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  1. Superbird McMonte
    Mocking up the ride height.
  2. Superbird McMonte
    Everything under the skin of the new Revell 68 Chevelle is so nice, I figured I would beat Revell to the punch and use it to make a decent 1970 Chevelle. I’ve always thought the Revell snaps-tight Chevelle had a wel proportioned body, high detail door panels, and its super smooth! So out came my cut off wheel, razor saws and sanding sticks! Here is where I’m at so far. I started by checking the fit of the floor pan assembly. It fit like a glove! Then, I carefully removed the hood with the back of a #11 technique. I removed the upper cowl from the 68 and mounted it in the 70. To locate it properly, I tacked the 68 interior together with the firewall in place too. Positioned the upper cowl in line with the firewall and tacked it to the fenders. Then I swapped out in the inner fender sides to give the hood something to sit on. Satisfied with that start, I moved to the interior. I cut out the floor of the 70 first, then slowly started sanding the bottom of the rear seat until it sat in the right position. I built off the rear seat with the interior sides to the dashboard. Then after numerous test fits with the 68 floor, sanding, fitting and sanding some more.... I got it in place and in line with the firewall again! That’s where it stands right now. I have to find my L88 hood for the 70 now. I mastered and cast it for the AMT 70 Chevelle years ago and I think it will fit with a little modification. If not, it will give up it’s scoop to make a new one. Hope you like it, and maybe try this yourself! Questions and comments always welcome.
  3. Superbird McMonte
    Resin hood cleaning up and getting ready to prime!
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    I’ll ask dad what he meant by “stuck”. I didn’t know about the blanked sections. I’ll have to search that.
  6. Superbird McMonte
    I sanded down the back of my RS grill because I wanted to position the headlight doors open. This is going to be a model of my mom’s car she had in the 70’s. The doors were stuck open.
  7. Superbird McMonte
    That vinyl wrap is very interesting! Does it require any heat?
  8. Superbird McMonte
    There is a model of a cutaway 53 Corvette out there that came out really cool! ?
  9. Superbird McMonte
    I managed to cast the L88 Monte Carlo hood when I cast the Chevelle’s.
  10. Superbird McMonte
    I also finished and cast the seats.
  11. Superbird McMonte
    The hood has been cast! I can get this bad boy rolling again!
  12. Superbird McMonte
    Yes but with a light blue convertible and the rest of the orange parts!??
  13. Superbird McMonte
    It’s an acquired taste. ? The best part is, it was fun! No sanding off mold lines, or correcting any imperfections! ?
  14. Superbird McMonte
    I prefer nights too! No boss looking over your shoulder either! I get my work done and no one complains!??
  15. Superbird McMonte
    I’m pretty sure I have those wheels in grey on the passenger side. I’ll swap them out when I find them.
  16. Superbird McMonte
    I happen to be working nights right now, and sleeping during the day proves a little bit difficult at times. This afternoon while trying to sleep I noticed I had duplicates of the 1970 Corvette. When I went to combine the two kids into one box, I noticed one was molded in gray and the other in orange. I thought to myself it might look cool if I built the Corvette using different color parts for all the assemblies. So I tried it this afternoon. The results look better in my head then the actual model. It might come off a little better as a convertible. I do have a convertible kit and a whole bunch of orange pieces. The convertible kit is turquoise. So I might just do this again. Honestly this would’ve looked a little better if the T tops and the doors were gray. The interior engine and chassis came out pretty much the way I had envisioned. What do you think? In the end, I had a lot of fun! And that’s what it’s all about!
  17. Superbird McMonte
    Well, I was unable to get to pouring silicone the last couple of nights. In the meantime, since I have three of the Chevelles so far, I figured I would master corrected bucket seats. They are not so much wrong as they are in two pieces with a difficult seam to fill. The top of the upper cushion rolls over the top of the plastic seat back. In my mind the separation between the front and back of the seats should have followed the plastic seat back all the way. Instead, the seam goes right over the top of the cushion. The pictures explain it well. The seat closest is the modified seat. You can see hear how the top of the cushion rolls over now. Here are the front and rear parts of the seat in modified form. I think I’m going to cast him as one unit. This is what the final casting should look like.
  18. Superbird McMonte
    Next up, the hood goes in for casting. That will be Wednesday night.
  19. Superbird McMonte
    The 1968 Baldwin Motion hood is in a mold box and awaiting silicon molding. But that won’t happen until Wednesday night. In the meantime, since I will be pouring silicone, I figured I would pop out another custom hood for casting. As you may have guessed from the title, it’s a hood for a First Generation Monte Carlo. Baldwin Motion never offered the Monte Carlo as a package in their Phase III line up, but I have always wanted to build a “what if“. The L88 hood was and natural choice for me since that’s what they put on the 1970 Chevelle. Plus the Monte Carlo has such long hood, the could be made longer, as on the 1973 and later Corvettes. I would also like to put the 1969 Camaro cowl induction hood on a Monte Carlo hood. It too will need a little lengthening.
  20. Superbird McMonte
    This is sweeeeeeet! ??
  21. Superbird McMonte
    Looks good so far. Just double check the trailing edge of the front door. I think it should be curved opposite the way you pencilled it on.
  22. Superbird McMonte
    Here are the two I used for this particular car.
  23. Superbird McMonte
    Definitely easier to remove! This is making me cross-eyed!?
  24. Superbird McMonte
    So after sleeping on last nights work, I took another look at the trim and saw some stuff I didn’t like. The points on the quarters looked too long. I changed the curvature next to the tulip panel and ended about 3/32 of an inch shorter. Not a huge amount but it looks better to me. The passenger side is corrected in the picture. Onward!
  25. Superbird McMonte
    Those are the AMT pack with twin white stripe street slicks
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