1978 Firebird T/A

Hi!

This is my first progress thread for a long time, going to build it a bit of a pro touring style. A few mods nothing special (maybe a C5R engine?) disk brakes on every corner and Pegasus 17" Chrome T's. I also made some mods to the rear suspension cut out the leaf springs and will replace them with white metal coil overs with real coilsprings. There's also going to be a detailed engine bay (sparkplugs, waterhoses and battery lines). And enough blabbering, a few pics body painted (gloss black out of can). Enjoy!

Edit: oops, the pics were a bit too large, maybe I'll size 'em down :) I'll post them back soon.

OK, Here we GO!

http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/9926/ta78zx.jpg
http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/2488/ta62kw.jpg
http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/153/ta50ll.jpg
http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/9219/ta48ka.jpg
http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/9906/ta32pi.jpg
http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/5765/ta20ni.jpg
http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/8568/ta17ub.jpg

Comments are welcome!

paint is looking good!

Sounds/looks good so far!
Are you plan on polishing or laying a clear coat over it?

BTW: I would consider some other rims since those Chrome T's are a bit too obvious choice..

Wooww, Nice color choice!! I love the results!! Nice Paint too!

Looks really badass in black!!

Very Nice, I have 4 or 5 of these kits brand new and i am going to build a replica of my dads old 77 Trans-Am, I have some mods to do but i will not tell cause i dont want someone to beat me to doing them. But yea the paint could use some shinning up.

what kit is it? amt?

looking good. what brand paint did you use?

I'm waiting the paint to dry so I can't polish it yet (it has a few spots of dust on the paint). My plan is to clean it up then put on a clear coat. After that I'm laying the decals on and after that a couple clearcoats again. The paint is a finnish make Maston's so I believe U can't get it elsewhere. The kit is Revell's 1/24 "Badbird". I think the Chrome T's would fit nicely on it, they match the car's figures (coke-bottle design).

Thanks everyone, I'll post again when I update next.

Lookin good black is the only colour for those bad boys.

Update! I'm not pleased with the decals, they look like stickers (thick and the center pieces are grey) plus I screwed up the clear lacquer, it has a few scratches on it. But hey, this is a quickie so I'm not going to make it perfect.

http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/2872/ta0062vo.jpg
http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/4810/ta0054wf.jpg
http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/120/ta0049cv.jpg

Still needs to be polished. Wadda y'all think?

Looking good so far.
nice subject, '78 and '79 Trans Am are my favorites. :smile: