Mike Slapattack

These are such cool kits. I hope Round2 brings it back one day like they did with the Transtar II

Excellent work on the front end! The headlight outlining especially really adds a ton of realism. Did you mask it or freehand it? It's a very clean job.

Cool conversion!

I love '90s sport trucks. This will be a cool project to watch!

This is a unique idea! I'll be watching!

Well built!

Looks great!

Very cool, I love the cracked glass and torn seat!

Nicely done! I want to build one of these one day.

Love the colour combo, all goes well with the wheels.

Very clean work as always!

Looking good!

Really clean work!

Beautiful work!

Great paint!

Hello everyone! I saw a post by @doorsovdoon from last March where he showed how he used the chassis from the AMT Supernatural 1967 Chevy Impala Sports Sedan under an AMT 1970 Impala. This inspired me to try the same thing with an AMT/Ertl 1967 Chevrolet Impala Super Sport kit as the '67 tooling has a far more detailed chassis than the '70 and has more or less the same floor and frame. This is an expansion on a simple nearly box-stock '70 Impala build that I started last year and picked up again a couple weeks ago. This is my very first attempt at serious kit bashing and only the 4th model I've ever built so I'm not going to be a rivet counter about adapting the chassis, but I'm going to try to get most of the car as accurate as possible without major modifications. Below are some pictures of the progress made up until this point. Here are the two kits I'm using: Some bodywork from last year, including a quick shot of Tamiya base white to see what needs to be sanded: Engine assembly. I decided to stick with the 454 included in the '70 kit because 454s are cool! Front bench seat assembly: Modifying the '70 interior parts to fit the '67 floor: Adding vinyl roof trim to the body: Extracting the nicely detailed engine bay from the '67 body: And lastly here's a test fit of the chassis and body so far: My plan is to paint this car in an approximation of GM Green Mist. I'm hoping to have it done for the Kingston, Ontario NNL next month and I'm getting excited as I see it coming together! What do you guys think?

Ah thanks! Well I would say it was a happy accident then.

The chassis has a great factory undercoat texture. How did you achieve that?

Looking good! Even though 3D printing is getting better I still want to learn the old school scratch-built ways. Your work is an inspiration!

Great detail painting!

I wonder if Round2 will ever digitize an old MPC '74 Caprice kit and bring back the tooling.

One of the coolest driveways around! Looks like a '74 Caprice and a Boattail Riviera.

Beautiful work!

Nice and clean!

Beautiful work! I love how the black wash accent brings out all the detail and adds shadows and depth. Did you only apply it before painting the color or did you also apply it after? Also what kind of wash did you use?