exnyman

Looking good! The perfect color for a 64!

Absolutely beautiful! Very clean and I love the color combination. I’ve always liked the Cutlass best out of the 64 GM A bodies. This brings back memories as I had a 65 Impala in this color scheme, back in the late 70’s. It had whitewall tires but had a very thin red pin stripe on the mid body line.

Wow! That looks fantastic! The detailing and improvements just really make it a standout. You’ve inspired me to do this to mine. My Dad brought one of these home for me when he special ordered a brand new 74 Impala in this same color. In December of 74 I started driving and learned how to drive on that 74 Impala. I remember being really nervous at first because the car was only 6 months old. My Dad had a few custom touches done to his Impala. That triangular rear side window was done as an opera window with a half vinyl top. He also had the dealer install an electric sliding sunroof. It was his last brand new car so he went all out. I always liked the aqua blue, and liked the promo in that color.

Really nice! Did the body print out fairly smooth, or did you have to do a lot of sanding?

Fantastic work! Nice to see another one saved!

Fantastic looking Nova! You nailed it right down to the body color Rally Wheels! I worked for Avis Used Car division when these were new. Whenever we got a car on the lot from the fleet that was this color green, the salespeople would get upset, because they didn’t sell well. It seemed at the time it wasn’t too popular a color. We had a 79 Nova this color on the lot for months before it sold. There was a Grand Prix the same color that took even longer to sell. Personally, I like green so I couldn’t understand why it wasn’t popular.

I had the Pro Stock kit with the 75 Grille back when it was a current kit. Don’t know what ever happened to it but a few months ago there was one on EBay that I bought. It was built as a curbside promo type build. I had to get it as I want to build a model of the 75 my father had years ago. Here’s a picture of the grille.

I’ve always liked this body style and green is my favorite color. This looks absolutely beautiful. You really got all the details perfectly!

The photo is from the 65 sales brochure. Here’s the next page. I owned a 65 SS convertible from 1979-2003 and it had never had the grille changed from accident damage. It had the vertical bars blacked out. I like the choice of color on your model, it really accentuates the sleek lines of the car.

An absolutely beautiful build of a beautiful car. By the way, the blacked out vertical grille bars are also correct for 65 Impala SS models and 65 Caprices.

I’m amazed at how smooth your printed bodies turn out. I tried dabbling with 3D printing a number of years ago. My focus was on 1/64 scale cars. A few turned out ok, lots of print lines which needed to be filled. My very first print was of a 69 Buick Wildcat that looked it had driven through a bowl of spaghetti. I didn’t know about adding supports to the file at that point. I’d love to try my hand at it again but I think the printer I have isn’t the best and since it’s old now, a new one would do better. This may sound like a dumb question but, I see your supports are step ups so the print comes out on an angle. Is this to fit it on the print plate? Or is it more for extra support? I always did mine on a level base of supports but again, I was only printing in 1/64 scale.

Definitely agree on this. The other thing that looks off to me is the rear side marker light. It looks like it’s too low on the quarter panel. The roof looks pretty spot on to me when comparing it to the one which resides in my garage.

Looking good! I owned two 95 Berettas, one black V6 and a Raspberry Metallic 4. Both good cars, seems like not too many people remember them though.

If you are going to try to build a 100% accurate stock version of a 69 SS 396, there are some issues with the 1991 issue of the kit. First, the lower chrome trim that extends from behind the headlamps to the rear bumper is incorrect for a 69 Ss, but correct for a 68. This trim is correct for a 69 Malibu, however. The front side marker light is also incorrect, it is too large and in the wrong place…it is actually correct for a 6 cylinder 68 Chevelle. The rear taillights and tail panel leave a lot to be desired in the accuracy department as well, and all of these criticisms are true of the current convertible re-release. It is a simple tool, in comparison with newer kits but with work and patience, can look pretty nice.

I'm completely in awe of the talent you possess! This is incredibly faithful to the 1:1 and it is not even finished! Exceptional work!!!