Ron Hamilton

I am still a "can man". I have a lot of MCW air brush paint, a compressor, and a couple of airbrushes. For the time it takes to set up, then clean the airbrush, I can spray can a couple of cars. I am not building for a contest, so I am not that concerned.

Anytime.

Wow!!!! This one takes me back a few years. A good friend of mine, Jim Bean did the master for this one. He is deceased, but he was one of the best modelers I have ever met. Give him some sheet plastic, putty, glue some files and knives, and he could come up with some interesting stuff. Around the time that Jim was mastering the Rotar, I also got to meet "Big Daddy" at our local Rod and Custom Show. I know you will do this build justice, as your other ones.

I used to sell those. The body on the truck in the picture is made by Utilimaster, not Grumman. If I were doing this build, I would contact Workhorse (the maker of the chassis that was the GM P30), and Utilimastere Corp. They may be able to send you some detailed drawings with the various dimensions. Or, take a boat load of photos of your daughter's truck, and work from there. These trucks were pretty much custom ordered for height, length, and width. One thing about them, they were slab sided, so scratch-building a body should not be all that difficult. All the glass was flat too. That truck looks to be a 14 foot unit, with a 6 foot inside height, standard front doors, 12,000 GVWR. This information is for the current truck, which is not very different from the one in the photo. Body: http://www.utilimaster.com/ProductDetail.aspx?id=388 Chassis: http://www.workhorse.com/Portals/0/products/Chassis/W42.pdf Also, find out which company did the food coach conversion. This should get you started.

That is one of my all time favorite kits, and your build is very nice

Nice!!!!

Those are some mighty fine Galaxies Tulio. I have a facination for Galaxies too, as we had several of them in my family. I have a '65 XL convertible on deck to be built. I have not decided on the color combination yet. I have a '59, which I am going to turn into a 4-Door Hardtop like my uncle had, which was Black, with the Red/Black/White interior.

Excellent!!!!

Nice!!!!!

Funny you should show that Alan. Your restoration is beautiful. I have a '67 Convertible with a missing windshield frame and windshield, and a '67 Built-up that I just received, and taken apart. I has to be stripped, which I may start today.

That is handsome!!!!!

Very Nice!!!!!!

Beautiful!!!

I like it!!!!!

I used the Model Car Garage photoetch grille insert on this "newer tool" AMT '67 Camaro. The set is pretty comprehensive if you are going to do an accurate '67 Camaro. The Bumble bee stripe is an old Fred Cady item, but Keith Marks does a very nice '67 Camaro Decal set, which should be currently available. Just for grins, here is my original AMT '67 Camaro SS Annual, which is awaiting its turn in line to be rebuilt.

Impressive!!!!!

Very Nice!!!!!!

Lookin' Good!!!!!

Very Nice!!!!!!

That is definitely the plan. Before I acquired this one, I was going to turn an AMT '67 into a '68. Now what I plan to do are both of them. he MPC original will be built close to what the parts in the box would yield as a "replica stock", and the "home made" one will be further detailed into a "street machine", with aftermarket parts.

Thank you for the comments. They were not very good looking when I started on them . Both were painted, and customized. It took about a month on each, cleaning, stripping, and repairing the foibles on each of them. By the way, I have a rather nasty resin '70 convertible I may get the urge to work on after I get through a few projects.

Last Saturday, I picked up another "rebuilder" at our model club meeting, a MPC 1968 Chevrolet SS427 Hardtop. It is painted with hobby enamels, and should not be too difficut to strip. It came apart easily, and I should have it stripped in a few days. It is missing the engine, wheels, tires, axles, the exhaust system, a tail light, and the rear roll pan. I have most everything to get this one going. I plan to build it as a Replica Stock. I have not decided on the color combination.

Several years ago, I acquired a couple of built-up custom version JoHan 1967 Cadillac Devilles. One a coupe, and one a convertible. They were missing most of the Replica Stock pieces, but most of them were available through the Modelhaus. The parts that were not available were acquired by rooting throgh mine, and other parts boxes at the model club meetings and with various vendors at various contests I have gone to over the years. At this paint, I have everything I need to get the projects going. I have stripped, cleaned up, and added the body separation lines to both bodies. My plan for these are to build them as Replica Stock 1967 Cadillac Devilles. The Convertible will be Black on Black, and the Coupe de Ville will be either Dark Metallic Blue, or Light Metallic Green, with a coordinating interior.

Sorry, no pics, as my camera pooped out on me. I acquired a built-up MPC 1968 Impala SS427 Hardtop, which was in pretty good shape. It needs to be stripped, and it needs very little. It was never sanded, and it seems that it will come apart easy.

I did say "with a little modification". The bed is a good place to start if you want the "flareside".