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My new project is AMT's '65 Buick Riviera and it has been a while since I have done a WIP on the Fine Scale Modeler forum. I would have really liked it if this kit was a GS or Gran Sport version, but the GS version has improvements over stock that you really can't see on the outside.
My paint will be Dupli-Color Emerald Green Metallic with a Tan leather interior. The wheel covers will be replaced with Buick's Chrome Plated Road Wheel and they were a gift from streetrod aka Barry Fadden. Thank you Barry!
My inspiration for this build is a '65 Riviera GS that I have seen at several car shows.
More Riviera to come...
Very cool !
Based on my research, this model is a Riviera GS and not the standard Riviera. I suspected that this model was a GS since it came with the dual carb setup and was missing the side vents between the door edge and the rear wheel arches. Too bad AMT never saw fit to call this model a GS like they should have. This is also very old tooling since the chassis also includes the exhaust system and most of the front and rear suspension.
I got the engine mostly assembled and I drilled out the distributor cap for ignition wires which were superglued into place. I may have to find a piece of wire here in the shop to make plug boots from.
Sweet. More cars by Mr Mike.
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Thanks,
John
Thanks Ted and John!
I have finished the engine at this point minus the air cleaner and painting the transmission.
The more I look at this engine, the more I hate the carbs! They look like two useless lumps of plastic with vertually no detail to them. I think I'll dig through my parts box and search for two carbs that have more detail and look more realistic.
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Sure is!
Just thinking the name "Buick Riviera" brings back memories. Odd since I never paid particular attention to them, yet still creates happy thoughts of a time gone by.
Engine looking good, whatever you decide about carbs.
Thanks Greg! I did replace the carbs with a better looking pair from my parts box. They may be all wrong for this engine, but I don't care. They are much better than the two lumps that came with the kit!
I'll be nobody will object to the carburators, Mike.
The replacements look better. If somebody starts removing he air filter to inspect hte carbs, you have my permission to slap their hand.
Thanks Greg and johnny!
tempestjohnny, the '65 Riv looks like a long distance cruiser! LONG DISTANCE!!!
Greg, it's nice to know that I can exert some form of violence should someone want to peek under the air cleaner!
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After having owned four of them, each two years apart I have to agree with the " Road Car" part. First loaded car other then Ford or Chevy I had owned. The old saw is right . "Ask the Man who owns one " ( I think that was Buick ).
Went to Ford products because G.M. Got past my Budgetary upper Limits. Why pay X number of bucks for a Bottom line G.M. luxury anything when I could have the Best that Mercury had to offer? For the same price. Never mind Chrysler. They didn't even figure in the Equation!
Tanker-Builder Went to Ford products because G.M. Got past my Budgetary upper Limits. Why pay X number of bucks for a Bottom line G.M. luxury anything when I could have the Best that Mercury had to offer?
Went to Ford products because G.M. Got past my Budgetary upper Limits. Why pay X number of bucks for a Bottom line G.M. luxury anything when I could have the Best that Mercury had to offer?
So, you went for an overpriced Ford! My Dad bought a '71 Cougar and I asked him why not a Mustang? He said it looked too much like a girls car!
Gave the Riviera a bath yesterday and I let everything dry in the paintbooth overnight.
This morning, I gave the Riviera a good coating of Tamiya Light Grey Surface Primer.
I'll let this dry for a bit and give the body and hood another good coating of primer in prep for the Dupli-Color Emerald Green Metallic.
More Buick to come...
Paint was sprayin' this afternoon! I got the body and hood painted with Dupli-Color Emerald Green Metallic. This is the first mist and medium coats of paint.
The interior has been painted and the dash and console are waiting for detailing.
I painted the chassis, transmission and wheels and wheelbacks. The chassis will need to be detailed.
Looking good!
Jim
Main WIP:
On the Bench: Artesania Latina (aka) Artists in the Latrine 1/75 Bluenose II
I keep hitting "escape", but I'm still here.
Thanks Jim!
Looking awesome Mike - getting to the really good part!
Thanks keavdog!
I did a mockup of the Riviera to set and check on the stance. I like it!
The Riviera got its coat of Tamiya TS-13 Gloss Clear. This is two mist coats and a medium coat of clear. A wetter coat of clear is coming soon.
beautiful !!
Nick.
Thanks Nick! Even though Tamiya Clear dries quickly, I tossed the body and the hood in the dehydrator for a while. It seems to help a lot!
Shiney brother!
Thanks John!
After polishing the body and installing the chassis, I went looking for the radiator hoses only to find that there are none! None in the box nor are any called out for in the instructions! There no holes in the radiator, either! So, with ingenuity being the mother of invention, I got out a hose from the parts box and a piece of styrene rod and inserted the rod into the hose and glued it to the intake manifold. When that has dried solid, I'll do the same to the other end and glue it to the radiator.
Now;
I can see it and yes ,you are getting her awesome!
Thanks Tank - Builder!
Well, it was bound to happen soon or later. I reach over the Riviera to reach a tube of superglue and when I had lifted the tube by the cap, the cap came off and the tube spilled onto the Riviera's left front fender. My heart just sank! I sanded the fender and got it as smooth as I could, reprimered, repainted and reglossed the fender. The fender is now slightly darker than the rest of the body. I'll have to refoil the trim that I had to remove and polish the paint. Lesson learned...tightly recap a bottle or tube of whatever I had used!
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