ea0863 Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 (edited) Hello All. Not too long ago I bought a couple of Hawk Monte Carlo toy car kits. You can only really call them "toys" because they are only a rubber band powered car. Having said that, they had a very interesting Exner-like body shape, and I thought someday I might turn one of them into a proper build (the second one was kind of hacked up and purchased pretty much just for parts). Then, I ran across the beautiful build of this car by our member @Joe Lange, and I was hooked! I knew mine wouldn't come out as nice as his, but I loved his adaptation of the Moebius Chrysler 300 drivetrain and chassis to his project, and decided to give it a go the same way. His WIP on this mashup was a huge help, so thank you Joe! First up was the Hawk body which was shortened by removing 5mm cross sections ahead of the windshield and behind the rear window. My idea was to more closely approximate the proportions of Ghia bodied Chrysler concepts of the 50's and 60's, such as the one pictured below. I also went with similar colors and tire/rim choices. By shortening the Chrysler 300 chassis, dropping the roof line, recontouring the engine compartment, and borrowing interior parts for the Monte Carlo tub, I have what strikes me as a good representation of what a concept from that period would have looked like. Without further ado, here is my 1960' ish Chrysler Monte Carlo. I hope you enjoy: And because this car looks just as nice as a convertible, it was built as a removable hard top. Now I just need to decide what to do with a hacked up Hawk Monte Carlo and Moebius Chrysler 300 body... Edited April 14 by ea0863 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoMoCo66 Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 Awesome build. The body lines on this car are so smooth. Man if only cars these days looked like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ea0863 Posted April 13 Author Share Posted April 13 1 minute ago, FoMoCo66 said: Awesome build. The body lines on this car are so smooth. Man if only cars these days looked like this. I hear Tesla is going to make one just like this... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoMoCo66 Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 4 minutes ago, ea0863 said: I hear Tesla is going to make one just like this... NO... not electric! 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curvette1 Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 Very nice design with very clean bodywork, paint and detail. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'70 Grande Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 These are the kind of projects that really catch my attention! Beautiful execution. I bet there was a lot of work in determining how these components were all going to come together, and you did a phenomenal job making it happen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobo2me Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 Very creative, imaginative, and well done! Looks like you could have driven this baby right out of Exner's studio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ea0863 Posted April 14 Author Share Posted April 14 (edited) 3 hours ago, '70 Grande said: These are the kind of projects that really catch my attention! Beautiful execution. I bet there was a lot of work in determining how these components were all going to come together, and you did a phenomenal job making it happen! Thank you for the kind words Mark. Yes, it took at least as long to plan and measure as it did to build this model, although Joe Lange really gave me a leg up with his WIP. I wish my eyes and hands could execute as beautifully as his came out, but we each do what we can with what we have. Luckily, the model looks pretty good in real life, and the faults are not nearly as noticeable as they are in blown up photos on our forum . Edited April 14 by ea0863 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ea0863 Posted April 14 Author Share Posted April 14 2 hours ago, Lobo2me said: Very creative, imaginative, and well done! Looks like you could have driven this baby right out of Exner's studio. Thank you much Steve. It turns out this was designed by Bill Campbell (of "Weird-Oh" fame) who had quite a few interesting designs he did for Hawk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bondo bill Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 sweet 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stavanzer Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 Just an excellent piece of work. What a fantastic model! Words fail me...... Good Show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ea0863 Posted April 14 Author Share Posted April 14 2 minutes ago, stavanzer said: Just an excellent piece of work. What a fantastic model! Words fail me...... Good Show. Thank you Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 Very cool build! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XYHARRY Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 Very interesting to see one of these basic toy kits built up to what we see here. Really well done. Cheers, David. 😎👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ea0863 Posted April 14 Author Share Posted April 14 6 hours ago, PappyD340 said: Very cool build! 5 hours ago, XYHARRY said: Very interesting to see one of these basic toy kits built up to what we see here. Really well done. Cheers, David. 😎👍 Thank you gents Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatz4u Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 very nice kitbash, well done 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Van Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 GREAT idea and build!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 Beautifully done body work and paint. The body doesn't look like a toy now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Marischal Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 Great work on a highly imaginative project. steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ea0863 Posted April 14 Author Share Posted April 14 1 hour ago, espo said: Beautifully done body work and paint. The body doesn't look like a toy now. 1 hour ago, Earl Marischal said: Great work on a highly imaginative project. steve Thank you much. It looks so much better in person than on the page. I think I'll start posting pics that are quarter scale, and maybe throw a little vaseline on the lens first 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Lange Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 Great build Emre! Glad to help get the creative juices flowing! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karbuildr Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 That is very cool. Incredible period of car designs and concepts in those days. Your builds looks great and the engine compartment is very realistic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeah Nah Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 That is one cool model of one cool concept car. Excellent job! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kah puts Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 Hot digity dog that’s a fine piece of automotive jewelry, thanks for sharing 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ybsluos Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 Emre, you did great justice to these 2 kits and I agree it is very Exner-like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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