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[IMPALA SS 427]

Thanks Dominik.

 

Gary i did find a few pics of the dash :

sorry for the poor quality but they are the only ones i had, you can see some of the lines where i cut it up.

 

 

 

 

Progress: I have 1 side almost done.

 

I got the door lines done:

 

The front guard gills:

 

The real thing and mine for a comparison.

 

 

 

Still needs work...

[IMPALA SS 427]

more:

 

 

 

I have also smoothed the front seat completely. it still needs a little sanding and the new Biscayne seat trim.

 

 

 

 

Hope to have more soon, let me know what you think.

[IMPALA SS 427]

Ok major progress:

 

 

I started with the pillar and window frame and cut it out from sheet styrene.

 

 

Got the door line for the pillar scribed and then glued it in and made the rear window divider from wire.

 

then i made the side trim from sheet styrene and metal wire.

Edited by IMPALA SS 427, 07 January 2013 - 01:18 PM.

[IMPALA SS 427]

After a lot of rough sanding and removing excess glue its looking almost finished:

 

 

 

 

as you can see there is still a fair bit of sanding to do but this side is basicly done. after i have finished sanding this side i will start on the other side.

[Ramfins59]

Looking pretty good James.  Don't you just love doing all that sanding...  LOL.

[charlie8575]

Impressive work on this so far.

 

The side-trim is executed beautifully.

 

Charlie Larkin

[IMPALA SS 427]

Thanks Richard and Charlie.

 

I haven't had much time to work on this because of work and poor weather. On Sunday i got a good day and have finished the body work:

 

 

 

 

[IMPALA SS 427]

I am doing repairs on the blue custom convertible and couldn't resist sitting the Biscayne on the custom's chassis:

 

 

 

Now i want to make another one...

 

And it now has flat white on it as kind of a base coat so the gloss white and red will be bright (I have previously had a bit of trouble getting the White i wanted, the dark primer tends to make the gloss a tad bit dull) anyways here she is:

 

 

 

I hope to have the gloss white on tomorrow and then on the weekend i will paint the red (if its dry enough to mask up) 

 

Let me know what you think.

[charlie8575]

Spectacular.

 

How much arm-twisting would it take to get you to make another one and give it to Motor City, Missing Link or The Modelhaus?

 

For people like me who never have modifications/kit-bashing end well, this would be a wonderful treat to build!

 

Charlie Larkin

[cobraman]

Wow ! That's quite a project. Nice work.

[IMPALA SS 427]

Thanks guys..

 

Charlie - As to making another one I probably won't at least not this year as I have a lot of projects lined up at the moment and if i do make another one it would most likely be a 4 door wagon. There is a Biscayne resin body available from bandit resins I think but its a 2 door: http://www.banditres...lery_gonzo.html

 

I would have started with this but I thought if i have to modify it anyway then why not make my own, plus it would be more fun to do it myself.

 

Its got the gloss white on I will have pics tomorrow.

Edited by IMPALA SS 427, 23 January 2013 - 10:00 PM.

[CorvairJim]

This has inspired me to think sreiously about converting one to a Bel Air Sport Sedan - That's a 4-door hardtop in Chevy-speak. My dad had one when my folks were first married, and he still says it was his all-time favorite car. It was a two-tone turquoise and white with the 348 power-pack/Turboglide drivetrain. Making those taillight housings might be tricky...

[crazyrichard]

awsome build and awsome execution .. really loving this thread !!!!!

[Draggon]

Nice bodywork. I especially admire how you did the rear fins to accomodate two taillights!

[Tom Geiger]

Great story to follow along!  Very nice work and I'll be watching!

[IMPALA SS 427]

Thanks everyone, it means a lot

 

I believe there are a few kits that have similar tail light housings There is a AMT mercury with a set sa custom parts and another kit that has them... i cant think which one...

 

Anyway here she is in gloss white:

 

 

 

The rear wheels are off because of a misalignment issue... the whole rear axle sits more to one side and its was quite noticeable..

let me know what you think.

[Dogfish_7]

Very nice body engineering!

[IMPALA SS 427]

Thanks Bruce.

 

I got the red on, I found the unmasking process quite stressful as the white was almost perfect and i was afraid that red might have made it where it shouldn't have.

The paint job came out good apart from a piece of dust that made it on to the passenger door but it is not that bad and with a paint job that looks this good its not worth the risk to attempt to fix and have the possibility of ruining it completely..

 

Here are the pics:

 

 

 

 

 

The front badge is from a AMT 55 Bel air i think and i have a matching one for the rear, I re-chromed it with some BMF and carefully applied the paint using the tip of a hobby knife blade.

[IMPALA SS 427]

More:

 

 

 

Let me know what you think.

Edited by IMPALA SS 427, 26 January 2013 - 02:46 PM.

[Dirty Gringo]

You sir have way more patience than i do to take on such a project looks great