StanGlover Posted September 21, 2020 Posted September 21, 2020 Here’s my AMT ‘77 Pinto! Painted Tamiya X-7 gloss red exterior with Folk Art Engine Red craft paint on the interior. This kit is pretty low in detail and the final fit and finish isn’t great, but it all comes together pretty good in the end. I’m definitely pleased with the final results!
espo Posted September 21, 2020 Posted September 21, 2020 Good looking Pinto. I like the theme idea. One feature about the 1:1 car I always liked was the big rear window. Some of the earlier modals had the real small rear glass.
doorsovdoon Posted September 21, 2020 Posted September 21, 2020 I have heard these kits are a bit of a dog regarding parts fitting. You'd never know looking at this one, very nice work!
1930fordpickup Posted September 21, 2020 Posted September 21, 2020 I Like it. Around here the Pizza Huts used the Pinto wagons with port holes in the back.
NYLIBUD Posted September 22, 2020 Posted September 22, 2020 Yea let me have one with pepperoni.Cool car,good job.
StanGlover Posted September 23, 2020 Author Posted September 23, 2020 On 9/21/2020 at 12:26 PM, doorsovdoon said: I have heard these kits are a bit of a dog regarding parts fitting. You'd never know looking at this one, very nice work! A few issues: The front drivers fender was slightly warped, so I glued the headlight panel on one side at a time and it straightened out pretty well. There is a huge parting line at the roof and rear pillars. I was able to sand it down without using filler so not too bad. The one piece glass canopy did not fit at all, so I cut each pane out and glued them in separately with mod podge. The frame doesn’t really have anywhere to attach at the rear of the body so it’s kinda just sitting there. There are very few locating features for anything so you just have to eyeball them in place. I have the MPC Pony Express kit in my stash so I’m excited to compare the two builds. I know AMT and MPC merged at some point so I don’t know if the kits are related.
David G. Posted September 26, 2020 Posted September 26, 2020 Sweet Pinto! Your paint looks great. It's nice to see the orphans get some attention once in a while. David G.
carrucha Posted September 27, 2020 Posted September 27, 2020 Good job. Nice to see something different.
Spottedlaurel Posted September 27, 2020 Posted September 27, 2020 Great job you've done on this one, I'm another one pleased to see something a little bit overlooked like this being built.
Nazz Posted September 27, 2020 Posted September 27, 2020 Looks good Zack. Brings back memories of my youth! Nicely done! Jerry
Deuces ll Posted September 28, 2020 Posted September 28, 2020 Ok... Now I'm hungry for pizza!.... Nice build...
Oldcarfan27 Posted September 28, 2020 Posted September 28, 2020 Looks good! I've never seen one of these built. Now I want one!
vamach1 Posted September 28, 2020 Posted September 28, 2020 Nice job on what looks like another AMT kit of the era where the bumpers just seemed to look too big for the car but the Mustang II kit I built had the same issue.
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