AMT68

Spectacular build of one of my favorite kits. I'll have to try my hand at the woodgrain detail on my next build.

Beautiful job and I like the whitewalls as it's just as I remember these cars when personal luxury cars were everywhere a generation ago.

Beautiful polishing job Marcos and a top notch build.

Thanks Gareth. I've become quite fond of the Tamiya colors and they apply nicely. This Round 2 kit is already out of production and becoming scarcer. The older releases are still fairly plentiful on ebay. Thanks Eric.

Thank you Jeremy.

Awesome to see a full size 70's Coupe DeVille. Excellent job and color combination.

That is an amazing polishing job. I would've thought that was cleared. It has that perfect sheet of glass look.

Beautiful build and you gotta love the round headlight Monte Carlos from this era. I have four of the Revell 77 Monte Carlo kits and this is quite interesting.

I purchased this kit earlier this year and have yet to build it. I'm gaining both information and inspiration from this post. And I'll probably do mine in Nocturne Blue which in my opinion was the best looking color that year. But then again this car would look good in any color.

Thanks David. The badge scripts are the only detail item that wasn't foiled. I used chrome silver paint for those. I'm sure there are modelers capable of foiling those scripts but not me....lol. I've always been a fan of the various shades of light blue that appeared on the late 60's and early 70's GM cars. Thanks Dann

Thank you Jim. Thank you Larry

Thanks John for your comments. I've always appreciated the first and second generation Monte Carlos myself. I have another Round 2 kit to build and just this week purchased another older release with a green car on the box. I'm assuming that it's the 2003 issue you're referencing. I've considered doing a vinyl top on of the two builds but the halo will present a challenge in terms of properly laying it out and finding the right size styrene strips. As for the 402 could you possibly use the AMT '69 Chevelle 396 engine? Overall what challenges the kit may provide are well worth it given the cleanly molded body and well detailed kit.

Thanks for the tip on trimming the springs and spindles to achieve the proper stance. I have a couple more of these kits to build and I'll remember that one.

Thanks Carl, Chris Tom and Jim I appreciate your comments.

Thanks Ray. Thanks Chris for your comments. In addition to the stance I had to work with the front glass to get it to fit better. The tail light lenses also needed to be sanded down but that wasn't much of an issue. What I really liked about the body were the prominent trim lines which allowed for proper foiling. Looking forward to seeing yours completed.

Excellent detail job and a very smooth paint finish. The bumper chrome is extremely nice. I have a couple of the '75 Johan Cutlass kits and have toyed with the idea of creating a "Y76" model by partially blanking off the rear quarter windows. Just have to devise a plan to do so.

Spectacular build. The bumperettes are a nice feature.

Thanks Andrew, Lee and Chang. The color felt period correct in a way.

Round 2 release of the 1/25 scale '70 Monte Carlo. Painted in Tamiya TS-58 Light Pearl Blue and top coated in Testors Glosscote. Nicely detailed model with minimal flash or parting lines on the body. The front stance is off slightly as the chassis didn't properly push up into the body on the passenger side. Something I'll have to do a better job on future builds of this kit. And oddly enough blackwashing the grill (which is usually a relatively simple procedure) gave me fits on this one.

That's a sharp looking color combination and an excellent build overall. I have the 1974 release of this Monogram kit which was dubbed a "Special Interest Series" I haven't decided on a color combination for mine but after seeing this one I do like the red interior.

Beautiful clean build and sharp looking color.

Thanks for your comments Jerry.

That's a really nice paint job and great color. Like the accuracy of the front grill. I've always been fond of the '68 fastback Impala so it's a pleasure to see this one..

That's an excellent build. I really like the color combination. The redlines set it off nicely.

Excellent build Gareth and I plan on doing a vinyl top on mine after seeing this one. The champagne gold interior blends well with the Solar Gold exterior which is a color I haven't been able to find in the hobby paints. I've seen the Barris themed vintage AMT kits (which I'm assuming this one is) and if I'm not mistaken is a lowrider kit.