[54 Pontiac Bonneville Special.]

43 minutes ago, customline said:

I think bubble packaging might yield something.  Hit a few stores that sell stuff like small toys and household items. I have my wife trained to show me every item with clear flat and bubble packaging that enters the house. It's stuff you throw away, see it in a new light 🤓. You probably know this. I would just throw a windshield on it 😎

I have my wife bringing different types of plastic containers from the grocery store. So far nothing has worked out. If all else fails I may have to go a different route on the canopy. I have a few futura canopies left. Lol

[54 Pontiac Bonneville Special.]

3 hours ago, Rattlecan Dan said:

Lots going on there. Some good looking starts to things. I will soon be trying to shape some windows. I'm going to try clear styrene in hot water, to shape.

 

1 hour ago, Rattlecan Dan said:

Found some clear vinyl baseball card envelopes, soft and pliable. Might give that a try.

Thanks for your comments. I may have to try the baseball cards. Everything else I’ve tried doesn’t seem to work. 

[AMT Sock-it-to-Me Corvette MSP: Gasser Suspension Dynamics 101, Jan. 29]

Wow that’s a lot of work on this but the outcome will be worth it. Hope to see you get this one done. 

[54 Pontiac Bonneville Special.]

3 hours ago, espo said:

Major plastic surgery going on here. 

Definitely a lot of work done to this, hopefully I can get it done. 

[54 Pontiac Bonneville Special.]

4 hours ago, camaro69 said:

Hey John, still a rough shape but this is custom work. Wow!

Thanks. Finished with the mods on the body just have to do some filling in here and there. 

[54 Pontiac Bonneville Special.]

5 hours ago, DumpyDan said:

Wow that is amazing work, I wonder if you have tried to make a wooden buck and then heat plastic over the buck then trim.  Just a thought.  Would love to see this finished, keep it up!

I have a buck for it. i really don’t know why this one is so hard to make a canopy for. Hopefully I can make one soon. 

[Monogram Corvette C4 Roadster (Geiger Widebody style)]

Excellent work. Definitely watching this one. 

[54 Pontiac Bonneville Special.]

This is one I started about 13 years ago but could never get the canopy right so in storage it went. Amt 53 corvette that I moved the interior back and did major surgery to the body (there’s just too much to list). Semi scratched built frame  ,made front spindles, exhaust made from round tubing. I resin cast a Mercedes straight 8, scratched built brackets and exhaust and intake manifold. I have most everything needed to get it done but have been unable  to get the canopy right. I have tried to vacuum form it with different thickness of clear plastic but all have tuned into a disaster. Any help on what to do for the canopy would be appreciated. I included a picture of the real car. Thanks for looking

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Restoration of two Monogram 1932 Ford Sport Coupes]

Wow. That’s a lot of work but it looks like it paid off. 

[Custom 53 Corvette]

Started life as an AMT 53 corvette that was missing a lot of pieces. Started by moving interior back 1/2 inch and redoing the door lines. Molded in front and rear lower body panels. Of course I had to add the futura canopy to  the top. Peaked the front fenders and added fins to the rear quarters. Used tubing for the rear lights, and exited the exhaust out the sides. Most of the frame was broken into pieces so i added a nascar front suspension and used plastic sheet and flat stock to connect everything together. Motor is from a camaro. I made exhaust manifolds, exhaust pipes, and mufflers. 

[1956 Chevy Del Ray]

Looking good. 

[Custom Futura]

Made 2 different grills. Which do you prefer. 

[Custom Futura]

On 9/1/2023 at 9:26 AM, ea0863 said:

You could leave it exactly as it is, and I would still LOVE it! What a great silhouette it has. 👏 

It’s gotta have paint!! Thanks for your comment 

[Custom Futura]

On 9/1/2023 at 9:06 AM, MeatMan said:

Interesting and wild departure from the original!

Thanks. I like to be different. 

[My take on the most famous ‘55 gasser street machine’…]

Excellent work on the graphics. 

[Revell 1968 (1971) Corvette for my Aunt and Uncle]

That came out nice. 

[Custom 57 Corvette]

9 hours ago, Kenmojr said:

Being a C1 owner and big fan of early solid axle Corvettes, I am super impressed with your efforts. Excellent stuff...

This is the other vette. It’s a 53 that was another kit that was missing half the parts. But I have several futura canopies so I thought I would use them. I will post this one with in a couple days. 

[1955 Chevy Nomad]

2 hours ago, Zippi said:

Thanks man.  Yeah, I dodged a bullet on the paint.

Yes you did. But it turned out great. 

[Custom 57 Corvette]

5 hours ago, Kenmojr said:

Being a C1 owner and big fan of early solid axle Corvettes, I am super impressed with your efforts. Excellent stuff...

I do have another c1 in the works very similar to this. I will post some pictures soon. Thanks for the comment. 

[Custom 57 Corvette]

On 8/31/2023 at 11:05 AM, Rattlecan Dan said:

The dual canopies give it a mini batmobile look. I'm liking it.

The canopy is taken from the futura. 

[Custom 57 Corvette]

11 hours ago, NOBLNG said:

Interesting project, and nice work so far on the suspension and exhaust.👍 I’ll tag along.🙂

Thanks. I’m trying 

[Saving a butchered 32…]

I really need to learn how to 3d print. 

[1955 Chevy Nomad]

Wow. That’s looking really good. Nice save on the paint. 

[1966 Olds 442 Hardtop]

Very good. Nice and clean 

[Custom 57 Corvette]

Update. Here is the frame for the vette. Made exhaust out of plastic rod. Will have to tweak just a bit more for clearance for the rear axle housing. Since the original front spindles and rear leaf springs were missing I had to make new ones. Also made some brake drums. More to come.