1973 Gremlin X

[Big John]

Two Dapper Dudes! And the 34 Chevy is a beaut too.  What color?

[landman]

41 minutes ago, Big John said:

Two Dapper Dudes! And the 34 Chevy is a beaut too.  What color?

 

[slusher]

Nice looking Chevy! So that’s your Dads?  You blessed to own it but I am truly soo you lost him…

[NOBLNG]

On 9/18/2023 at 10:40 AM, landman said:

My first car was a 1973 Gremlin X with the 304 and the Levi's interior. I am going to attempt replicating it using the AMT '75 kit with  Flintstone  a resin '72-'73 body.My cousin with the photoshop skills has converted an internet image with red stripes to one with  gold stripes. Now we have to figure out how to do the the mirror image to do the other side of the car.

Nice work so far Pat. It should be easy to mirror it…I just did it on my iPad.

[landman]

9 hours ago, slusher said:

Nice looking Chevy! So that’s your Dads?  You blessed to own it but I am truly soo you lost him…

The car is gone too. Sold it about 4 years ago.

[landman]

Sanding, trimming and filing the resin pieces.

[Big John]

On 10/10/2023 at 7:26 AM, landman said:

The car is gone too. Sold it about 4 years ago.

Nooooooooo!  Nice touch the orange wheels matching the accent striping.

You even a Gremlin on the front fender, should be able to mold that for the back round thingie... can't be the gas cap, key hole cover?

[landman]

9 hours ago, Big John said:

Nooooooooo!  Nice touch the orange wheels matching the accent striping.

You even a Gremlin on the front fender, should be able to mold that for the back round thingie... can't be the gas cap, key hole cover?

The round thing is the gas cap. The keyhole was in the handle above it.

[landman]

On 10/12/2023 at 9:42 PM, Big John said:

Nooooooooo!  Nice touch the orange wheels matching the accent striping.

You even a Gremlin on the front fender, should be able to mold that for the back round thingie... can't be the gas cap, key hole cover?

The gremlin logo is on the gas cap. Quite neatly molded too.

[Big John]

Thought at first it was the gas cap but couldn't visualize how the hatchback opened.  Ah the days of compacts. Hard to see from your pics but, does the gas cap have the details too?  Really needs a hemi.. Hemi Gremi!

[landman]

10 hours ago, Big John said:

Thought at first it was the gas cap but couldn't visualize how the hatchback opened.  Ah the days of compacts. Hard to see from your pics but, does the gas cap have the details too?  Really needs a hemi.. Hemi Gremi!

Actually John, on lythe rear window opened . there was a twist handle just below it.

[peteski]

Here is a photo (found online) showing a similar car's rear end.

[landman]

The chrome bumpers from the '75 kit do not fit the resin '73. Only having the clearcoat part of The Spaz Stik left I used Duplicolor primer, two fifferent gloss blacks and Duplicolor Chrome. Both turned our ok until I applied the Spas Stix clearcoat. they are obviously not compatible. I just might do it without clear.

[landman]

The whelbase of the kit is wrong for the resin body, so I'll have to alter it somehow. The rear appears easier at first glance.

[peteski]

Isn't the resin body based on the plastic Gremlin body?  Resin usually shrinks a little bit, but that is rather large difference.  I also think that compared to 1:1 car the B-pillar is is slanted backwards too much.  But that is the same issue on the AMT plastic body.

Not sure if the wheelbase is wrong in your photo or is the chassis too far forward in the body?

Edited October 21, 2023 by peteski

[landman]

It is likely too far forward. I did a bit of carving in the rear and it looks better.

[David G.]

Cool project!

Excellent work so far.

David G.

[landman]

We have paint. Completed the interior. I managed the brass buttons but did not attempt the stitching. I had installed a Hurst shifter in mine since the original was a rattler. I used a spare part and some quarter round.

[peteski]

The colors look really good Pat. I'm wondering if that script on the C-pillar was on your car?  The photos of your car you posted were not clear enough, but when I have looked at some online photos of similar cars and they just had the forked decals in the depressions - no script.

[landman]

9 hours ago, peteski said:

The colors look really good Pat. I'm wondering if that script on the C-pillar was on your car?  The photos of your car you posted were not clear enough, but when I have looked at some online photos of similar cars and they just had the forked decals in the depressions - no script.

Mine was a Gremlin  X. I remember that. I found another picture where thre is a hint of white but again, not definite. So if it is not feasible, don't worry.

[peteski]

7 hours ago, landman said:

Mine was a Gremlin  X. I remember that. I found another picture where thre is a hint of white but again, not definite. So if it is not feasible, don't worry.

Pat, I think you misunderstood me. If you look at the upper C-pillar on your model body there is a raised  "Gremlin" script between the 2 depressions.  Did your car have such script there?  Most of the online photos (like the one in my last post) show no script there.  I was wondering why you kept it on the model instead of sanding it off.

I do realize that the Gremlin script in the full length strip is basically showing the body color, and that the "X" is red.

[landman]

Ha,Ha! Be cause I never saw it.

[peteski]

1 hour ago, landman said:

Ha,Ha! Be cause I never saw it.

Well, that explains it.  I saw it on the body scans, but I figured you would have noticed it for sure.

[Roadrunner]

Nice! That's something I've wanted to do for quite a while myself, modeling a real car from my past.

[David G.]

It looks like you've nailed the colors on this.

I lake the shifter solution you came up with.

Is it just my perception or do those front seats look too narrow?

David G.