Ron Hamilton

You know that I love that '69 Malibu so much, I am going to do one myself. By the way, the one-to-one car is in this month's Chevy Rumble magazine.

Absolutely!!!! We are all modelers on this board, and we have our preferences. I, for one, like to build and modify kits to capture the subject manner, even with subtle innacuracies, which I enjoy fixing. I will build "new school" kits, like the much maligned Trumpeter '60 Pontiac Bonneville... I will add detail to "old school" kits, like the AMT Craftsman Series '64 Plymouth Valiant... And I will correct iconic kits like this AMT '67 Ford Fairlane GT

That's lookin'good!!! I have an original unbuilt '66 Skylark Kit I will get around to one day. The AMT '66 Riviera has the best Nailhead engine in scale. I want to do a replica stock '66 Buick trilogy with a Wildcat GS, Skylark, and Riviera GS.

Are you coming to the meeting Saturday???? If so, I have something along those lines to show you.

In my opinion, you are building for yourself, and sharing it with the rest of us, and like you said, it's not finished.You are always welcome to ask me a question, and I will give you an honest answer. I tend to use ideas from most of the modelers here, including you. I enjoy looking at your work. Maybe, I'll escape from my box and build one in your style. So many projects, so little time.

Hey! Interesting project. I tried to do one in 1968, but the putty never dried, and my skills were not too good. Fast forward to 1997. I tried it again. Like yours, the paint gave me fits. as a matter of fact, one of the fenders had to be stripped and repainted. If I were to do it again, I would have re-painted the entire vehicle. By the way, Wanna Drag???

If it were me, and I were going the same route as you, I would put an updated interior in it. Yesterday, I took a look at a '63 Coupe that I am restoring. I stripped the body side mouldings from the car, in order to do a custom Eldorado Coupe. This is a long term project, which is in the planning stages.

Lookin' good, Lyle. I was wondering when you were going to finish this one. I'm going to do a 300 deluxe 2 door post myself, one of these days.

Nice work!!!

I like that. Is that the old MPC tool? I have one of those, which is unbuilt, as well as a resin '72, which I want to do the '71 Charger upgrade to.

Thanks for the shot of the kit. I plan to do mine as an R/T also, as I have the R/t conversion kit. Mine will be Turquoise 440 6-Pack with the White guts, White Tail Stripe, and Rallye Wheels on White Lettered tires.

I have the All American '65 2+2 Hardtop and the Shawn Carpenter '65 2+2 Convertible in resin. Both transkits have had the corrections in the body, and looks true to the subject, only needing the AMT '65 2+2 kit for the other parts. I believe the All American kit had the tail panel corrected, but not the side window profile (a minor fix) on the roof. If I can find them, I will photograph them and post the photos.

If it were mine, I would re-do it, using the skills I picked up over the years, with a good paint job, Bare Metal Foil, and some Photoetch (if neccsessary). I bought this one as a pristine kit off of Ebay a few years ago. Looking at the chassis and running gear, I decided to use the excellent AMT '67 SS427 for the separate chassis and running gear, floorboards, parts box wheels and tires, and some various pieces of MCG photoetch from various sets. Bob Downie's car was the inspiration for my build. I have another one, and old built-up, and I plan to do it as a convertible (correctly), per Bob Downie's suggestion, as a bookend of this car (built the same way), but with an automatic transmission, and either Rally Wheels, or Custom Wheel Covers, probably in Red with a Red interior.

Real!!!

Loving it, Irv. I have to build mine someday.

You do some nice work!!!!

The "King of the Deuces" strikes again!!!!

In looking at the ad photo, the dashboard and forward part of the door was a darker shade of metallic blue, while the seats and rear part of the door was a lighter shade of metallic blue, with a darker blue band, and the carpeting was still another shade of metallic blue. The colors were very close to each other. My cousin had a '63 Bonneville hardtop with a black interior. The brochure has some good illustrations. I removed a paint job and cleaned up an old '63 Bonneville hardtop promo last week. Here's how it looks now, but I am planning to paint it another color, detail the interior, and "bare metal" it. Here is a Ebay link to a '63 Bonneville Convertible with some excellent pictures. 63 Bonneville Converible on Ebay

Speaking of the '59 Cadillac, I went to the trouble of cutting a portion of the headlamp trim away, just to get that body color headlight bucket. I have been so irritated with some of the "new kit tool's propotions", so I have been working on some vintage restorations. Right now, one of the projects I'm working on is a MPC '69 Coronet R/T, depicting as a 440 Magmum w/ track pack. The body work is done (cleaned up and added body separation lines), now I have to decide on a color (red, turquoise, or bronze), the drivetrain(probably a 440 Magmum/4-speed) due to the hood and interior bucket, and wheel combination (more than likely, dog dishes, Magmum 500's or the "Phantom" aluminum wheels). I'm going to use a AMT GTX chassis and running gear, so that I can use the kit's interior tub.. ...and yes, I removed the mould lines, and detailed the seats. I'm not going to add head rests to it, but I plan to use some elements from the "Last Detail" and "Fred Cady" Coronet decal set, and some "Model Car Garage" Photoetch from various Dodges, as appropriate. I may even put a vinyl roof on it. The photos were taken before I worked on it. I'll take some photos when I get it up on wheels. I'm also going to do a '66 Fairlane GT from the annual kit, with the innards from the new kit, similar to my '67, probably in "Emberglow", with a Beige Interior. I am having a hard time with the "newly tooled body" on that one. A '66 Cyclone GT and an "old tool" '67 Cyclone GT is coming down the pike.

Hocus Pocus. That looks great Irv.

Give me a GM Fishbowl anytime.

Dang skippy!

That build is beautiful. This is my all time favorite car.

So coooool!

I didn't do a '68 Dashboard on this one, but I added an 8-track tape player on the dashboard. I saw the blue Dick Harrell '68 Nova in person a few years ago, and I may replicate it using the new kit. You will get a kick out of the Nova I'm doing now. All I'm gonna say that it is a big block car, with a vinyl roof like yours. Your car is drop dead georgeous.