For my first entry for Year of the Cat is this AMT Cougar

This was the first car I bought with my own money.
I had gotten a settlement for a work related accident, and since
the '71 Pinto I was driving was a continuous maintenance nightmare
I bought myself a new ride. Sold it before I left for Germany in 1978.
Wish I'd kept it, oh well the memories of my misspent youth lol.

I've been cleaning the flash & mold seams off the parts and it's just about ready
for painting.

This is my ever present assistant "Turbo".

I could probably claim that all my models were "cats" since I'm sure he's gotten a
hair into all of them

Emma Peel broke my 9 year old heart when she left the Avenger's. My first "crush" on a Star. Fortunately it wasn't a frequent event lol.

Bernard, actually it's the top of the file box I was using as a back drop for Cougar pictures.
And you're right Turbo do love his boxes

Mine was the same green as the box art, had a 351 Cleveland and glass packs, just rumbled at idle like it was doing 50. Unfortunately it had that cheesy vinyl padded dash board that the Arkansas summer has split at to pieces, and the upper ball joints were shot. Couldn't afford to fix either one but would go heck yeah it would go lol

Thanks Allen, Turbo will certainly continue to be, & hopefully the Cougar will turn out well too lol

A great choice., I remember a Pinto in my town with lighted sign in the rear saying 'Caution Flammable'

Any updates on your Cougar my friend ?

Thanks for the updates buddy... A week in Florida and new floors ? Busy man indeed.
For some strange reason I can paint a real car with no problems... but give me a plastic one and I'll mess it up every time... Runs, sags, errors of all sorts, you name it and I've done them all.

Especially when I spray a darker metallic color (which makes it even harder to do).

I'm sure when the time is right you'll get it sorted out. Thanks again and sorry for the late reply. I just noticed your posting...