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As a young teenager, 1961 thru 1967, I was always blown away by the "big" coupes of the day.......the big Pontiac's, Chevy"s, Ford's, Chrysler, Dodge.....etc..... I just loved the long sweeping lines of the bodies and the sleek two door roofs. Today, with the exception of some BMW's, Mercedes and Audi models, you just don't see "big" coupes any more. A number of years ago I dropped a Ferrari 612 roof onto the Chrysler 300, making, if you will, a poor mans Bentley Continental coupe looking car......I loved the look of that car and thought Chrysler could have done well actually building a 2 door coupe based on that look.......but not to be......anyway, Many months ago, HLJ was running a sale on some stale inventory and I picked up a Aoshima curbside model of the Nissan Cima ( in Japan) and one time Infiniti Q45 in the US, Y33. This is a customized, of sorts, kit of the Super VIP car ( custom wheels, lower body cladding rear spoiler, along with a few additional touches.) The other day I came across the kit stashed away in my closet and pulled it out. Looking at it, I thought maybe I could do a mindless, simple build of the car since lately, my head is more wrapped up with the new business........but the thought of a simple build just didn't appeal to me. Then I remembered that while cleaning up my modeling room a bit the other day, I stumbled across a complete untouched body of the Revell 612 Scaglietti in an old parts box. I have a sealed untouched kit of that car which I always intended to build straight up as the 612 ( I saw one a few years ago in dark metallic blue as it slipped past me on the highway, which looked great, so that is how I wanted to do the model) but the spare body was unaccounted for, so I was free to do as I wished with it. The same light that went on in my head many years ago with the Chrysler 300, lite up again.............why not take the larger Infiniti Q45 model, cut off the 4 door roof and replace it with the Ferrari sleek 2 door roof? I can modify the lower body cladding into a 2 door version, drop the car down a bit and give it a nice two tone finish. Why not, indeed. So, here are the two cars prior to the surgery The Infiniti without the body cladding and custom bumpers And the Ferrari body unmolested. And below is the roof of the Ferrari cut out Here the roof is being test fit onto the Infiniti body. I used some styrene strips and Tamiya two part putty ( the light green stuff) to fill the gaps and permanently attach the top to the body. The Studebaker in the background is a Jimmy Flintstone resin salt flat car that I picked up at an NNL east a number of years ago.....I am scratch making the hood, and then the chassis and interior for it for a build down the road a bit. After a little rough sanding, here is the car with its new top. The red line is where the new door will end. front side view And lastly, here is the old 4 door roof over the top of the new 2 door roof, just for comparison. Since the Infiniti is a curbside kit, I think the spare Ferrari V12 engine, just might find its way under the hood of this car.....if it fits, why not?