'70 Monte Carlo SS junker

[VW Dave]

My buddy Tom is building a G-gauge railroad layout in his basement, and I've been helping out over the past several years. LGB 'G' is 1:22.5, so it's almost dead-on for what I work in...needless to say, I'm thrilled he likes larger scale trains.

For my main contribution to the layout, I get to make a junkyard; when it's all done, there will be about a dozen derelict vehicles in a space that's roughly 2'x3'. As a little joke, I'm including ratted-out versions of our own cars and those of a few friends. Here's the first of several.

Our buddy Don has a gorgeous '70 Monte:

And here it is, a little smaller....and a lot messier:

His LS6 is minus a pair of aluminum heads and the Corvette 'three deuce' setup, so I figure Don's gonna be a little upset.

All of my current pics of this wreck are at this link:

THE FULL MONTE

Also in the works are junked-up versions of my '68 Meyers Manx, Tom's '74 360 Cuda, and another local friend's '69 Charger 500.

[RodneyBad]

That looks good.

Nice scratches on the windshield.

Samaria (front) wheels on a Chevy

Is that a Turbine Convert in the back ground?

And a Cuda shaker hood scoop..

[RJWood]

Great weathering on the Monte Carlo.

Do you have any pics of the train lay-out?

it looks huge.

[RTK434]

Nice build Dave! I'm a big fan of weathered models and junkers. You do really great work!

[Eshaver]

Dave, in all seriousness I really think that you did your homework on the Chevrolet Monte Carlo. I got to looking at that quarter panel and I said to myself, dang That is exactly where those rides used to get the worst of it too! I even was a recipient of a test product from 3-M that was a patch of sorts for doing large rusted out places . The product cured by setting it out in the sun. Well, , needless to say Houston has plenty of sunlight to share ! Very well done Dave !

Ed Shaver