This was unacceptable, because the Corvette was GM's flagship and therefore HAD to be the best thing GM made. GN's were offered from 84 to 87; the 86-87 model years are the most desireable because they're factory intercooled. They were also only offered in black.
:eek7: they beat a corvette........ holy shiza

:eek7: they beat a corvette........ holy shiza

Grand Nationals are the $hit!

The thing I love about the GN (1:1) is that everyone I see is always in awesome condition.

Well, the 80's Vettes left a lot to be desired. In fact, I think the 82's had less than 200 HP or something rediculous like that. In 92 they went to the LT-1, and that was a huge step up; then in 97, they introduced the LS-1 and the rest is history. 500 HP worth of history.

I've come close to buying a GN. Trouble is, they're maintenance queens. And mods are addicting.

Grand Nationals are the $hit!

The thing I love about the GN (1:1) is that everyone I see is always in awesome condition.

:iagree:

i would love to have a GN. if i had the money i'd get one. they were trying to revive the GNX, Camaro, and a new GTO. this would have been awesome. but apparently these days, GM couldn't load the trunk of a car with cash and sell it. they killed the whole Zeta platform, which is what the GNX, Camaro, and GTO were going to be based off of in 07 i believe. if the production camaro held true to the renderings floating around, i was going to sell my soul to a horned man to get one. lol. but, they just cut, 8000 managerial type positions within GM. they have got to do something about the funky styling of most of their vehicles. the trucks aren't that bad. but the cars....just not diggin it. im a bow tie man through and through. but i may never get the chance to own a brand new camaro. does this mean that we wont see the revival of the camaro and the GNX....no, but it definately pushes back any production date to one unknown. very sad news for the auto enthusiast. oh well.....*steps off soap box* i'll have to settle for 1/24

That prototype had nothing to do with GM; it was designed by a guy named Kris Horton (www.carsbykris.com) who is if I'm not mistaken an art student of some kind. He's also done a new-old Chevelle. Funny thing is, all the Camaro guys I know hate the new Mustang and say "Ford had to go back to old stylings to sell it" (sales are up 49% over last year...) but you know....who cares? It worked then, it was awesome then...I'd love to park an '07 Camaro next to my '06 Shelby GT500. But then, I love to dream. And I'm about as likely to have one as the other!

Poor GM. I hear rumors that Toyota may buy them...Imagine....a Toyota Corvette...

lots of GN love in here :)


sorry 99civicchic but I made up my own interior :evillol:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/Jamesl/gnnn.jpg

the body has been primed with Duplicolor
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god damn i got to have a gn

Ya, this kit was one of my first-ever builds too, and despite my lack of skill back then it still looks quite good today. I intend to build another one soon.

For those interested, I'm a bit of an amateur automotive writer, and I wrote an article on the GNX a few years ago. You can find it at my site, or use this address:

http://www.budgetperformance.com/articles/gnx/

very nice write up tigeraid

But the two-tone!

I've seen one sh!tty GN and the guy wouldn't sell it to me!!!:( It ran fine but the body needed some TLC. I look forward to this build!!!:sunglasse

tigeraid, your article was great!! :smokin: :grinyes:

But the two-tone!

:lol: well there are gray accents here and there

looks like the build will be on hold for a week

I saw a GN in my neighborhood one time...it was crowded with people inside and it was rolling by the speed bump and I just stared at the car, being the first I've seen IRL.

theres one i've seen IRL and its hidden ni the backroads of my town and ill just drive out of my way back there sometimes to see it.. hasnt moved in the last 15 years but still looks like the day it came out of the factory in 87.. im gunna have to order one of these kits

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/Jamesl/DSC00789.jpg


polished it...should be done soon :)