Mr. Metallic

Pretty sure that is the part number. You can see others on the underside as well Anyway, thank you for taking us along on your ride. I have this kit in my stash, but I don't plan to build it as Herbie. But knowing the assembly issues ahead of time is a great help.

The custom parts are from the 64 chevelle wagon, which was modified into the 65 wagon. When they did that they changed the custom parts and deleted the inline 6 too. The 65 is still issued to this day.

I love mid-60's GM styling. I had been after a 64 Malibu for quite some time and finally got one in a trade with my friend Chuck Darnell. This is what I started with. Despite the brushed on house paint (including on the tires ? ) I was excited to have one to work with. This was about 5 years ago, well before Round2 announced they were retooling the kit. I tried stripping the paint with several different methods (Super Clean, 91% Alcohol, Citrus Strip, over cleaner, and lastly Easy Lift Off) Here is where I finally gave up. The black paint that is left is pretty much part of the plastic. Good enough. Once I got it stripped down I was able to evaluate what I had. A good body, with one of the vent window posts missing. However I did not have a rear bumper, so after a fruitless search I started formulating an alternative plan. After seeing a builtup survivor of a 64 Malibu wagon with the custom parts on it I decided to try to track down those parts, including the straight 6 engine. Around the time that Round2 announced their new 64 Mailbu sedan is when I got the wagon custom parts on eBay. I recently decided I should probably try to get this finished before the new kit hits the shelves, so here we go. The 64 Mailbu is a curbside, so in order to add the engine I was going to have to cut open the hood. Easy peasy. But that meant I would also have to add a firewall and radiator support. Thankfully my friend John Berry had a spare 65 wagon body that I was able to secure those items from. Let the cutting begin. To begin I cut away the Malibu hood. Then I cut away the glued in firewall and the molded in rad support from the donor wagon. The firewall was very straightforward to fit, only having to trim away the mounting tabs from the front of the interior tub. The core support required a bit more work, but nothing crazy. I just had to add a flange to the sides made from Evergreen to attach it to the body. And here's the trial fit. Rolled pan is attached and the grille slides right into place. Off to a strong start. This is being built like a person in the mid 60's got their hands on both 64 kits and wanted to build a "full detail" sedan. So the detail level will be equivalent to that. Next up is finding wheels/tires and beginning bodywork.

Well, the doors at NNL East should be open. Don’t keep us all waiting ?

Haven't been around here as much as usual lately, so I just stumbled on this one @Bullybeef. Glad i found it, very nice build. Great parts combo.

You definitely pulled off the subtly worn daily driver look. Only those that are very familiar with the Revell 32 series can probably tell all the changes you've made, and all to great effect. Well done.

Man, this may be one of the cleanest builds I've seen of this kit so far, and I've seen a lot. Love the color you chose and the luster it has.

Excellent builds as always @tim boyd. Can you reveal the source(s) for the cross ram manifolds in these two? Always looking for alternative intakes for the ubiquitous SBF included in the Revell 32 series.

It's sounds like it going to be pretty tough looking. I'll be following

It doesn't look like he's been here since 2019. I'll tag him for you. But your best hope is that somebody that knows him reaches out to him. @MGL But thanks for brining this one back up. I missed it when it was new. Such a cool build.

Man oh man, this came out great. I followed along with the build, thanks for taking us along for the ride. That color is so cool, and the sheen just sets it off. It's becoming your signature.

i clicked in expecting a standard build of this kit because you don't see them much anymore. But then I got to the engine, YOWZAH. You subverted my expectations. Cool build. I've seen that motor before on Jays page, but how did you do the Lincoln valve covers?

Very cool. I saw a build of this kit awhile back on Facebook and fell in love because the body style was so unique. I eventually found that kit so I'll be building one myself. Your build shows what a little care can do with this kit to turn in into something special.

Slippery paint job, great color choice.

Stunning build. great color choice. Your build shows what can be done by parts swapping with this classic Monogram kit. @alan barton check it out!

Very clean build and great color choice. Well done.

Such a cool and unique build. I've commented on it on Instagram and actually shared it as my daily featured pic. I'm not a big fan of that Tom Daniel design, but you took it and made it so much cooler, and then the flattie V-12 to top it off is just awesome!

Great color choice. Nice clean build. Well done.

Incredibly cool concept, and great build as always. Thanks for sharing.

Nice paint work, very clean build. Well done.

No, Brians in Dekalb. Not so local ? Majors is my LHS, it's only 20 minutes away. I'm sure they will have some soon.

Clean build of a classic kit. Nice to see it done in the blue instead of the more common metallic red or bright red.

Nice clean build. Classy styling and great color choice.

That tub is sweet. Are those the headers from the Pie Wagon?

In regards to Revell kits engineered in the mid-60's, in particular their hot rods, in my opinion it's not a matter of quality control. Speaking as a person that does quality control for a living, their kits were designed with a breakdown of parts to elevate the level of scale fidelity of the parts that as a results makes many of them small and fiddly. As a result it can be challenging to get them assembled cleanly. Gerald, your build came out great. Thanks for sharing!