MPC '71 Impala restoration

[Can-Con]

Restoration of an old built kit. Not the first time this one was rebuilt either.

Just a quickie curbside between more involved projects.

Tamiya metallic red with their clearcoat. Interior is just some light tan I mixed up with Testors bottle paints.

Wheel covers are AMT '70 Impala with AMT whitewalls. Photoetch scripts and inside mirror from the MCG '76 Caprice set.

[hedotwo]

Great build Steve!

[charger74]

It looks very good 

[AMT68]

Excellent work on a rarely seen scale model. Very attractive color combination. 

[michelle]

nice work 

[Bills72sj]

I like it.

[Spottedlaurel]

Very nicely done Steve.

I'd happily run that as a 1:1.

[PappyD340]

Super nice!

[Zippi]

Nice looking restoration.  That Tamiya paint looks slick.  Well done.

[FLHCAHZ]

Really nice!

[Classicgas]

That's beautiful.

[doorsovdoon]

Beautiful, real nice paintjob.

[StevenGuthmiller]

Nice work Steve!

I don't really remember the '71 Chevy looking that good back when they came out in '71.

Probably because most of them that I remember seeing were in some of the most God awful, earth tone colors imaginable.

 

 

 

 

Steve

[Bucky]

Very sharp Chevy. Great color combination. Is it just me, or does the front of a '71 Chevy have a Cadillac look to it?

[Can-Con]

Thanks everyone. ?

Yea, that Tamiya metallic red does look good. I stole the color combo from another member who did his '71 in the same colors last year. 

Steve, yes, they did seem to all be in browns and beiges. IIRC, one of my uncles had a really nice '71 but it was the worst metallic brown.

Keith, Yea, there's definitely some strong GM genes there. Reminds me of a '69/'70 Eldorado. 

[Kah puts]

Well sir, that looks better than the real thing, gorgeous. 

[John Goschke]

Beautiful job, Steve!  Love the color. Superb work foiling those delicate moldings, especially around the side widows.

[RAMBENNA]

very nice job looks great

[Sixties Sam]

Great build! The color is perfect!

Sam

[slusher]

Absolutely beautiful Chevy!!

[eastown]

Great work , looks perfect.

Bob

[ewetwo]

That is really nice.

 

[carrucha]

Cool Impala.  Nice body color.

[bisc63]

Very nice! Excellent foil details, especially the Impala scripts. That Tamiya metallic red is such a nice color for the big Chevies.

[Kodiak Island Modeler]

I love it.