Sport Suburban Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 I thought I would take the time and show off one of my builds that I finished up earlier this year. I have not been posting much of my stuff or even taking photos of what I have been up to. Here is one of my big restoration projects. This took a few years to gather everything up and get the project going. This is a Johan 69 Javelin SST that I built starting with two broken up bodies that I will post up also. But first here is the finished build. Any questions just ask and I will do my best to answer them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Suburban Posted July 17, 2014 Author Share Posted July 17, 2014 Here is some of what I started with. These pictures are from the eBay auction. I had to use parts of both of these bodies to build this car. The blue body is what I chose to start with. I needed to replace the cowl with a resin piece that I had cast. I also had to use the uncut rear wheel openings from the red/blue body. You can see that they were enlarged on the blue body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Suburban Posted July 17, 2014 Author Share Posted July 17, 2014 Here are a few photos of the body work. Both bodies did strip well and you can see that in these photos. You can also see the resin replacement cowl and core support. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Gorgeous model. Great save and work... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 bad55 stan Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Like Carl said,Some great resto work there,Very impressive end result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jade043 Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Nice work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Nice restoration! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peekay Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Very impressive restoration work - and a beautiful model to show for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Very IMPRESSIVE indeed, beautiful end result, nice save!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeCee Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 VERY nice work, great recovery, paint is brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hgbben Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Turned out fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Great restoration! And great paint. I'm impressed. Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemopar70 Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 What a wonderful Javelin! Your skills are excellent, very nice build!! I like it a lot.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris White Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 you got some skills, the bmf is crisp and sharpe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffs396 Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Very nice!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Great work ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooOld Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 That's one beautiful Javelin , great job on the restoration ! With all of the attention being paid to the AMX people often forget what a great looking car the Javelin was . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disabled modeler Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Beautiful work.....Amazing save.....some things are worth all the work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
am73grand Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Incredible save!! Nice Job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZ Boy Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Very nice job, Raoul..! These type of builds are much more satisfying upon completion than a fresh, new kit from the box. Great build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High octane Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 B E A U T I F U L ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Very nice restoration Raoul! I have a lot more respect for a model built in this manner because you basically start with useless junk parts and build something really nice with it. I'll take an old hard to find glue bomb over a new kit any day. Well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Van Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 A TON of work to end up that nice!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smellyfatdude Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 I'd be impressed even if all you'd posted was the finished build. After seeing what you started with, I'm in awe! That's a totally sharp Javelin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 You did a lot of work on that model... so why did you leave the huge gaps between the body and the front fender wells? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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