Ron Hamilton

I was able to do some interior work last week. I used plastic sprue to change the upholstery patterns. I still have some detail work to do before I paint it next week.

Beautiful Marc!!!!!

Very Nice Cruz!!!

I modified the roof from the Plymouth to the Dodge body, as well as making the changes to it from Custom 880 to Polara. . Last week, I started working on this one again, as I sharpened up the side sculpturing and re-positioned the roof onto the body for a better fit. Once I was satisfied with my work, I painted the body. Part two-- For the decals, I purchased a set of Code3 decals from PoliceCarModels.com. As of now, the car's body has been detail painted and polished out, the Bare Metal Foil has been applied, and the appropriate decals applied. I am now working on the interior of the car, using components from the JoHan '68 Fury and the MPC '65 Dodge, modified to represent a '65 Polara interior. I plan to do the interior of the car in tan, as I have a photo of another '65 Dodge Cruiser in that color combination. I should be able to take some more pictures of the project in the near future. Thanks to Tom Sheehy for the inspiration to do this one.

I have posted this one before, but it has been so long since I have worked on it, it was deleted from the forum. A few years ago, a friend of mine sold me an unbuilt MPC '65 Dodge Custom 880 Convertible Kit. The problem with it was the windshield frame was completely broken off. That was no problem to me, since I had another kit, as well as some built-up '65 Monaco 2-Door hardtops, so I could do it as a Custom 880 2-Door Hardtop. Fast forward, I saw a build by Tom Sheehy of a 1966 and a 1965 Dodge Polara 4-Door Sedan as a police cruiser. It was obvious to me that he used the roof from the JoHan 1968 Plymouth Police Car. I noticed that he did not modify the side windows, nor the rear window. A minor thing, but it kind of bugged me. Tom also posted photos of Darryl Lindsay's beautiful restored 1965 Dodge Polara CHP cruiser, so I said to myself why not? Mind you, in almost 50 years of building model cars, I have never built a Police Cruiser, so I dove in. Part two is coming.

Bill, I'm glad to hear that the damage was minimal. Good luck on the clean up, and I hope to see you soon. Ron

Oh my!!!!

Personally if it were me, I would use the AMT '62 Catalina chassis, suspension and floorboards. For the interior, it is pretty shallow, so I would use the kit piece, and cut the floor out and deepen it at the bottom. The front bucket seats and console will probably have to be scratchbuilt. The 394 Oldsmobilr engine in the kit is not half bad, as some rudimentary detailing and aftermarket parts can bring it to life. My Dad had a '62 Starfire, which I would love to do a model of.

Ooooh! Toothy!!!!

That is a good looking conversion, isn't it. I did the same, but somehow I like yours better.

Personally, I would like to see a '55 Buick Century or Olds 88 2-Door Sedan (Highway Patrol) or Roadmaster, a '57 Roadmaster 2-Door Hardtop, '53 or '55 Cadillac Coupe de Ville or Eldorado Convertible, '53 or '54 Buick Skylark Convertible.

Wow! I am so sorry to hear about this Bill. I pray that everything will work out for you.

Cool!!!!!

I agree with you that MCW's resins are of a high standard, as I have several of Dave's trans-kits, and I am quite satisfied with them. If you notice in the brochure, a heavilly retouched photo-illustration is used to represent the '69 Biscayne sedan, which is not true to the actual car, not an actual photograph of the car. When I research a car for a build, I rely on actual photographs of the car, or the real thing, as well as photos from a brochure. I cannot wait to see your build Jim.

Charlie, Bill Geary posted a picture of the model as moulded from MCW's site. The mods I made were not too difficult, but it took a lot of planning, and was not for the faint of heart. As received, this was not too terrible a kit, I just had to modify it.

Sure it's a sleeper. There are no "ZL-1" emblems on the car. There were several levels of 427 engines from Chevrolet in 1969. Most were 390 HP engine. Of course you cannot hide the tap-a-tap of the solid lifters. If the hood isn't opened, who knows.

Thanks Bill.

Roger, I appreciate your rescuing me.

Here is my photobucket link to my pictures. For some unexplained reason, I cannot download them here. http://s245.photobucket.com/albums/gg59/RonHamilton/69%20Biscayne/

I attempted to insert pictures, but I was not able to.

A couple of years ago, I purchased a Model Car World Resin 1969 Chevy Biscayne 2 Door Sedan Transkit. There is a local car I was quite interested in doing a similar model of, which was a 1969 Chevy Biscayne Sedan, equipped with a 427/390 HP V8, a 4-speed transmission, and little else. When MCW announced it was going to market a '69 Biscayne, I couldn't wait fotr it, as I had their '65 and '66. I finally received their '69, but I was a little disapointed in it, as the rear side windows and the angle of the back window was the wrong angle. That did not stop me from building it, as I made a few modifications in the side windows and the roof by pie cutting the rear window and slanting the rear window, as well as re-shaping the side windows, and replacing the drip mouldings. The transkit was designed to be combined with the AMT '70 Impala kit, which I used with very little modification I wanted a sleeper look to the car, so I painted it a non descript aqua, with a black vinyl interior, featuring a tilt column, a " Sport Steering Wheel in Rosewood", and a AM/FM radio. The running stock are chevy rally wheels, with "police" caps, and no trim rings, mounted on red lines. Under the hood is a ZL-1 Aluminum 427/430 V8with a 4-speed, and a 4:11 posi. Yes, this car could have come from the factory as a C.O.P.O. , like what came from a performance oriented dealership like Berger, Yenko, Nickey, or Baldwin (Motion Performance). Everything I put on the car as available in 1969 from the factory, even though its not shown in the brochure. I have a fertile imagination, and would love to have such a beast as a one -to- one car. It would be a blast to drive.

Am I going blind?, Or did Revell put the standard upholstery patterned rear seat with the bucket seats. If I am not mistaken, the upholstery pattern on the rear seat is wrong for a car with the bucket seat option. It looks like the pattern for the standard bench seat. OOOPS!!!

Very nice!!!!

Raoul!!! That is absolutely beautiful. I love '65 T-Birds. The before picture looks like what I built in 1965. I was a little miffed with the '64 hood, as my uncle had a '65. I built one a few years ago out of a glue bomb too.