Ron Hamilton

I like what you are doing with this one so far Bill. I love the color combination I bought a few f those kits to do several versions of this truck, including my one to one daily driver, which is a dead ringer for the one on the replica stock box, except that mine is a 2002 with 4 doors, which is the last year of this body style. I built one of the stockers in black, where I lowered the suspension, and put a set of 22" wires on it.

You lucky dog! I have a 59 too, which I believe was an annual in that it was moulded in a creamy white styrene that matches the other ones I have from this period. I am considering turning it into a 4 door hardtop, as my uncle had one in Black, with the red interior. It will bookend well with my Revell Skyliner, that I am correcting the trunk lid on.

I have bought just one Revell kit since the announcement, a 66 Suburban, and I paid less for this one than the other one I purchased. I plan to get a Jimmy Flintstone Panel Delivery body. I tried to get one last weekend, but the price was ridiculous, so I'll either wait, or do it myself. I have all I want except for the 69 Boss 302, and I am not going to buy that one site unseen.

I really like that one. I built the convertible as a tribute to Daddy's car. I have both a Trumpeter and AMT hardtop in my collection to be built.

I'm not worried.

I am working on a 62 Falcon right now. They are rather scarce. I found mine on Ebay earlier this year, and no, it is not for sale. You have a nice one to one.

You are absolutely right about the engine. I will use that engine, and combine it with the C6 from the Cougar.

I say there ol' bean. Jolly good build there. The queen would be proud.

Wow!!!!!

Remember the Monogram GTO is 1/24 Scale, while the Chevelle is 1/25 so the comparisons are not exact. I am going to use my AMT 65 Malibu SS and 64 Olds 442 as guides to correct the Revell 65, which I have yet to build as a Hardtop. The first one I built was a convertible conversion, using the boot from the AMT 65 GTO and homemade dog legs. Richard is right about the side window profile lacking the graceful curve at the top. The Revell 65 Chevelle Z16 is a nice kit, which I bought several. The car has a special significance to me as a 65 Chevelle was the first car I bought with my own money. I was in college and couldn't finish it, and had to sell it off. I am going to build a model of the car I actually wanted it to be if I had the time or the funds.

The more I see, the more I like.

My aunt had a 76 Torino in that color combination back in 76 with the exception that hers had a vinyl roof. I plan to do my 76 Torino as a Sport. I have to craft an interior for it. Hard to do, but not impossible.

Ditto!!!!

Looks very nice. The back of the front seat on the 76 Gran Torino was vinyl.

I want to do another 60 myself. The first one I did was a Roman Red Convertible, using bits from a derelict 59. I got my hands on a set of original AMT 60 Chevy wheelcovers for the project. This one will be Black, with the Black/White houndstooth interior. My uncle had a black 60 Impala 4 Door Sedan. His car had whitewalls and dog dish caps, that I thought was rather ugly. At least no one stole his hubcaps.

I think your build will be fine. I have one of those started. The paint on the body did not work out right, so it has to be repainted. I used plastic rod and super glue to fill the voids in the chassis. That worked out well after some putty work to blend it in. I also used the Model Car Garage detail set.

I am going to use the chassis from the AMT 70 Ford Police car. It is lacking needed detail, but it fits, and that is half the battle. I'll probably use the big block from the MPC/AMT 73 Mercury cougar. It has a C6 Transmission. I have to raid the parts box for an air cleaner and valve covers as well as under hood bits to make it look a little more realistic. The kit I have is beautifully cast, and shouldn't be no more difficult to build than any other resin kit.

I have one of those Air Trax Marauders, and it is very nice. I have already sourced a chassis for it, now I have to find a suitable full dress 429 for it. I may do mine as a '70, so that I can bookend it with my Cyclone and Cougar.

Beautiful!

If I had the loot, all of these would be in my garage. I have variations of all of these, except the Lincoln Mark III in my model collection. ether built., or on deck.

I like the "Bullet Vettes" That one is beautiful.

When Motor Wheel manufactured those wheel covers for the various manufactures in the 60's, they made each set specific to each manufacturer. The Lindberg 66 Chevelle SS396 is the only kit that has the exact wheel cover you want for the 66-69 Mopars, and for that matter, the 68 Shelby GT350/500. Not the 68-9 MPC Jeepster, nor the Revell 65 Z16 Chevelle wheel covers are correct for the particular application. There are differences in the wheel center and the spokes. The Jeepster wheel covers were re-cast by Missing Link Resin, and may still be in his line. With a little modification, they are perfect for the 68-69 Ford XL/GT and the Pickups from that era. The 65 Chevelle Z16 wheel covers work for any Chevrolet model from 1965-69. I'm doing a 69 Nova SS with a set of them. Of course, I scooped up every set I could get my hands on for various builds, and yes I am certain about this.

I like this one.

But at the time, that MPC 69 Camaro was the best available. The Monogram kit had a cartoonish body, but some nice parts.

I have a scrapped Revell 69 Camaro body, and several MPC '69 Firebird kits in various guises, as well as several 69 Revell Camaros for parts purposes. I really want to do an accurate '69 Trans Am hardtop and convertible before my eyesight and skills completely go away.