Dave Mikrut Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 I had a couple of badly warped 65 GTO convertible bodies and I figured what the hell, I'm going to cut them up and do some practice altering the wheelbase. In this photo you can see the white section is a piece from the other body, and even so the bottom edge does need to be restored. The backside is reinforced, with styrene strips and all seams filled with tiny strips of plastic where possible, a minimum of putty and "filler" type sandable primer. The glue on hardtop of the AMT kit is poor fitting and to test my skills i grafted in the hard top roof from the Revell 65 Chevelle. Here's the sanded body and a test fit of the body so far on a chassis I constructed from an altered 65 El Camino chassis and some suspension from my parts boxes. More to follow soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Very NICE body work Dave, looking good so far!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Looks great ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Very nice body work on your GTO ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6bblbird Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 (edited) Nice work! You are moving in the right direction. WF Edited November 30, 2013 by 6bblbird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Irwin Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 WAY COOL!! I would recomend you get a Modelhaus front bumper, the headlights on the AMT part are way bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragcarz Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Looks Great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mikrut Posted December 5, 2013 Author Share Posted December 5, 2013 Here a few update photo. I still need to do more chassis detailing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doggie427 Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 VERY NICE ! Beautiful bodywork and prototypical chassis work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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