Pat Minarick Posted March 15, 2018 Posted March 15, 2018 (edited) Built this along time ago ,in the early 90's. Not the best pictures. Plan to build a replica of it one of these days . Pretty sure this is the first model I ever put in a show Edited March 15, 2018 by Pat Minarick
Spex84 Posted May 27, 2018 Posted May 27, 2018 Sweet! That corner-hinged trunk sure is different. I have a project right now that could use something similar, hmm... The Riv definitely has that Pro-Street 80s/90s monochrome smoothie look, too bad there aren't more photos! I'd love to see more of the details. I guess you'll just have to build another one!
cobraman Posted May 27, 2018 Posted May 27, 2018 Was that one ever in a model magazine ? I could swear I saw it before.
Pat Minarick Posted May 29, 2018 Author Posted May 29, 2018 On 5/27/2018 at 6:58 PM, cobraman said: Was that one ever in a model magazine ? I could swear I saw it before. Not that I remember.
Pat Minarick Posted May 29, 2018 Author Posted May 29, 2018 On 5/27/2018 at 6:25 PM, Spex84 said: Sweet! That corner-hinged trunk sure is different. I have a project right now that could use something similar, hmm... The Riv definitely has that Pro-Street 80s/90s monochrome smoothie look, too bad there aren't more photos! I'd love to see more of the details. I guess you'll just have to build another one! Thanks, I plan on building another one , different color and opposite opening doors . The A pillars and rockers being soo thin has kept me from building it . I'm thinking of making a brace to go inside but still let me work on it.
Spex84 Posted May 30, 2018 Posted May 30, 2018 10 hours ago, Pat Minarick said: The A pillars and rockers being soo thin has kept me from building it . I'm building a 'vette custom right now that was going to have a fragile roof, so I reinforced the roof with wire and JB weld, tied it into the B pillars, kind of a cantilever brace. That allowed me to leave the A pillars alone without worrying too much about snapping them, or warping the roof. Maybe a similar technique would work for your project. The only thing I'd do differently a second time 'round would be to pound the wire flat so it would have a lower profile, which would allow a headliner panel to fit and cover it up.
Lunajammer Posted May 30, 2018 Posted May 30, 2018 Wow, what a throw back. Even the film pics add an aire of modeling nostalgia. Love the innovations.
Pat Minarick Posted June 2, 2018 Author Posted June 2, 2018 On 5/30/2018 at 5:11 PM, Lunajammer said: Wow, what a throw back. Even the film pics add an aire of modeling nostalgia. Love the innovations. Wish I still had it !
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