1/25 AMT 1965 Pontiac Bonneville Sport Coupe

[Claude Thibodeau]

15 hours ago, Snake45 said:

I decided to see how long it would take before someone mentioned it. As it turns out, over a month! 

Hi Snake!

I guess it shows all active members of the "Bonneville Defense League" were missing in action...

CT 

[Motor City]

Maybe it was a subtle hint to buy a GP instead of the Bonneville? 

[steveracer]

Here is a simple fix on the left DLO. 
 

 

[Motor City]

Steve,

How did you get the correct contour on the window opening?  Is that Evergreen strip you used to recreate the drip rail?

On 12/2/2021 at 10:36 PM, steveracer said:

Here is a simple fix on the left DLO. 
 

 

 

 

 

[Mark]

The window opening can be traced from the passenger side, and the pattern used to replace the rain gutter on the driver's side.  After that is done, the excess material can be trimmed out.  I did the same thing in another thread relating to the 2+2 issue of this kit.

[steveracer]

It was pretty simple and only about an hour at most to make the shape.

1. I traced the passenger side window opening onto tape. 
2. Created a template.
3. Placed the template on the driver side opening.
4. Sprayed a dust trace coat of black primer.
5. Removed material to create the more accurate shape.  No material added.
6. Created a rain rail from the smallest evergreen rod - which is .5mm

I may rain rail the passenger side too, as it looks more accurate for depth and dimension, but we will see how lazy I can be.  This will be just a box stock build, nothing fancy.

 

[TransAmMike]

Excellent work Steve, something I would never try but you sure nailed that!!👌

[Mark]

Why not try it, on a junker body at least?  You can probably do it, you just don't know you can just yet.

[Motor City]

On 12/5/2021 at 9:13 PM, Mark said:

The window opening can be traced from the passenger side, and the pattern used to replace the rain gutter on the driver's side.  After that is done, the excess material can be trimmed out.  I did the same thing in another thread relating to the 2+2 issue of this kit.

thanks, Mark; i looked under the other Bonneville thread instead of the one for the 2+2; I knew I had seen an explanation before; it went into great detail

[Motor City]

On 12/7/2021 at 11:31 AM, steveracer said:

It was pretty simple and only about an hour at most to make the shape.

1. I traced the passenger side window opening onto tape. 
2. Created a template.
3. Placed the template on the driver side opening.
4. Sprayed a dust trace coat of black primer.
5. Removed material to create the more accurate shape.  No material added.
6. Created a rain rail from the smallest evergreen rod - which is .5mm

I may rain rail the passenger side too, as it looks more accurate for depth and dimension, but we will see how lazy I can be.  This will be just a box stock build, nothing fancy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for the great step-by-step directions, Steve!  I'll have to buy one of these.

Edited December 9, 2021 by Motor City

[rrb124@sbcglobal.net]

Would be so very good if the scale model body had been produced with the 421 emblems on the fenders depicting the popular and powerful 421 engine option!

[SteveG]

On 12/13/2021 at 12:19 PM, rrb124@sbcglobal.net said:

Would be so very good if the scale model body had been produced with the 421 emblems on the fenders depicting the popular and powerful 421 engine option!

Well, they did add the 421 badges to the decal sheet in the newest release plus some other goodies.  here's a close-up pic.

Here's the full decal sheet 

[rrb124@sbcglobal.net]

On 12/18/2021 at 3:53 PM, SteveG said:

Well, they did add the 421 badges to the decal sheet in the newest release plus some other goodies.  here's a close-up pic.

Here's the full decal sheet 

 

[rrb124@sbcglobal.net]

Just now, rrb124@sbcglobal.net said:

 

My gosh. That's really good 👍 Thanks.

[steveracer]

Finished the model yesterday.

 

[rrb124@sbcglobal.net]

Looking like a real 1:1 Bonneville. The wheels are perfect. 8 lug wheels are complex. Used to see these in the neighborhood when I was growing up.