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1963 Pontiac Bonneville Hard Top. Update, 3/25


StevenGuthmiller

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Outstanding modeling Steve!!!

Your work on interiors always blows me away:)

That engine will look great in this one !!!

 

Randy

Ive said it before, you are most certainly the KING of these old annuals, especially the interiors.

Thanks guys!

Working on the chassis now.

I had to do a little grinding with the Dremel to remove part of the molded in exhaust to mate new pipes to the engine, & set up a mounting system for the engine.

I'm hoping to get it ready for initial painting tonight.

 

Steve

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The chassis is detailed & complete!

At this point, short of some body detailing, I believe it's just a matter of assembly.

I'm really hoping for a finished model sometime next weekend!

 

Steve

 

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Very nice!!! I noticed that you used the correct 8-Lug Wheels on this build. I bought a few sets of those wheels from the Modelhaus for my '63 and '64 Bonneville builds.

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Very nice!!! I noticed that you used the correct 8-Lug Wheels on this build. I bought a few sets of those wheels from the Modelhaus for my '63 and '64 Bonneville builds.

These are just directly from the kit.

Re-chromed & detail painted of course. ^_^

I had several sets re-plated the last time I sent out parts.

I have a bunch of Pontiac builds coming in the future & most of them will have these wheels.

 

Steve

 

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Still plugging along.

Getting some more finish detail work done on the '63 today.

I think I've finally settled on a pretty good technique for scratch making head light buckets & lenses.

I drilled out the original head lights with a Dremel to the correct size to fit a piece of .5mm styrene tubing.

I then cut thin rings of the tubing to slip into the openings, backed them with pieces of styrene sheet to form a "bucket" & then used the Molotow pen on them.

The lenses are still made from "Laser Bond" but I discovered that they look better if you reverse the mold.

I cast them with the ridge detail on the back of the lens versus the front.

This seemed to give me a shinier, clearer lens.

I also followed up with a dab of clear acrylic on both the front & back side of the lenses.

This seemed to help "clear" them up a bit as well.

 

Steve

 

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