Some 1:1 scale modeling.
Summer's here and I've been away from my bench getting some automotive projects done. Finally had the slushbox on my '75 Hornet rebuilt so I tackled something that always bothered me. The grille from the 75 and later cars. The 73/74 units look much more muscular IMHO and since my cars running a 304 it might as well look the part.
I sourced a 74 grille and bezels and thought of how I wanted them to look. I settled on silver over satin black after checking out color schemes on the web but the problem was masking the silver to spray the black. From the factory AMC started with a black part and misted on the silver highlights resulting in a splotchy bunch of overspray when you look between the fins.
Now if I can only find a Johan kit of the Hornet!
(Martin if you feel this needs to be in my garage I won't feel bad if you move it. Johannes, this is part of the article I mentioned posting on Grand Retro.)
Fantastic! The real thing is always the best example for the scale model! Kudos.
What a cool summer project! Josh, if you don't mind we'll put your article on Grand Retro as well.
This is just a part. I was going to post a full one there.
No problem. You can either add conent to the article on Grand Retro, or post another one and we'll connect them.
It looks so realistic, great weathering, but not overdone! Love these cars, have not seen one in a long time.
You are a very fortunate man, Josh. That was one of my favorite cars of my young adult hood. Curse you for bringing back those early years...LOL. A 304 wasn't a sleeper by any means. Since I couldn't afford an AMX then the Hornet was my next choice. Then my son was born so for the next 40 some odd years all I could do is just look so I became content with that. Nice job on the car.
Thanks, but the only thing I did was the grill and replaced the rear bumper. It's still wearing its original paint, but the drivers seat is tatty.
Thanks for this Josh- is this the man with the golden gun car?
Yes, they used a Hornet hatchback so between this and my GTV6 I can say I have two Bond cars!
An AMC Hornet...now there's a make and model ya don't hear every day - 🙂
And I just ordered a Johan promo model off of ebay, should get it around Wednesday! Hopefully it wont be hard to disassemble for painting. Would really love to see Round2 pop off some of the Johan molds.
Car looking is good. Owned an old jeep when AMC owned them.Ah Johan, I did their Fury police cruiser awhile back.
Very informative, fellows! Nicely done, Josh!