eleanor_350 Posted December 9, 2016 Posted December 9, 2016 (edited) While I've visited this site on a regular basis for a couple of years, I've never posted before. There have been a few late 60's Torinos posted recently that motivated me to finally share one of builds. I built this 68 Fairlane to replicate my dad's 1:1 as close as possible. My skills are nowhere near what I see on here but it came out pretty good for the shelf. Here are the highlights: Body: The body started as a resin 68 Torino. I removed the Torino emblems which was quite a challenge on the grill and trunk while retaining the trim underneath. The cobra fender emblems were scavenged from a 68 Shelby Mustang. I almost forgot...the grill and bumper are molded together on this kit. I felt that the grill stuck out too far and needed to be recessed back under the hood more. I cut the bumper and grill apart, careful to not damage any visible chrome. That allowed me to set the grill back further under the hood. I also made a gravel pan from styrene to fill in the gap between the grill and bumper. That got painted body color. Chassis: The chassis is from an amt 66 Fairlane. Other than moving the rear axle forward just a bit, it was almost a direct swap. Wheels: The wheels were a lot of work since I'm unaware of any kit wheel that closely replicates the wheels on the real car. I wanted to replicate 17" Cragar Eliminators. I used the faces monogram 65 shelby mustang wheels and fitted them to larger, deeper rims from the parts box that looked about 17" to me. Tires are from the parts box. Engine: The engine came from the amt 67 mustang. My dad's car has a 351 Windsor which is slightly taller than a 289 so I added some shims under the heads to effectively give a taller deck height and make it look a little bigger like the 351. Interior: I cut the floor out of the interior tub since the top of the 67 Fairlane chassis is the floorboard in that kit. That allowed me to eliminate the console since my dad's car doesn't have one. Steering wheel was borrowed from an amt 67 shelby mustang. Seats are from the am 69 cobra since they had headrests to further replicate the real car. And now for the pictures. Hope you like it. Just added a picture of the 1:1 car that I replicated. Edited December 9, 2016 by eleanor_350
Dodge Driver Posted December 9, 2016 Posted December 9, 2016 Very well done and unique! Nice attention to detail. The wheels and tires are totally cool!
shoopdog Posted December 9, 2016 Posted December 9, 2016 Great build. I would love to have the model and the 1:1 car. Looks great!
DumpyDan Posted December 9, 2016 Posted December 9, 2016 Well done, what do you mean your building is not up to par. This is a great looking model detailing is very good and the wheels are well out of sight. What rims do you thing they are off of they are so good looking. Nice work Jonathan, post more.
espo Posted December 9, 2016 Posted December 9, 2016 Great looking build. Your Dad should enjoy that.
eleanor_350 Posted December 9, 2016 Author Posted December 9, 2016 Well done, what do you mean your building is not up to par. This is a great looking model detailing is very good and the wheels are well out of sight. What rims do you thing they are off of they are so good looking. Nice work Jonathan, post more.Thanks everyone for the kind words. I tried to push my painting skills on this one and it fought me every step of the way. I painted it three times before I finally got a decent finish. There are still some flaws here and there that don't show up in pictures but I finally decided to leave well enough alone.I think the rims are from some Cragar SS's that came in a Monogram early 80's El Camino kit. The wheels were a lot of work but I was pleased with the outcome on them. They're not exact to the 1:1 but they're about as close as I could come up with in kit form. I added a picture of the real car to my original post for comparison.
Lowlife ! ! Posted December 9, 2016 Posted December 9, 2016 Your skills are just as good as I've seen on here Jonathan, looks great to me ! Bet your Dad was well pleased with this, tell him he's got a lovely car too ! Looking forward to more of your builds now !
RAMBENNA Posted December 9, 2016 Posted December 9, 2016 awesome build, looks great to me you nailed the look of the 1:1 car
Fanof69 Posted December 9, 2016 Posted December 9, 2016 You really captured the look of the 1:1 Jonathan!! Your skills look pretty darn good to me and I hope to see more of your builds in the future.
Robberbaron Posted December 10, 2016 Posted December 10, 2016 REALLY like this one! Great build of a sweet car that's seldom seen in 1:1, much less in scale. You and your dad can be proud of these.
6bblbird Posted December 10, 2016 Posted December 10, 2016 Well done! You did a good job trying to re-create those wheels.WF
bogger44 Posted December 11, 2016 Posted December 11, 2016 REALLY like this one! Great build of a sweet car that's seldom seen in 1:1, much less in scale. You and your dad can be proud of these. X2.....Jonathan, that is awesome! I'd say your building skills are pretty darn good, I'd love to see more of your builds!
mk11 Posted December 11, 2016 Posted December 11, 2016 Good thinking on this one; nice clean build mike
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