Ain't it just the bees knees when an old kit with holes drilled in its flanks and an A pillar and rear bumper missing, but has good glass (although it took a bit of grumbling to get it out) and good front chrome, crosses your path when you've been wanting one for eons to fit onto a Pioneer T/A chassis 'cos you've had a thing about Pontiacs since your Grandma bought you your 1st Matchbox toy which was a Ponty all those years ago, and the name Pontiac just stuck with you. This'll be FUN. Thanks Nana.
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Ye olde Pontiac Firebird kit
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Hood tachs are cool, especially on Firebirds and GTO's.
My Revell Firebird has a Revell chassis for now. I compared it to a Pioneer Camaro and it looks like the same wheelbase, the bodies are a lot alike too, good swap idea..
That is an older Revell 1/32 "Snap Together" kit unless it was a slot car. The kits have the same parts if you need a bumper and an interior and stuff. They pop up once in a while on that auction site .Allan
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It certainly looks like a Revell kit body and although it was used as a slot car there aren't any body posts and the chassis doesn't look very Revellish. The holes in the flanks were to screw it to this so I'm very fortunate the rear arches aren't twice the size that they are, and a Pioneer chassis will foot the bill quite nicely and as the body is very light it'll be a flier.
Bram,
CHCH NZ
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Yes, but it's not really a machine. It's just a vacuum cleaner for suction, a kitchen stove for heat, a simple (hard to describe, I'll add some photos), some bull clips and pliers so you don't burn your fingers.
Hold it over the heat until the plate gets kid of shimmery and will vibrate if you shake it a little and then quickly get it over your mould/buck and let the vacuum finish it off.
Bram,
CHCH NZ
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Body posts now in place and mounted to a Pioneer T/A chassis with SRC Minilites and NSR Ultras for P76 and some front tyres out of the bin. So it's now time to start thinking about some paint and as much as I like the red and white Jerry Titus livery I want to keep the black wheels so I might go with a period looking 'might have run' livery.
Last edited by Wobble; October 10, 2021, 04:28 AM. Reason: Swapped out photo for something a bit better.Bram,
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