Ron Hamilton

I was in the basement last night, as I am in the midst of a re-organization and clean up. I came across my '68 Bonneville Convertible, and a '68 Pontiac brochure. It has been repaired, and is in primer, much like the '67 Bonneville Hardtop, which I plan to work on first. I bought several Revell Parts Pack Pontiac engines, and I am going to use one on this build. I have a Turbo 400 that I can adapt to the engine, but I may craft a 4-speed console and pedals. I am also going to cobble together a 4 bbl intake manifold. I cannot see myself installing the tri-power on this one, but I have a manifold that may work. I will probably spring for some Fireball Quadrajets, as I have several projects they will work on. I plan to dress the engine up as a 428 H.O., which was a factory option on the '67 Bonneville. The body has been cleaned up, and primered several years ago, and I have a set of 8-Lugs and red-Lines already done, even though I am considering either a set of full wheel covers with whitewalls, or a set if Rally II wheels on wide oval red lines. I am going to call it, a Bonneville with a little attitude. Other than the engine, and under-hood details, I plan to stick primarily with the kit parts, even though, I have a tip to share with everyone else doing their builds. The Revell 1966 GTO kit has a beautiful decal of the factory accessory floor mats, which can be made to fit the interior of the car using thin sheet plastic, cut and painted the interior color. Back in '67, my Dad had a '67 Olds 98 2 Door Hardtop, which was Silver, with a Black Vinyl Roof, and a Silver Cloth Interior, which I thought was a good looking car. That car is the influence for the build.

A '67 Convertible is a rare bird, and very expensive. I have been trying to get one for several years, but I cannot afford the prices they have been getting. I have a '68 and '69 convertible, even though they were built ups, they are workable.

That is a car that should have been done in the one-to-one world.

I love it!!

I want a set of those for my HRM '68 Shelby Convertible, and a '68 Gt500 I may do later combining the old AMT '68 Shelby Fastback kit with the newer tool AMT '67 Mustang Fastback..

The color combination suits that car fine. Very nice!!!

I was rooting through the basement last night to get my '67 Bonneville out to start work on it when I go on Vacation in a couple of weeks. I found the Bonneville, but I also found a Modelhaus Resin '67 Grand Prix Hardtop I bought several years ago. I am still gong to do the Bonneville, as it has been primered, and I have the paint to do it up. I know where I am going with this one.

I've found that the metallic flakes in some of the Testors' lacquers are a little large, especially for us replica stock builders. I have found some new metallic colors in the Tamiya line in the past year that I have bought, but have not tried on a model. That Falcon is coming along great!!!

That one looks very nice. The AMT '68 Shelby is definitely an old school kit derived from the '68 annual that has been maligned by some of the members of the board, some of it much deserved, This build proves that a good paint job, creative building, and a decent set of wheels and tires can make the old girl quite presentable. The last few builds of this kit I have seen on the board, including this one makes me glad that I did not get rid of mine. By the way. this month's Collectable Automobile Magazine has an excellent article on the Shelby Mustangs of this era.

One of these days, I have to build one. I like that one.

I really like that one!!!!

That one is real nice. It would be bad to the bone with a hopped up 6-banger in it. Just a thought.

I really like that one Mike. I have not gotten too far with my Bronco. I bought two. One is going to be stock, enhanced with some pieces from Scenes Unlimited and Fireball Resins' parts, and the other is going to wear a lot of Replicas and Miniatures and Fireball Resins' goodies in a raised stance. I may paint both of them the same color combination.

I love the way this one is going. I shortened a '72 several years ago, but never finished it.I painted the roof and bottom white, but have not decided on the main color, so back in the box it went.One day. I may finish it.

Revell '69 Camaro and the Revell '72 Hurst Olds Convertible.

That is why I pre-build my models before paint. I hate surprises, and for what the resin trans kits cost, an accurate appearance is very important to me. I have a Model Car World '66 Biscayne which will build the same way. However, I am not satisfied with the roof profile, so I will re-do it. I did my '65 Biscayne's back window, and it came out great.

Very Nice Gary. I would not change a thing on any of them. I would love to preserve those.

That looks great!!!!

Those are nice kits, and your build is pretty nice too.

I sold off my un-built Maverick, as I have a pretty clean built-up that I have disassembled. I am not sure if I am going to do it as a Grabber of a base Maverick. I have some Keith Marks' Grabber decals, as well as a set of Sport Sprint decals. I would like to do a '70 Ford/Mercury Showroom Display. I have enough kits to do a reasonable job.

I love it!!!!

That looks great!!! The link I posted earlier in the thread has a good detail shot of the radiator shroud. I a planning mine as I write this.

The assistant principal at my Junior High School had one just like that, except that hers had a black vinyl roof, and it had the full wheel covers instead of the 8-Lugs. She lived a block away from me. I plan to do my '69 G/P in Verdoro Green, with the Green Roof, and Saddle Leather interior.

Tell me about it.

Verdoro Green was available as a springtime (mid-year) color on the Firebird Line in 1967. The color was offered across the board in 1968. But of course there was always special paint, where GM would paint any car any color in it's line for a slight additional cost. Go for it!