Koellefornia Kid Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Hi guys, the AMC Gremlin I built in 2012 spent a lonely life in my display case, being the only compact car in there. In 2015, I thought: let´s build him a „brother“. I purchased an MPC (Round 2) 1978 AMC Pacer X kit and kitbashed it with AMT´s ´06 Chevy Camaro. The Camaro donored it´s wheels, seats, center console, steering wheel, engine, lower front pan, gas cap and the rear diffuser including the exhaust tips. Extra parts I added: ´90s Mustang mirrors, bumperettes, scratch built fuzzy dices, speakers in the door panels, NOS bottle in the flocked trunk and an additional exhaust pipe under the frame. I had to cut the in halves (at the height of the bumperettes) and insert a strip of styrene before gluing it back together to enlarge the wheel wells and to tunnelt he frame, otherwise the Camaro wheels and the front and rear parts wouldn´t fit. The last picture shows it with it´s older brother, the Gremlin. Hope you like my little goldfish bowl. Thanks for looking, comments are always welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Van Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Cool combo!!!! Nice AMC's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can-Con Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Very Sweeet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gman Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 The meanest little Pacer I've ever seen, apart from the Wayne's World racing version of course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixties Sam Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Very cool, and I like the Gremlin, too! Good work! Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 A Pro Touring AMC Pacer, who would have thought. Great job melding the two together. I like the paint finish and the color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 I think they both look good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger74 Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Very cool pacer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucky Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Very nice work! I never wudda thought about a Pacer/Camaro kitbash! Well done! Looks great next tot the amazing Gremmy, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Both are very sharp! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David G. Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Nicely Done! David G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janne Herajärvi Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Very cool concept! Im not usually fan of pro tour cars, or old american cars with big modern wheels.. But here is one example how you can blend them all together and make it look great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DumpyDan Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Well done, there seems to be a lot of these kits showing up lately. But I have them plus the Matador, great work Oliver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olschoolkid Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Very nice. I think the Pacer is a neat little car and bashing it with the Camaro just makes it even more neat. I think since Chrysler owns the rights to AMC, it would be neat to kitbash a Pacer or Gremlin with a newer Dodge Charger or Challenger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'70 Grande Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Really like this build! Your conversion work is outstanding and the finish looks excellent! I was quite surprised when I saw that last photo; in my mind the Gremlin should be overall a bit smaller than that Pacer, but the photo sure makes the Gremmy look like a larger car than his younger brother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYLIBUD Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Now that's wild.Wow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koellefornia Kid Posted October 28, 2018 Author Share Posted October 28, 2018 Thanks for the feedback! On 27. Oktober 2018 at 5:10 AM, '70 Grande said: Really like this build! Your conversion work is outstanding and the finish looks excellent! I was quite surprised when I saw that last photo; in my mind the Gremlin should be overall a bit smaller than that Pacer, but the photo sure makes the Gremmy look like a larger car than his younger brother. I always thought that the Gremlin was smaller than the Pacer, too. According to the boxes, both kits are 1/25th scale. Maybe one of them is not correctly scaled? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'70 Grande Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Its possible the added-on custom front-end on that Gremmy just "bulks-up" the overall look of it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim N Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Both look very cool! Great job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bytownshaker Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 Your Pacer is so KOOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffs Fan Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 Thats pretty sweet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modelbuilder Mark Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 Cool, nice job on a normally odd car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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