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1967 Pontiac Bonneville. 2/20, COMPLETE!!


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No good Ron. Wants us to sign in or join up. 

I take it you're looking for a new pic host.

Yes I am looking for a new host.  I cannot pay the price of Photobucket, and my old Snapfish account does not work.

I did some work on the Bonneville, adding the Vinyl Roof Trim mouldings. The car is going to be a hodge podge of parts, as it has a Modelhaus hood (does not fit flush), and bumpers. It's been primered, and is ready for paint. I painted the interior Black a long time ago when I found a set of '67 Bonneville front seats years ago. I thought I had a complete kit, but I sold the one I had off, and kept this one.

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Yes I am looking for a new host.  I cannot pay the price of Photobucket, and my old Snapfish account does not work.

 

Might I suggest Fotki? $24 a year for 100GB of storage. Simple to use and no problems. Here is a link to a comparison of the different "membership" packages, as they call them.

https://secure.fotki.com/payment/view/

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What's wrong with uploading your photos directly here? It's been working great for me so far, and it's even easier and faster than PBucket.

Nothing wrong with it.

I've just gotten used to uploading my pics to Fotki for posting.

I could do it either way, but as long as I'm doing it this way now, I figured that I just as well continue.

I occasionally post on some other forums also, so I just as well do it all from one source.

 

Steve

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  • 2 weeks later...

It's a cold, rainy, dreary day in west central Minnesota so it's as good a day as any for an update.

The body is polished & ready for foil, and the vinyl top is finished.

I might try to get some foiling done tonight.

Started a few modifications on the interior today.

The engine that I'll be using is from the Revell '66 GTO kit, which is a 4 speed, so a few mods will be needed to convert the Bonny to a 4 speed.

I cut the manual shifter portion from the GTO's console and ground out a section of the Bonneville's to accept it, then ground off the automatic details from the console.

A little more adjustment & filling should take care of it.

 

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There will be quite a bit of wood grain added to the console & dashboard, so to facilitate adding the decals I drilled out the dash control knobs.

I will add them back later with plastic tubing & rod.

I will also remove the molded in dash "grab bar" & replace it with the one from the GTO.

I think I'll do a little research & see where a tach would have been located & possibly add one of those as well.

 

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Steve

 

 

 

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Finally got the interior modifications under control & some color on.

I used Ford "Wimbledon White" to simulate a "parchment" seat color.

I'll add some pearl to the seats & door panels & a little bit of shine to the dash & console & then it will be ready for detailing.

Got a little more foil on the body but I still have a ways to go.

 

Steve

 

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Progress has been painfully slow on this project.

I've had a lot going on lately, so I've done virtually nothing for nearly a month!

But I did stumble upon a technique for doing wood grain that seemed to work fairly well & I thought I might share it.

 

The wood grain decals that I had were leaving a lot to be desired so I thought that I would put on my creative hat & try something new.

I started by adding a little flat Testors red enamel to some # 1133 Gloss Brown Testors enamel to make the color a little warmer & brushed it on.

Next, I dry brushed a little straight Model Master "Wood" enamel over the top for some subtle highlights.

Then I scribed some very fine lines in a wood pattern into the dried paint using very fine pointed dental pick.

Finally a black acrylic wash was applied to get down into the grooves to create a "wood like" look.

 

I think it worked quite well.

It could probably use a little refinement & possibly a coat of clear to bring out the color, but all in all I'm happy with the result.

 

 

Steve

 

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