1969 Buick Riviera Soft Top

[migace]

I really love trying to get that feel for the times. The colors I choose help do that. This one is GM fathom green metallic with clear. Four shades of green were used on the car. I am sorry for the poor lighting, I may post an update with sunlight. I really like this car when it sits next to my 72 thunderbird. Thanks for looking!

Edited May 4, 2014 by migace

[disabled modeler]

Very nice build!

[Harry P.]

Very nice, but why no mirrors?

[TFchronos]

Beautiful car, the color is perfect.

Edited May 3, 2014 by TFchronos

[migace]

Harry Kit didn't come with suitable ones

thank you all for the nice comments!

[PappyD340]

Very NICE!!

[Helix]

Good job Lucas, the 4 shades of green look really nice

[slusher]

Super looking model and perfect color choices...

[StevenGuthmiller]

Another nice one! I've never been much of a Riviera fan myself, but a lot of people really love them. I remember people growing up who were "religious" about their Rivs! It's almost like a "cult" thing. A lot of people who like them seem to be bonkers over them! Good job Lucas!

Steve

[Duntov]

Nice---

[RAMBENNA]

awesome, great job ,l love it

[bondo bill]

sharp

[Danno]

Stunning!

[Guest]

Beautiful! How did you do the lettering?

[om617]

Very nice. The vinyl roof looks very realistic.

[migace]

Lettering done by applying foil before paint. Then carefully remove top layer of paint once cured exposing the foil on the raised letters. Old trick which I have seen others do on this Fourum. Thank you all for the kind comments!

[unclescott58]

I love Rivieras. And I love your's Lucas (even without mirrors, Harry). The only thing I was confused by, is you titled this as "1969 Buick Riviera Soft Top". To me a "soft top" is a convertible. I opened this post expecting to see a custom '69 Riv convertible. Instead I find a very, very nice '69 Riviera hardtop with a vinyl roof. I'm not a big fan of vinyl roofs. But yours looks great.

Scott Aho

[Chris White]

beautiful kit

[realgone58]

Awesome!

[ChrisBcritter]

Sleek and subtle. Only thing you need is a miniature guardrail on the edge of the deck railing - you'd have a great 1/25 scale causeway for your photos. And don't feel bad about the clouds - it adds to the mood.

[charlie8575]

That green does look nice on that. Maybe I'll do that on mine. Some colors weren't available on the Riv, some were Riv-only, but in those days, GM would be happy to paint it anyway you wanted for a small extra charge. That one may not have been, I'll have to look.

A very nice build. GM was using rectangular mirrors by then, I think, so if you find one of those, you'll be all set.

Chris also has a good point- with a guard-rail (which you can make removable,) the shade of grey-white on your deck rail and the nice scenery in the background does give a very convincing depth-of-field for a roadside scene.

Charlie Larkin