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Post by mustang1989 on Apr 10, 2020 13:54:11 GMT -8
Ask anyone who really knows me and they'll laugh themselves silly about the idea of me building a simple OOB model. It just never seems to happen. My projects will take anywhere from 4-6 if not 8+ months to complete because I simply cannot leave the OOB kits alone. With that being said, I've been wanting to build a late 90's / early 2000's Trans Am for a while now. I was working in a Pontiac Dealership as an auto tech when the 1998 Trans Am equipped with the new LS1 engine were being freshly delivered and I instantly fell in love with these cars. I mean the 93-97 T/A's were nice but these...….these were fast right from the factory. No factory American built car had given me the "butterflies in the stomach" feeling under hard acceleration before my first test drive in one of these things had. Beautiful and fast cars these were and even though I never actually owned one of these, I got several chances to drive pre-sold and the used offerings that were there on that lot (I was NOT one of those techs who went out joyriding in owners vehicles-just a wrong thing to do to another mans car) and I loved every minute of it. Anyways I'm going to build this car pretty much OOB. I just need something that I can actually make some worthwhile progress on. I will take the liberty of dropping it a scale inch or so but I do like these in stock form so there won't be much at all in the way of "extras". We'll be going with red for it:
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Post by tatocorvette on Apr 10, 2020 14:19:02 GMT -8
Love those cars! Good luck with the OOB idea...
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Post by mustang1989 on Apr 10, 2020 15:01:27 GMT -8
Love those cars! Good luck with the OOB idea... LOL! Thanks Ismael.
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Post by mustang1989 on Apr 13, 2020 6:36:54 GMT -8
No pictures yet but managed to clean up all of the parts on the kit this weekend. I took 'em one at a time and just sat while watching two football games yesterday with my son and cleaned all of the excess flash and seam lines from them. Got the body washed and primed this morning. Other than that I spent a whole BUNCH of time going through chassis, engine and interior photos to get a better grasp on the colors I want to use to make the model look as close as I can to the actual car. There's a lot I can remember about these cars but a lot I can't as well. Stay tuned....I'll have updates soon.
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Post by jchrisf on Apr 13, 2020 7:48:14 GMT -8
For some reason I've been noticing these cars on the road lately.. Got two people in neighborhood that have them and they look brand new
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Post by mustang1989 on Apr 13, 2020 8:15:31 GMT -8
They are some beautiful cars. The one thing that I am going to change is the fact the exhaust tailpipe, even though it is accurate, is only a single outlet. Chevrolet and Pontiac addressed this concern starting with the 1999 model year and made all T/A's and Camaros Dual Outlet Tailpipes. The whole single outlet exhaust system just looked ……."OFF". I really don't know why they did it at all but am glad they corrected it for subsequent year models.
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Post by mustang1989 on Apr 26, 2020 7:10:09 GMT -8
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Post by jchrisf on Apr 26, 2020 7:14:58 GMT -8
Thanks looks great! How did you paint those coil packs (I think they are) black so perfectly? Are they separate pieces?
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Post by mustang1989 on Apr 26, 2020 7:20:05 GMT -8
Thanks looks great! How did you paint those coil packs (I think they are) black so perfectly? Are they separate pieces? Just painted them with a small paint brush but the trick I use is to paint them with acrylic semi gloss black. If I make a "boo-boo" then I can always remove the affected area with a little water on the tip of the brush since the aluminum color on the rocker covers is enamel based.
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Post by arcticwolf on Apr 26, 2020 7:45:16 GMT -8
I like the grainy texture on the manifolds, it looks like cast iron.
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Post by tatocorvette on Apr 26, 2020 9:22:06 GMT -8
I salute and bow to the mighty LS1! Nice!
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Post by mustang1989 on Apr 28, 2020 5:54:16 GMT -8
Thanks fellas. Glad you like it.
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Post by jchrisf on Apr 28, 2020 9:51:02 GMT -8
I owned a 98' vette for 10 years so I know this engine
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Post by tatocorvette on Apr 28, 2020 11:25:50 GMT -8
I owned a 98' vette for 10 years so I know this engine Now I like you even more
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Post by jchrisf on Apr 28, 2020 12:24:29 GMT -8
I owned a 98' vette for 10 years so I know this engine Now I like you even more Sorry for the hijack Joe
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