AMT 1965 Pontiac Bonneville

[AMT68]

Prestige series release of the 1/25 scale '65 Pontiac Bonneville. Painted in Tamiya TS-20 metallic green and cleared with Testors Glosscote. Bumpers are replacements since the 30 year old kit bumpers had dulled and why they lack the "Bonneville" emblems. Unlike the '66 Wildcat I built last summer I could never get the section between the rear taillights to blackwash properly on this one so I toned it down with some Testors silver. I have a "Countdown Series" release of this kit unbuilt  (which has shiny bumpers despite being probably 10 years older than this kit) and not sure whether or not I'll use the rear skirts or possibly use an .035 rod to replicate wheel opening moldings. 

Just a simple thing really but I found out LCD screen cleaner works quite well for the final cleaning of the glass. 

Edited October 31, 2021 by AMT68

[ChrisR]

Awesome!

[Tuffy's Garage]

Very nice been looking at doing this one as well, your build might have convinced me

[StevenGuthmiller]

I like that!!

But you're going to need to call a wrecker to get it off of those rocks!!

 

Nice job!

 

 

 

Steve

[happy grumpy]

The 50's and the 60's cars are my favorite subjects . This Bonneville is a real beauty and the outside pictures in the sun make the paint comes alive.I love it .

I might have to get one.

[Scott8950]

Nice job

[espo]

Beautiful looking Pontiac. The paint looks real smooth and the chrome trim is cleanly done. They look great without skirts as well and your idea of creating the wheel well opening moldings would make it look correct. Up until Disc Brakes Pontiacs with the 8 lug wheels look the best. 

[PappyD340]

Very nice!

[steveracer]

These cars look so grand, and your model supports that grandness!  Nice long flowing design, thanks for posting this.

How did you chrome the Bonneville lettering on the rear flanks?  After paint, sometimes those are hard to find!

Oddly, I just started building mine last nite, an old Prestige version as well....

[Misha]

Great looking Bonnie, Tom! Your build brings back memories of the Coke  Bottle styling in 65. The appearance of motion while at rest was stunning especially with the Pontiacs. The colour combination the emerald green with a white interior really works. Any shots of the interior? 
Cheers Misha, oh, I would keep the skirts to further accentuate the Bonneville’s length. 

[Classicgas]

Beautiful. 

[doorsovdoon]

Beautiful colour on a stunning car. Very nice build.

[Toys4Don2]

Absolutely beautiful!

[AMT68]

6 hours ago, ChrisR said:

Awesome!

 

5 hours ago, Scott8950 said:

Nice job

 

5 hours ago, PappyD340 said:

Very nice!

 

3 hours ago, Classicgas said:

Beautiful. 

Thanks for your comments Chris, Scott, Larry and Lee.

5 hours ago, StevenGuthmiller said:

I like that!!

But you're going to need to call a wrecker to get it off of those rocks!!

 

Nice job!

 

 

 

Steve

Thank you Steve and perhaps a tow truck build would be in order. Might make for an interesting diorama. 

5 hours ago, espo said:

Beautiful looking Pontiac. The paint looks real smooth and the chrome trim is cleanly done. They look great without skirts as well and your idea of creating the wheel well opening moldings would make it look correct. Up until Disc Brakes Pontiacs with the 8 lug wheels look the best. 

Thanks David, and interesting fact I wasn't aware of regarding the eight lug wheels. While I'm not completely against the skirts it would be a much different look. 

4 hours ago, Misha said:

Great looking Bonnie, Tom! Your build brings back memories of the Coke  Bottle styling in 65. The appearance of motion while at rest was stunning especially with the Pontiacs. The colour combination the emerald green with a white interior really works. Any shots of the interior? 
Cheers Misha, oh, I would keep the skirts to further accentuate the Bonneville’s length. 

Thanks Misha and I agree and have always felt the '65 full size Pontiacs were  strikingly beautiful cars. I didn't think to take a shot of the interior prior to assembly. While I spent time detailing the console and dash it's not a fully detailed interior either. 

4 hours ago, steveracer said:

These cars look so grand, and your model supports that grandness!  Nice long flowing design, thanks for posting this.

How did you chrome the Bonneville lettering on the rear flanks?  After paint, sometimes those are hard to find!

Oddly, I just started building mine last nite, an old Prestige version as well....

Thank you Steve. I've read topics on here regarding foiling scripts but I haven't tried the technique yet. All I really did was just carefully applied chrome silver paint with a skewer. I found just lightly floating the paint onto the letters produced the best results but having the right amount of paint on the tip was tricky. Thus it took a few attempts. 

 

2 hours ago, doorsovdoon said:

Beautiful colour on a stunning car. Very nice build.

 

1 hour ago, Toys4Don2 said:

Absolutely beautiful!

Thank you for your comments Gareth and Don. 

 

5 hours ago, happy grumpy said:

The 50's and the 60's cars are my favorite subjects . This Bonneville is a real beauty and the outside pictures in the sun make the paint comes alive.I love it .

I might have to get one.

Thanks Mario. They're simple kits that assemble well and the current reissue is just beginning to hit the online hobby stores. 

[Zippi]

Good looking Pontiac.  That color is sharp looking.

[AMT68]

6 hours ago, Tuffy's Garage said:

Very nice been looking at doing this one as well, your build might have convinced me

Thank you Charlie. I haven't been on here for a couple of months and just noticed your '65 Grand Prix which turned out excellent. The paint color appears similar to what I plan for my unbuilt "Grand Slam" kit.

[AMT68]

2 hours ago, Zippi said:

Good looking Pontiac.  That color is sharp looking.

Thanks Bob. I plan on getting another can of this green.

[charger74]

Very well done 

[AMT68]

Thanks Eric.

[Chuckyg1]

Another nice ole gal. Great color. The dash looks well detailed.

[AMT68]

1 hour ago, Chuckyg1 said:

Another nice ole gal. Great color. The dash looks well detailed.

Thanks John, I foiled the instrument panel prior to detail painting it with the brown. Worked fairly well though it was difficult working the foil around the three round gauges. 

Edited November 2, 2021 by AMT68

[Bills72sj]

Very beautiful model. Lovely color. Poor choice for a rock crawler. Too much rear overhang LOL.

[AMT68]

18 hours ago, Bills72sj said:

Very beautiful model. Lovely color. Poor choice for a rock crawler. Too much rear overhang LOL.

Thanks Bill, and yeah would be tough getting traction with this one. 

[Dominik]

nice!

[David G.]

Beautiful Pontiac! I love the color and detail work.

David G.