tomsheehy Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 This is a rescue build...I grabbed this JoHan kit off eBay a couple of years back, it was missing many parts thus I picked it up at a good price. Missing were the hood, grilles & bumpers and all engine parts. But at least the body was not damaged and it was unpainted. Modelhaus supplied new 71 bumpers/grilles and a stock hood. I replaced the engine with an AMT 69 442 version. All else was built using the JoHan parts that came with the kit. This triple green replica is painted with Testors lacquer GM Fathom green metallic. I added a vinyl top using the Testors system, topped off with a color coat of a slightly different shade of flat dark green from Tamiya's military paints. The interior is also a flat shade of green, but a bit lighter. I did paint the front inner fenders red to simulate the W-30 plastic fenders, but I did not add the rest of the performance optional parts. Overall I'm glad to have this JoHan build done, but in the future, I'll probably mates JoHan bodies with the much better chassis from the AMT kits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peekay Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Nice, the matching vinyl roof really suits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porscheman Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Really nice looking. I also like the vinyl top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom99 Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbowser Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Great save. The vinyl top is a real nice touch, very authentic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vintagercr Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Turned out very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w451973 Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Looks good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DumpyDan Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helix Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Real nice Tom ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bogger44 Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Nice build. I like the triple green treatment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Very sharp! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W-31 Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Stunning! Like how you replicated the "base" 442 and not the W-30! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Very good looking model. Nice touch on the vinyl top and triple green color choice.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spkgibson Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Very nicely done,The color combo looks perfect on this,Very period correct...I used to see a lot of GM cars around this area when I was growing up...Excellent build.....Now I need to finish my '71 and '72 using the same modelhaus parts. Awesome Olds! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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