1972 Bobby Allison Monte Carlo

[18degrees]

Dave, I can't remember when I bought this kit, but it was at hobby lobby and wasn't that much. I might have paid 40% off for it as well. Your kit might not be the model king kit like this one and is probably better engineered than this one. These model kings are always a little weird.

yah, your build made me go back and look at mine... AMT reissue from a few years ago.  and surprisingly it's closer to being done than not, so that may be the next one to roll with.  no idea why i abandoned it, doesn't look like i had problems with it that stumped me... may have been what i was working on when i moved.  i distinctly remember working on this at my old house.

Just remember, the wheels that come in the model king kit are way too deep set to be like the ones on the actual car. I had to get some PPP wheels and tires to fix that problem.

Not gonna be a problem since it's the AMT version. Also, ahead of you on this part, PPP wheels and tires already painted and decaled.

[MarkJ]

Dave, I can't remember when I bought this kit, but it was at hobby lobby and wasn't that much. I might have paid 40% off for it as well. Your kit might not be the model king kit like this one and is probably better engineered than this one. These model kings are always a little weird.

yah, your build made me go back and look at mine... AMT reissue from a few years ago.  and surprisingly it's closer to being done than not, so that may be the next one to roll with.  no idea why i abandoned it, doesn't look like i had problems with it that stumped me... may have been what i was working on when i moved.  i distinctly remember working on this at my old house.

Just remember, the wheels that come in the model king kit are way too deep set to be like the ones on the actual car. I had to get some PPP wheels and tires to fix that problem.

Not gonna be a problem since it's the AMT version. Also, ahead of you on this part, PPP wheels and tires already painted and decaled.

Thats good. Really looking forward to seeing your build. I'm sure I can pick up some pointers from it to keep from making a major mistake.

[MarkJ]

The fairing definitely looks aluminum and stops right at the roll cage upright at the drivers window. It looks like his seat might be red unless hes leaning way forward in that shot.

[MarkJ]

Finally got the front of the build finished and ready for primer and paint. I want to get the black things ready to paint first so I can do the red and the black items in one paint session, I will paint the gold parts last because masking even with the aluminum foil messes up metallic paint. The red parts will be okay to mask so gold will be shot last.

[18degrees]

Mark,

Thanks for the tip on masking metallics. I got mine out, painted the interior of the body and primered the outside. I was debating which section would be easier to mask off and was going to paint the gold first then the red. Now i will do the opposite.

[MarkJ]

Started on the scratch cage.