Ron Hamilton

Those are the 68 Camaro SS Wheelcovers. AKA 63 Chevy Impala SS Wheelcovers, found in the AMT and Revell kits.

Missing Link resin has those wheel covers. I have some for an 80 Monte Carlo Build.

My head is hurting looking at Fireball's latest goodies. I haven't ordered these wheel covers yet, but I plan to. I have a lot of '67 Camaros I can build in my collection, including an original 67 rebuilder. I have an original SS Hood for it, and I need two front tires anyway. It should come apart easily. Even though this looks great, the latest Revell offerings are not too objectionable to me. I built one when it first came out, and I like it. This my bear of a project, This is an original MPC 68 Camaro SS body, mounted on a Revell 69 Camaro SS Chassis. This thing has been a bear to work on. Fireball's 68/69 Camaro Wheel covers, or Dog Dishes on steelies may be the ticket for this one. And yes I have a 68 Interior for this one.

Very nice Curt.

I know nothing about NASCAR, so they will not get my money.

Good luck on this one. I boogered up one of those as a kid when it was new. The only Aston Martin I have is the Monogram DB4, which is alright with me. I had a Doyusha kit with the figures, ands got a king's ransom for it when I sold it. I can't wait!

Looks great to me!!!!!

This is a hard one to nail in scale. The AMT 65 GTO has so many foibles. I have a couple from the original pressing. An Annual and a Tiger Box. One of these days I may give it a whirl. I have a lot of projects inline, so it will be a long time. I'm leaving it to you Steve.

Lookin' good!

Excellent ideas. I plan to do something similar in the future.

This is what I would want.

Raoul crafted up a very nice 69 Javelin SST Resin Piece, that those "Big Bad" stripes will work well on for my purposes. and I would love to see a set of '68 Javelin Stripes for this forlorn promo that I plan to strip and have the chrome redone. Please Ray.

I picked one of those up to restore, and I am going to add the window frames. I have to do the same to my 63. I removed the center post, thinking that there was a 63 Lemans 2 door hardtop, since a friend of mine had a 63 Skylark hardtop. All Pontiacs had the post.

Great work!

Welcome.

Wow! That one is rough! I have one that is almost as rough. It's a 67 where the mouldings have been crudely sanded off. I have not stripped it, but it looks like it has putty in it. Good luck. Mid 60's Falcons are scarce.

Before Revell brought out their 68 and 70 Chargers, I invested in some resin repops of the MPC Chargers to build. Both are still un done, and I also have Revell's kits to do too. I built the MPC annuals back in the day, and was very happy with them.

Sweet!

Absolutely gorgeous!

Very nice!

That 63 Comet Convertible and the Falcon was a good score. My 63 Comet was a little worse for wear, but I was able to get it ready for paint It's all clean and ready for paint. I have not decided on the color. And yes, that is a 63 Falcon Convertible behind it. Also waiting for paint. I may paint them the same color combination.

I know someone who made their own up top for a car, and it looked good. Who was it?

I looked at what you are doing, and your work is excellent. One thing I would do is add a little more roundness to the tops of the windows. The Monogram/Revell Firebirds are too flat along the top, and looks chopped. Take a look at the AMT 70 Camaros. They have the proper shape for a non t-topped side window.

Tommy, that is one project I have always wanted to do. As you recall, I did my own 66 Caprice 2 door Hardtop from a 66 Impala SS kit, as I never liked the way that the Modelhaus 66 Caprice looked. As a matter of fact, I worked with Bob Kornow (Model car Garage) when he was developing the 65 Impala SS Photoetch set. I suggested that he include the scripts for the Biscayne, which I drew for him, Bel Air, Impala and Caprice so that all could be done. When I did the 66 Caprice roof, I kept the front half of the original hardtop roof, as the one to one would be using the same windshield and pillars. I would approach a 4 door hardtop basically the same way. It took quite a bit of plastic sheet putty, filing and shaping. The convertible's trunk lid and tulip panel is a better fit for the sport sedan's items, but face it, while it is a doable project, I will take a lot of work to achieve a good replica. I think the hardest part of the project, would be replicating the interior. I would love to do one, but It would be several years from now. I would do mine in Silver Blue, with the black vinyl roof and blue interior. Just like the one in the picture Bill showed.

Very nice work. Somewhere in my basement, I have an un built 82 MPC Trans Am. Years ago when the kit was new, I started an 81 Trans Am Turbo, which my younger brother ruined. I still have it, and was considering either a re-build, or a M80.