1983 Hurst/Olds.
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I was pretty happy to find this kit at the hobby
shop last year, and now that it's finished I'm
satisfied with the results.
I'm proud that I got all those delicate pinstripe
decals on without busting any of them like I did
on my last kit. I got the glass in without
smudging it too bad, and I liked some work I did
on the engine compartment details and some
interior door panels. And the model looks great
if you don't look at it too close. I feel good
whenever I step in the room and see it.
In the picture, do you see that funny 3-stick
floor shifter? That's the "lightning rods", very
unusual.
Some mistakes to learn from though. I messed up
painting the lower rocker panels. They are
supposed to be silver not black. I should have
done the silver first, black after. I put too
thick a gloss coat on the body, which caused weird
cracky looking patterns. I'm pretty sure I got
the two front seats on the wrong sides. I think
the rear windows were supposed to be glued on the
outside, not the inside. And I'm not sure I'm
digging these Meeden paints what I was gifted.
Too thick, so I had to thin them and do more coats
than I'd rather. I want to get back to the
Vallejo ones I liked, they're just right.
I just love the look of these GM 1980s G-body
cars. I had an '86 Chevy like that once, and the
Buick Grand Nationals or GNX were all right, but
these 1983 H/Os in black are my favorites.
Only 3000 were ever made. I remember seeing one
sometimes near a job I once had. Maybe it was the
owner of the restaurant down the street, I'm not
sure.
