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Post by silverfox Sat 19 Mar 2016, 9:30 am

Built from an old Revell kit . Engine , wheels and rear susp. were crap , replaced with old nascar parts.
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Post by dv8v8 Sat 19 Mar 2016, 12:23 pm

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Post by allan Sat 19 Mar 2016, 5:18 pm

Great job on it, The colour pops on it too. A+
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Post by Antwon Sun 20 Mar 2016, 9:06 pm

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Post by RetrospectKustoms Mon 21 Mar 2016, 1:18 pm

Absolutely nailed that one..of course I wouldn't expect any less of your builds SilverFox. Great stuff.
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Post by zakdoggi Mon 21 Mar 2016, 9:56 pm

Got one of these old kits. Looks bloody awesome!! Great job.
You've inspired me!
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Post by Shunter Mon 28 Mar 2016, 1:23 pm

Looks great and that paint is so smooth.
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Post by zenrat Mon 28 Mar 2016, 7:09 pm

So i'm guessing the Sunbird was the Poncho version of the Chevy Monza and Buick Skyhawk?
Love the shape of these and you did a cracking job.
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Post by 70cudatj Mon 28 Mar 2016, 9:21 pm

Such neat work mate, really looks the biz bigthumbsup
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Post by Carps Wed 30 Mar 2016, 3:34 pm

bigthumbsup   WOW!  The box art would put most people off, it looks like a crap model.
However, your build makes it looks like one of the best model kits in the world, well done.

Fred, you are correct and for the follow up versions to these US icons, GM used the same base car that we knew in Australia as Camira. Rolling Eyes
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Post by zenrat Wed 30 Mar 2016, 7:38 pm

OMG it's a piece of sh*t.  Quick, distract them with a sparkly thing.
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Post by DeeCee Thu 31 Mar 2016, 8:52 pm

That looks way cool mate, love it!!
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Post by modelfreak Sat 09 Apr 2016, 9:50 pm

Looks awesome. Didn't even knew this kit existed.
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Post by Jerry Ol'55 Sat 23 Apr 2016, 9:06 pm

Silverfox... never been a great fan of these styled racecars, sorry, (even had to "Google" what IMSA meant & what the cars look like). but seeing how these racecars are presented and the categories they run, your build is really outstanding. A real nice looking piece as usual. twothumbsup twothumbsup twothumbsup
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Post by Bigdaddy0 Sun 24 Apr 2016, 2:55 pm

Ticks all the boxes for me. I love when a crap kit is built into something special well done. twothumbsup
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Post by Ybsluos1 Wed 10 Jun 2020, 4:51 pm

Guys, you know what’s funny? Revell also did am IMSA style Monza. It had the same molded in generic slot tail lights as this Sunbird. The Sunbird and Monza kits shared the same chassis and generic V8 engine (as SilverFox stated “the crappy parts”) with the Revell Monroe Handler Mustang II. Now here is the funny part...I get a manufacturer using the same parts in several kits for economic reasons. But Revell burnt me twice with this Pontiac kit. See I believe they meant to include 2 front clips, one for the Monza and one for the Sunbird. In both of mine however they only included the Chevy Monza clips! So SilverFox I am glad you got the correct part in your kit. I am taking your tip and replacing the junk parts in my kits with NASCAR pieces too. You did a great build here! Back to my dilemma real quick. I had several Rick Dobbertin J2000 bodies left after stealing chassis pieces for other builds. So....I sawed the front grille area off one of them to graft to the Sunbird. I need to widen it a bit and it is not a perfect replica of the Sunbird piece but it’s close. As for the other one in my stash I will use the Monza piece that came with it. One more odd thing is one of my kits the glass is clear and the other one it is heavily tinted!
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Post by ashb Wed 24 Jun 2020, 10:35 am

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