JTalmage Posted October 7, 2022 Posted October 7, 2022 (edited) Yeah, you read that right. So I had bought an old JoHan 64 Rambler for parts of the 6cyl. It was a pretty wasted and busted glue bomb missing a lot of parts. I couldn't bring myself to throw it away! I needed to build a weird car for a theme in my club, that fit 2 different criteria. Competition Other, and Purple. I knew that I wanted to use a Nascar chassis under something but didn't know what. I tried a few different bodies and wasn't happy with any of the fit. Then I thought, well what about that crappy little Rambler I bought for parts??? The Corner Carving Rambler was born! It's an AMT Pontiac Nascar chassis and drivetrain, and the JoHan '64 Rambler body. It required a certain amount of body work to bring up to a somewhat presentable standard. The vent window was repaired, the rear panel between the trunk and glass had a piece missing completely! the rear taillight panel was broken in several places and poorly repaired the quarter panel had been completely broken off at one time and glued back on. This wasn't actually all that bad but required a little leveling. The cowl was also cracked in two spots as well. So I began my lazy bodywork by using silly putty to take a mold of the panel behind the glass that was broken so I could get the profile. I built up a pile of silly putty and used Bondic to make a replacement panel. with that glued in I began to file and sand on it. After a coat of primer I was nearly done. I worked on it more after this photo but didn't take any more pics. I had no taillights for this thing either. And I wanted it to sorta be a car that would look like it had working headlights and taillights and be street legal. So, what do you do when you need taillights? Borrow one from a mint unbuilt kit and cast them in silly putty and Bondic! My new kitten "Cheddar" always wanted to see what I was doing... I built the chassis and roll cage and got it painted and assembled because I knew I'd have to open up the wheel openings The old JoHan body was pretty brittle but I managed to get thru the wheelhouse carving pretty smoothly. This box of assorted files and flexboards really helped! It was time to get it in color, and my base was a gunmetal gray Tamiya, and I didn't get any good pics of the main body but I painted it Testors Purplicious. Taillights were painted in Tamiya clear acrylic red. I didn't finish in time for the club meeting but I stilled showed up. I still have a lot of work left to do. The last photo is a cropped pic I took of the entire table of purple cars. More to come... eventually. Edited October 7, 2022 by JTalmage Forgot to place a photo 4
JTalmage Posted October 7, 2022 Author Posted October 7, 2022 I just realized I posted this in the wrong sub forum.... my bad.
ea0863 Posted October 7, 2022 Posted October 7, 2022 I LOVE your build! Take two things that don't usually go together, and mash them up anyway - - - great recipe for fun and creativity! Thanks for posting
cobraman Posted October 7, 2022 Posted October 7, 2022 Nice repair work. Also a cool project, hey why not ?
wrenchr Posted October 7, 2022 Posted October 7, 2022 (edited) wow, I have the same rambler kit, I need a body as the driver side A pillar is toast. Edited October 7, 2022 by wrenchr
Joe Handley Posted October 7, 2022 Posted October 7, 2022 That's a great build, gotta love what can be done with that Bondic stuff too!
Ace-Garageguy Posted October 7, 2022 Posted October 7, 2022 Real nice save. One of my favorite things to do in this hobby is rework somebody's bodged mess into a decent model. I really like what you've done here, and appreciate the reminder about the Q&D Silly Putty/Bondic parts replication trick.
Kah puts Posted October 7, 2022 Posted October 7, 2022 That Rambler looks fantastic, we don't see enough AMC models, thanks for sharing.
Oldcarfan27 Posted October 8, 2022 Posted October 8, 2022 That's a glue bomb? I've got unbuilt kits that don't look that good! Keep on rolling.
XYHARRY Posted October 8, 2022 Posted October 8, 2022 That's a cool cat. Oh, and a very cool build. Lol? P.S. I'll be trying that bondic/silly putty trick. Cheers, David. ??
JTalmage Posted October 25, 2022 Author Posted October 25, 2022 I kept suffering paint issue after paint issue with my old can of Testors one coat purplicious. So I had to strip the car. Back to the drawing board, and so much for finishing it by Friday.
bobthehobbyguy Posted October 25, 2022 Posted October 25, 2022 Cool project. Great concept. I think it worth the effort to adjust the roll cage. Everything else looks great.
Dave Van Posted October 25, 2022 Posted October 25, 2022 I am a AMC guy ....so cool project with a rare kit!!! Great tail light process too. And your helper buddy is good lookin!!!! Mine.....watching over display case.
JTalmage Posted October 25, 2022 Author Posted October 25, 2022 31 minutes ago, bobthehobbyguy said: Cool project. Great concept. I think it worth the effort to adjust the roll cage. Everything else looks great. The body will sit a little lower once fully secured.
JTalmage Posted October 27, 2022 Author Posted October 27, 2022 Mishap after mishap with the paint caused me to strip it and start over. So, heres the new colors. Almost there... 2
4 Pulsars Posted October 29, 2022 Posted October 29, 2022 i like your combo build. it looks better in green and black. good cat too. mines a tabby.
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