69 Olds 442

[Hard_2_Handle_454]

One of the first car kits I ever got was a 1969 Olds 442.  I used the wrong glue and it came out OK, but a few parts fell off in the engine area.  I also used the wrong paint by accident for the interior and it screwed things up too.  I knew I'd like to get another at some point and when I got my gift card as  a bonus at work; I went ahead and pulled the trigger on purchasing a new kit.

The old kit was red, and I wanted to find another color to show off the W30 package under the hood.  I remembered that when my dad and I first moved into my step-mom's house they had a few junk cars around the yard.  Her ex was a mechanic and her family are pretty much hoarders; so there was a lot of cool stuff in the woods.  Around my dad's shed was a green car hood that I'm pretty sure was an Olds hood.  I thought that color would make a good color for the model, so i custom mixed the paint to match what i remembered of the hood's paint.  I like the new version of the kit.  It's been improved a lot since 2005-2006.

SAM_0115 by Eric Lucas, on Flickr

SAM_0116 by Eric Lucas, on Flickr

SAM_0117 by Eric Lucas, on Flickr

[vincen47]

Nice and clean. Love the green!

[shoopdog]

Looks great it the green!

[Misha]

I agree, great colour combo, the under hood shot is neat with the red fenders. A good clean build of a terrific kit. Using the chassis under my old Johan 68. Cheers Misha

[bogger44]

Add me to the list that likes that green too.  These are nice kits and your build does it justice, congtrats.

[michelle]

nice work 

[doorsovdoon]

Very nicely done. The colour is great. The '69 Olds 442 was the first kit I built too when I was a teen, I think it was a Jo-Han release.

[PappyD340]

Looks great, nice color!

[charger74]

Very Nice 

[Nazz]

Nice 442 Eric.

 

Jerry

[slusher]

Nice Olds..

[Deuces ll]

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[Dragonhawk1066]

Nice job, looks good in green! This has been a pretty popular kit lately, lol.