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Just finished. One of my all time favorite dream cars. 1971 Pontiac GT-37 painted Quezal Gold with red and black stripes and black interior. Unfortunately, the resin hood is severely warped along the front edge. I thought that I had it fixed, but it bounced back. .... *PICS*
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Just finished. One of my all time favorite dream cars. 1971 Pontiac GT-37 painted Quezal Gold with red and black stripes and black interior. Unfortunately, the resin hood is severely warped along the front edge. I thought that I had it fixed, but it bounced back. .... *PICS*
If they are all warped the same way, it's a design problem...
That's a great model, hood and all, one of the all time great sleeper muscle cars. *NM*
Nice neat work........... *NM*
Well, I like it... I feel your pain about the hood. I've had several resin hoods warp after the model was finished. In some instances several years later. *NM*
Nice build Scott......I'm ignorant of GMs of that era, what was the resin kit based on? & is the '71 hood that different from the original plastic donor that it can't be modified(tho' if you need 6 copies then thats an issue too). *NM*
Hi Andy. I took a 1972 GTO body and cut off the front bumper/grill area. The resin parts are to convert to a Lemans: the header panel, grill, valance, headlight buckets and hood. Non of those resin parts were ever kitted. Someone made masters and made resin parts from them
So, the plastic donor is the MPC/AMT '72 GTO that only has the twin scooped hood & the '71 T37 used a flat non scooped hood & different front clip......I understand now......I think....lol.....you've done a good job with the repair so far. *NM*
Something I read years ago in SAE--after reworking the hood to your satisfaction, pour some RTV to make a mold of it, and then cast your hood in resin!
Sweet! I bet that looks awesome in the sun. *NM*
I like to put parts like that in my dehydrator for a couple hours. When they come out, I can set them on the car in their intended position, push them into shape and let them cool. If I want a faster set, I'll run compressed air over them to cool. *NM*
