I saw this at the Chicago Auto Show in 1977. Fell in love with it then. About 1980 i found SAE and in the March 1983 Issue was an article showing how to convert the US Airfix Snap kit to a full detail kit with a Monogram Trans Am kit. rounded up the parts and got to work on it at some point. In 1995, I build a house and moved, Life got busy and finnally about 2 years ago I was able to build my workshop. Built a few things and while searching for something to work on while another project was stalled, i found this again.
The engine bay gets cut from the T/A kit and grafted onto the Airfix body. Chassis is modified to fit also. nose from the T/A gets used since the Airfix body is wrong for the year as are the wheels. Mirrors, steering wheel, shifter from the T/A kit get used because they look better. Paint is Centari Acrylic Enamel 1978 Metalic Silver from a body shop. the hood decal from the Airfix kit is a rub on so I scanned it and made a decal.
Source: http://cs.scaleautomag.com/SCACS/forums/thread/952309.aspx
Luca Badoer Giancarlo Baghetti Julian Bailey Mauro Baldi Bobby Ball
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