1970 Olds Rallye 350

[jangus]

Somewhere in this mess are all the parts to glue this sucker together. Decals will be Fred Cady, unless they go poorly at which point I'll get some Keith Marks.

Body, glass and bumpers are Johan. Chassis, engine and possibly some of the interior are AMT '69 442. OAI air cleaner is '72 Revell Hurst Olds, hood is Modelhaus, with wheels from my stash (Scale Equipment LTD.)

Still trying to decide if I'm going to go full "StevenGuthmiller" on the interior.

 

 

[StevenGuthmiller]

24 minutes ago, jangus said:

Somewhere in this mess are all the parts to glue this sucker together. Decals will be Fred Cady, unless they go poorly at which point I'll get some Keith Marks.

Body, glass and bumpers are Johan. Chassis, engine and possibly some of the interior are AMT '69 442. OAI air cleaner is '72 Revell Hurst Olds, hood is Modelhaus, with wheels from my stash (Scale Equipment LTD.)

Still trying to decide if I'm going to go full "StevenGuthmiller" on the interior.

Go for it!!

You can look at it this way.

If it doesn't go as planned, the MPC/AMT '69 interior is not hard to replace.

 

 

 

Steve

[jangus]

1 minute ago, StevenGuthmiller said:

Go for it!!

You can look at it this way.

If it doesn't go as planned, the MPC/AMT '69 interior is not hard to replace.

 

 

 

Steve

True enough, but I still have to cut the Johan tub up to get the seats and console. At least the upholstery pattern on the Johan tub is close enough.

[StevenGuthmiller]

6 minutes ago, jangus said:

True enough, but I still have to cut the Johan tub up to get the seats and console. At least the upholstery pattern on the Johan tub is close enough.

Very true.

That is the most daunting part of the transformation.

But, all it takes is time and patience.

 

 

 

 

Steve

[AMT68]

This will be an interesting one because I don't ever recall seeing a Rallye 350 scale model. 

[Snake45]

I too have managed to round up all the stuff I need to build one of these, just haven't gotten around to it yet. I'll be following your build closely, especially what you use for the yellow paint. Good luck and drive on! 

[TransAmMike]

Do it up right and it will be a unique build.  Good luck John.  Don't know if you saw my '71 Cutlass build last month, it's a similar car.

[thomascoffey1959@gmail.com]

I'll be trying to keep up with this build. That JH 70 Olds is on my wish list .

[TransAmMike]

1 hour ago, thomascoffey1959@gmail.com said:

I'll be trying to keep up with this build. That JH 70 Olds is on my wish list .

Just so you know, the Johan kit is not a very good model, but with some work it comes out OK.

[jangus]

On 2/19/2021 at 7:37 PM, TransAmMike said:

Just so you know, the Johan kit is not a very good model, but with some work it comes out OK.

Yes, certain aspects of the kit are awful, but it's the only game in town for a '70 Cutlass/442. Once you replace everything except for the body/glass/bumpers it's acceptable, LOL.

 

[jangus]

The engine compartment work involved removing the radiator top support and inner fender lips and transplanting them into the Johan body. I did not swap over the cowl panel. Perhaps I should've, but I can always add the missing wiper arm detail.

Removed the 442 grilles for the bumper. I'll find some suitable mesh material, or cut down the custom inserts from the Johan kit and put them in.

Removed the molded in exhaust tips from the rear bumper. The fact that the bumpers get painted Sebring yellow makes the work less touchy. I used the worst looking set of bumper I had for this specifically because they get painted.

[jangus]

The Modelhaus hood needs some adjustments, and a small amount of material added to the bottom of the tongue. I may purchase the FabResin Works unit and see if it's any better.

Pulled out an old MPB Detail Products hood and stole the underhood bracing from it to use on this project.

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And finally, it was time to start chopping up the Johan interior tub in preparation for "correcting" some of it.

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Edited February 21, 2021 by jangus

[TransAmMike]

Well you're dong a whole lot of work on that one John. 

[bisc63]

Interesting build, so I'm following along. Cool car!

[Bills72sj]

Following. I will be good to know the pitfalls of this kit.

[jangus]

Interior and chassis progress.

Finished trimming the seats out of the tub. Console was sacrificed, but will be replaced with the stick shift console from the Revell '72 Cutlass. Started grafting the seat backs from the '69 AMT kit to the Johan seat body/bases. Things were glued/unglued several times.

Back seat was removed and trimmed up. The tub locating loops at the back were retained.

Then the back seat was removed from the AMT tub, the side panels trimmed, and the Johan back seat was temporarily super glued in place.

Once I get the dashboard position correctly set, the side panels will be cut out and properly dressed. Then the front seats need to be finished and trimmed out, and the base of the Revell console re profiled to fit the AMT tub.

 

Glass and interior placed in the body shell and chassis plate added to check and correct, if needed (it was), the wheel placement in the wheel wells. No major corrections, just nips an tucks here and there to shift the interior and chassis plate into proper placement and alignment.

[swede70]

Looking very nice indeed, anticipating further progress for the topic is a favorite one.  Thanks for sharing...

Mike K./Swede70

[TransAmMike]

On 2/20/2021 at 7:56 PM, jangus said:

Yes, certain aspects of the kit are awful, but it's the only game in town for a '70 Cutlass/442. Once you replace everything except for the body/glass/bumpers it's acceptable, LOL.

 

Are you still, working on the Rallaye 350 John? 

[jangus]

On 6/4/2021 at 6:48 AM, TransAmMike said:

Are you still, working on the Rallaye 350 John? 

Yep, interior is giving me fits. It may involve a step back and a regroup on that. All else is progressing as time allows.