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Ok this is another older build of mine. This is my version of a 1968 Pontiac Banshee. I took the best parts of Revell's 68 Corvette and Lindbergs 63 Cougar ll. I grafted the center section of the Cougar to the Corvette. Filled in the fender vents and reshaped front and rear fenders to match the Cougar sections. I molded in the front lower valance of the cougar to the vette. Tail lights are from a 69 Camaro. I also molded a GTO hood scoop to the hood. Scratch built rear bumper and rocker moldings. The interior is made from the front half of the cougar and the rear section of the vette.Seats are narrowed vette seats. Door panels are scratch built. Chassis is from the Corvette with a modified ride height and relocated gas tank. Engine is from Revell's 66 GTO. Scratch built brackets for the alternator and power steering. Also scratch built air cleaner. Paint is Tamiya Mica Silver. This one also has the mysterious hood that will not close. Enjoy the pictures..

Here is a couple of pictures for you. look ma no wheels lol.. And a couple of close ups of the hub less wheels..

Thanks everyone for the comments. I really appreciate them...

I built it using the cab from a 40 Ford cab and the Chrysler Atlantic concept car.

Thanks to everyone for the comments.

Welcome aboard. Glad to have you here.

Welcome aboard. Glad to have you here.

Welcome aboard. Glad to have you here.

Welcome to one of the best forums around. hope to see some of your builds here sometime..

Last ones..

Some more pictures..

Here is another past build of mine. This t-bird was built as a retro custom as it might appear years in the future. My idea was for this build was to make a vehicle that could do 200+ mph and still get 50 mpg. So all body panels would be made of a light weight composite, the chassis would also be lightweight. It would have a lexan glass top. As many of you guessd it is a 63 t-bird with a pontiac banshee top grafted to it, doors where shaped like the banshee doors and reversed swing up style. hood was glued in place and new hood opening cut out. headlights are now flip up style. Banshee rear pan grafted to backend of t-bird and also another rear pan was put on the front of the car. Both front fenders and rear quarters were reshaped or extended with sheet plastic. Banshee interior was modified to a two seater. Instrument panel was converted to appears as a digital touch screen. I put a headliner in it with seatbelts attachments and domelights. complete chassis and drive train are taken from the shelby series 1, I had to extend and widen chassis to fit t-bird body. Wheels are aluminum sleeves from Pegasus hobbies. Scratchbuilt drive components and brake systems. I could go on but lets get on to the pictures. Enjoy.

Last ones.. These are a couple of pictures before I put paint on it, some of the details are hard to see on the black.

More pictures...

This is another older build of mine, its a 1940 Chrysler Truck made with parts from Monograms 1940 Ford truck and AMT's Chrysler Atlantic concept car and just a little bit of scratch building. The 40 cab was chopped and sectioned, then the front of the Atlantic was grafted on. The bed was made from adding the back section of the Atlantic to the ford bed. Dash ,seats, and console are from the Atlantic. The rest of interior is scratch built. I used the frame of the 40 ford and added front and rear frame rails from a nascar kit. I resin cast the straight 8 from the 1935 Mercedes 500k Johan kit. Scratch built air cleaner, engine pulleys, valve cover and turbo unit. Enjoy..

Sure already have 4 another one on the way, whats one more gonna hurt!!!!!!!!!!!

Here is a couple more shots of the Chevelle. You can see the design better in these. This is before the final wet coats were applied.

This is the Chevelle. Painted the base coat with Testors Diamond Dust. I then used the smoking sprue to get the marble effect,Then I used Tamiya clear blue and top it off with some clear. The blue will only be the SS stripes when complete. I masked off the for the checker board same as I did on the Impala then cut out each square before I shot this with Tamiya light blue metallic then some clear blue then some clear to top it all off. Sanded an polished before I masked off for the stripes and the flames on the rear quarters and shot the whole thing with the Tamiya Light Blue again..

Hey Jon was unable to find the original post on these but I did locate a few in progress shots of the Impala and the Chevelle Here is a few on the Impala. first I tried some lace on the hood, roof and trunk, painted this with the purple ,then I thinned down some of this paint with some clear and shot this on with an airbrush, then I added a checkered pattern to the quarter panel again using the same paint as before, the added some flames with the pink.

very nicely done, congrats on your win...

Thanks for your comment. I will post some in progress photos as soon as I can, but I might be able to post a link to the builds, they should be here somewhere. Also what is that car in your avatar profile..

Last but not least is a Tbird I built for my oldest grand daughter, she was into Monster High when I built this, but she still has it proudly displayed in her room for all to see.

Here we have a Corvette for my Grand son. Built out of box with newer Corvette wheels added, but again I used the same paint process as before, did not want one to be jealous if the other.

Next we have a 1970 Chevelle that I put a 2006 Camaro top on and also used the Camaro interior. Again I used the same paint technique as the Impala. And I have in progress shots if needed.

Ok here are a few build I have built for my grandkids a few years ago I hop you enjoy them. Thanks for looking.. Fist up I have an Impala SS that I converted into a two door. This was my first multi layer paint job but I think it came out ok. I do have a few in progress pictures if interested.