Can-Con

There's two sets on the decal sheet of the latest reissue of the '65 Bonneville.

If I were ever to tackle a '65 2+2, I'd start with a '65 Grand Prix kit. Swap on the roof from the 2+2 [OR the '65 Buick Wildcat] . Then cut the emblems and "gills" from the 2+2 body and graft them into the GP body. I understand the Bonneville/2+2 front and rear bumpers ate not a good fit to the Grand Prix body but I'm sure they could be made to fit well with a little work. BTW, Model Car Garage has some photoetch sheets for GTOs that can supply "PONTIAC" lettering.

The latest issue of the Bonneville has 2 full sets of outside emblems and scripts and 3 sets of dash details on the decal sheet. You can check it out here on hpiguys build video.

As is for now. I don't want to hijack Craig's thread, just wanted to show how mine went together strait from the box. It's the exact same kit, same issue he's building.

Careful with those! Start riding around in one and the next thing you know, you're trapped in a strange village with a number for a name. ?

I built this one strait from the box when it was first released about 30 years ago..[time does fly, doesn't it ?]. I remember ZERO issues with the kit, in fact, I remember how impressed I was that I didn't have to do anything to get a good stance with the wheels sitting exactly where they should.

Here's another one,,

This guy's version of the Monster Mash is pretty cool. He has some other videos too where he's doing all the parts. Very entertaining.

Yuo, I had some do that too. Mine was some touchup paint from the Honda dealer. Just needed a bit more thinner.

Looks like it just takes a little trimming but I dunno,,

This is the first model I can remember actually working on as a kid. I was pretty young as it was before I had started school. But the first one I remember seeing is this one. I remember my father and uncle George working on it then giving it to me.

I can dig it !! ???

As with a lot of these older kits, the engine bat leaves a bit to be desired. I did use the firewall and radiator wall from the MPC donor kit and closed it in with some plastic sheet. Then I made a couple simple shock towers from sheet. ,, And glued them in using the brace from the Monogram kit as a guide for placement. Thinking about it earlier today, I should have used the brace from the 1/25 Revell '69 Mustang I'll be pirating the back bumper from. I haven't painted the assembly yet so I may change it before I'm done.

Have you seen the 1/24 slotcar bodies of this car made in the '60s, Bill? They look pretty good. I think they're styrene but I don't know for sure. https://www.slotforum.com/threads/jeffries-manta-ray.57254/

I've kinda done that but used regular Testors semi gloss black around the side windows. For the windshield and read glass I used black BMF and scraped the black off the center to look like the stainless lock strip in the rubber. I've done two AMT Rabbits this way so far. Great work on the header Bil, and the 1/1 looks awesome. That yellow one in your garage looks pretty healthy from what I can see in the pic,, any more pics?

I think this trailer would be perfect. Include one of their new garage scene sets with tool boxes etc and Bob's your uncle!

Many people have talked about this kitbash but I think this is the first time I've actually seen someone do it,, Kudos ?

It's quite thick for this used strait from the bottle and can leave a raised, noticeable ridge around the P.E. It lays down thinner and pretty well disappears this way.

They couldn't just 3-D print parts to put in kits. IIRC, it takes hours to print a part, depending on it's size. Can you imagine how long it would take to print out just one grille each for several thousand kits?

I scuff up the back of the emblems with some fine sandpaper before taking them off the fret and attach them with a drop of Tamiya clear acrylic thinned 50/50 with rubbing alcohol. After this sits a few hours [or days] I brush a bit more of the thinned clear over the entire emblem to seal it to the paint.

They are basically the same kit with changes to make a different variation.

That's very hard to find these days. Most wee nippers are total snowflakes, not like when we were wee nippers. But it's not their fault, it's their parents that made them that way.

You need to know how wide the body of the Ford kit and the fuselage of the shuttle kit are. I'd start with the Monogram 1/32 Ford myself then adapt a 1/72 or 1/48,posibly 1/144scale Monogram shuttle, I really don't know the widths anymore but I did look into it back 30 years ago when I was thinking about doing this. Both kits should be cheaper to start with and less work since it's a smaller scale. THEN build a car wash bay. ??

Not much. Just bend the head down a bit so it sits level and it would be pretty well spot on.

I have a few of the earlier issues of those AMT '72s and never had a bad steering wheel.