Monte carlo header panel

[bryan_m]

Hello everyone,

i was wondering if anyone here knows if any resin company makes a conversion kit, to turn the 85 monte carlo ss, into a regular monte?? i have done alot of looking for it, but have had no success............i could scratchbuild one, but i would rather start off with a fresh and correct piece...........

this is the revell/monogram kit i am talking about, in the "street burners" collection........... what i want to do is build "jess pinkmans" car from the show "breaking bad"

any help is appreciated, thank you in advance!

Bryan M

[RadRidesByDan]

  bryan_m said:

Hello everyone,

i was wondering if anyone here knows if any resin company makes a conversion kit, to turn the 85 monte carlo ss, into a regular monte?? i have done alot of looking for it, but have had no success............i could scratchbuild one, but i would rather start off with a fresh and correct piece...........

this is the revell/monogram kit i am talking about, in the "street burners" collection........... what i want to do is build "jess pinkmans" car from the show "breaking bad"

any help is appreciated, thank you in advance!

Bryan M

Here ia a link to a long list of resin companies that may have something

Hope this helps http://www.rocketfin.com/model_car_links.html

Bear

[Abell82]

Chop Shop resin Makes an LS front cover, BUT I am not sure it's what you are looking for or not, as it looks to be more like an 88. I have never seen the show, so I do not know what year you are looking to build. If you web search Monte Carlo LS Resin, you will come up with as much, or more then I could tell you. I have only seen the conversion, a few times.

Here is a pic:

You can purchase it through Scale dreams at Scale dreams

[Dragon7665]

Bryan's looking for the Base Model Monte Header....

Here is the basic Differences

SS front like the Revell/Monogram has

LS front like Chop Shop attempted, but has the wrong Regal/GN/GNX Sealed Beam 2 piece light style, as opposed to the LS' true Single Composite Lamp Assembly(Oddly it is closer to a Base Model setup, but has the wrong bumper trim, and modified 91-96 Caprice Grille)....

'86 Base Model(Earlier models had slight changes, and later Years the Base Model nose was the SS Nose from prior years)....

It almost looks like you could shave the Bumper Trim on Chop Shop's header, and then add a GN/GNX front bumper to correct the look somewhat, then modify the Grill & Opening for your disired look....

[408models]

NOT SURE IF THE LAST PICTURES ABOVE IS THE YEAR YOUR LOOKING FOR BUT I GOT THIS FRONT CLIP FOR THAT STYLE YEAR, I'M JUST WORKING ON A GRILLE NOW

Edited January 7, 2009 by 408models

[408models]

ALSO HERES A SCRATCHBUILT LS CLIP I MADE:

[rollinoldskoo]

  Dragon7665 said:

LS front like Chop Shop attempted, but has the wrong Regal/GN/GNX Sealed Beam 2 piece light style, as opposed to the LS' true Single Composite Lamp Assembly(Oddly it is closer to a Base Model setup, but has the wrong bumper trim, and modified 91-96 Caprice Grille)....

u supply your own lenses for the LS clip.... those are just the reflector buckets.... look beyond the foggy lenses in the LS pics you posted and you will see 2 buckets behind the lenses

[Dragon7665]

  rollinoldskoo said:

u supply your own lenses for the LS clip.... those are just the reflector buckets.... look beyond the foggy lenses in the LS pics you posted and you will see 2 buckets behind the lenses

Every LS Replica I have seen built using that clip, not a single one has had anytype of lenses added to the front(Probably missed a couple, but for the most part I haven't seen any), so I wasn't aware that it was setup that way.... Yes I am aware that there a High and Low Beam Headlamp Buckets behind the Single Composite Lense, I have R&R'd enough of them for Buddies of Mine, and Used to sell them on Flea-Bey & Craigslist..... The way the Buckets are staggered on the First LS Clip, it is easy to tell that they came from the SS Header Panel, thus would cause the single lense to sit out too far on the outside, and would also pitch the inside edge towards the right/left of that side.... 408 actually has the right Idea with having the Buckets seperate from the Header Panel, as it would be easier to come up with a more correct bucket angle, once the lense has been established for them.... The biggest thing most over look, is that the lenses follow the contour of the surrounding lines, so that way they blend with the panel..... better

[Abell82]

So ahhh,....... WHAT YEAR IS THE ONE ON THE SHOW, ANYWAY????????????

[Dragon7665]

  Abell82 said:

So ahhh,....... WHAT YEAR IS THE ONE ON THE SHOW, ANYWAY????????????

'81-86 Base Model Monte Carlo(Want to say it is an '84), te front resembles the third 1:1 scale that I posted......

[rollinoldskoo]

  Dragon7665 said:

Every LS Replica I have seen built using that clip, not a single one has had anytype of lenses added to the front(Probably missed a couple, but for the most part I haven't seen any), so I wasn't aware that it was setup that way.... Yes I am aware that there a High and Low Beam Headlamp Buckets behind the Single Composite Lense, I have R&R'd enough of them for Buddies of Mine, and Used to sell them on Flea-Bey & Craigslist..... The way the Buckets are staggered on the First LS Clip, it is easy to tell that they came from the SS Header Panel, thus would cause the single lense to sit out too far on the outside, and would also pitch the inside edge towards the right/left of that side.... 408 actually has the right Idea with having the Buckets seperate from the Header Panel, as it would be easier to come up with a more correct bucket angle, once the lense has been established for them.... The biggest thing most over look, is that the lenses follow the contour of the surrounding lines, so that way they blend with the panel..... better

http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.p...amp;#entry77037

[george 53]

Bryan, Rick, the owner of "Scale Dreams", is one of our club members and he had that exact same grille conversion at our last meeting for 20 bucks. Try his website, www.scaledreams.com I'm sure he had a couple and only one was sold when I left, so I now he's got a couple more. Try him out, he's a real nice/cool guy!