Ron Hamilton

Looks great!!!!

Great work!!!!

Fantastic!!!!

Uh, Yes, except as a fastback.

I like it!!!!!

Looks very good. I suggest that you remove the lenses if you can, and Bare metal the bezels and backs of the lenses. If you would like, I could show you what I did to my '70 Monte Carlo build.

Fantastic!!!!

Very nice. I like those Big Chevies fro that period. I have one under construction that I have to get back to. Your build is bringing back memories. Please post some more of your work. I would love to see the one in your avatar.

That one brings back memories. When I started selling Chevrolets in 1978, my first demonstrator was a '78 Nova Sedan, in Silver with a Carmine Red interior. It was pretty basic, but it did have A/C and the 305 V8. It was a decent car, but the interior looked like it belonged in a taxicab or a squad car. I like where your build is headed, and it is getting me thinking about another project. I would like to try my hand at a 9C1 Nova Police Car from that era. One of the Police Department in my area used them in their fleet. By the way, I have one suggestion, if you can get your hands on an AMT '72 Nova Kit, The rally wheels that were in that kit are a dead ringer for the wheels on your car, and would look much better than the MPC units.

Rex, I knew you had a lot of '71 - '73 Mustangs in your collection waiting to be built, but not that many. I regard you as the expert in those cars. Whay don't you post a picture of your one-to-one Mustangs. You know I want to build one of those. Guess which one?

That build is beautiful!!!!

Absolutely gorgeous!!! I am working on one of those myself, but mine is nowhere as nice as yours.

Harry, I feel your pain. Several years ago, I developed a mysterious headache, which still haunts me to this day. I had several tests over several months, including cat scans. a the dreaded spinal tap. Finally, the neurologist made a suggestion that they make a small incision on the side of my skull, and deal with some of the blood vessels and veins up there. I do not know what they did, but those severe headaches are gone, and I am eternally grateful to the team that worked on me. I have other physical maladies I am dealing with, and not knowing what is going on with you, I wish nothing but the best for you, and I am hopeful that what ever the "fix" is, it can be done swiftly, with as little discomfort to you.

I built the convertible when the kit first came out, and I was quite impressed with it. It went together easily, and as a matter of fact, it is still standing on my shelf proudly after all of these years. I also have a hardtop, which I want to build at a later date.

It looks to me that the model is going to look better than the one-to-one from the TV show. Excellent conversion work.

In my collection, I found a rather decrepit JoHan '69 Road Runner built-up body. It was painted and stripped, and the features are not very sharp. I am thinking about back dating it to a '68, since I have to do a lot of clean-up work to it.

Nice work Bill. Fortunately, I still have an unbuilt JoHan '69 Road Runner, as well as a '69 GTX. You are right concerning the quality of the JoHan pieces compared to the AMT cars. The GTX is an original '69 Annual, and that body is very brittle. As a matter of fact, I took a look at it about a year ago, and found that there was a piece broken from the front fender, that I repaired. I found that the kit was not complete, (missing some of the funny car parts), but I am not angry as I got it rather cheap. I built an AMT '69 GTX hardtop a long time ago, and I am tempted to build this one. I may see if I can get the body cast, so that I can combine it with the AMT Kit's chassis, interior and running gear to make a better '69 GTX. One of my cousins had a boyfriend who had a B-5 Blue one back in '69, that I would love to do.

I can dig it!!!

Bob and Jeff, The headlamps look great. The models are pretty nice too.

I would love to see it!!!!

Very nice work!!!!

Fortunately, the kit headlamps popped right out, an thy were friction fit. I did not like the look of them, so I found some clear lenses that fit into the opening, which I recessed. bare-metaled the openings and the backs of the lenses. I have a '61 Convertible I am restoring along the same lines.

Lookin' good J.C.

Harry, I have tried to shrink it, but the system will not allow me to do it.

I'm in complete agreement with you Harry, and to everyone else here, thanks for the supportive comments, and I feel that Scott is entitled to his opinion, and I am cool with it. From here on out, I will ask permission from the thread starter if I could post an example of one of my builds if they did not ask. I will only do it to enhance the thread at the builder's request, and not to "show up" the builder. Life is too short for petty discussions. I am here for a good time, look at some great model projects, and to get some info on how to better my building efforts. By the way, I am not ready to give up on Dad's Bonneville as my signature.