dino246gt

Your making a fine replica, great details, I'm following and enjoying, cheers!

That is the best advice. Too bad Round 2 didn't do something like that. However I'm not one to complain, just buy both kits and give it a go! (I'm using 4 kits on my '63 Riviera)

Yeah, that short engine is disappointing, but the one you built looks great!

This is supposed to be sort of a "what-if" car from the early 60s, so no big brakes or wheels! I had an extra set of drums from the Galaxie '48 Chev kit but needed larger holes in the center for the rears. Up front simple disc brakes would've been a huge improvement over drums so I had these in the junk box and 2 washers the proper size. I needed room for the battery so I did some cutting. With the battery test fitted, the radiator was too wide! I narrowed it, now we have clearance.

I'm using the frame from the '70 Monte Carlo kit, but the front suspension needs to be moved forward 1/4 inch, so the main supports had to go. The spindles got drilled so I can mount different wheels. The one-piece piece suspension got separated, just for a bit more realism.

I love it! Nice Bull! Ciao!! Seriously, beautifully built and excellent colour choices. I love matching brake calipers to seat colour as well, cool!

Very nice! Love the emblems, so neatly foiled, or? It looks beautiful. Great save of an old annual kit. This is a '67, '66 was the final year for the Nail Head, which this car, correctly, does not have.

Wow, very cool! You don't see many of those done up that nicely. Great job!

I like it! '40 coupe, chrome wheels, black, Ford engine, what's NOT to like!

Nicely done! That grille and headlight treatment you did is excellent, and I agree that those are the nicest Rivs ever!!

That's beautiful, nice wheel and tire choice for it as well. Nicely done.

Fantastic! I love it, it's so cool, I wish there was kit, or you made copies for sale! Beautiful build, congratulations, even though I know there's still more greatness to come!

I'm loving this project, great modelling skills.

As promised, I removed all the kit stuff from under the hood and smoothed the inner fenders. Then I scratch built a simple rad wall. I extended the hood by drilling small holes and using 14 gauge guitar string and super glue. Shot another coat of primer, I keep tweaking it but there's still a ton of stuff to do, however I'm loving doing it!

Today I worked on the interior tub, since there's no back seat, I wanted some "Riviera-ness" back there, so I made a couple of pockets for wine bottles, and some rub strips to protect the leather from luggage. Those will be foiled and maybe I can add thin rubber strips to them. The door panels got new arm rests and door pulls. Thinking of using the '70 Monte Carl seats, so I've added .040 strips under them so they don't sit right on the floor.

This is a fantastic model, wow! At that rear window, you could make "sheet metal" ends where the struts go through, painted white maybe, then the clear between them. Not much of the window size would be reduced and using painted pieces is much easier to "fit". Just a suggestion, but I'm sure that whatever you do, it will be amazing.

I decided to use the stock "65 front bumper but not as it comes in the kit! First I had to cut it all apart. This is the piece that I plan to use.

Man that's a great model Dave! So much subtle extra detail, most of it would be un-noticed if not for this thread, thank you for sharing.

Thanks everyone, I had it on display at out club meet Sunday, along with my Enzo.

First I fitted the console from the '65 Riviera to the floor pan from the '70 Monte Carlo. Then I ground away underneath to make room for the automatic transmission on the engine from the '66 Riviera. I'll be roughing in the interior bucket next but now I'm going out for cappuccio! Ciao for now.

This will be so cool, I love the Roma and I love Alpha models, keep posting pictures please, ciao!

WOW, that looks fantastic!

I have a re-issue of the '65 Riv that I'm using for some parts as I ONLY had the body from the '63. I cut up the '65 interior tub and I must say that the styrene is so much thinner and softer than that '63! They don't make 'em like they used to! I added some .040 strips to the bottoms of the door panels and taped them in place so I could see where the rear half should fit. And I glued some side strips to the rear. Now at least I have the proper length and depth ready to start making up all the rest of the interior, no back seat. I'll remove the seat mounts from the floor pan and move the seats further back.

I don't have much of a plan yet, but I'm ruling out the V12 now that I've started with the firewall and floor pan. Also ruled out tubs and wide pro-touring style wheels. It was a consideration.

I made a headliner, really just a piece of .010 styrene to hide the seam and hopefully add some strength to the roof.