Funny pinto and Camaro

[M W Elky]

One Mickey Thompson and one Malcolm Durham both are using Johan chassis the Camaro has a highly modified AMT body. The Pinto is sporting a tamyia candy apple red paint job while the Camaro is wearing some old Testors pearl blue enamel both are rattle can. Both will be topped off with slixx decals.

[bytownshaker]

They both look great !!! Is the Pinto a resin body?

[M W Elky]

8 hours ago, bytownshaker said:

They both look great !!! Is the Pinto a resin body?

The pinto is all johan

[M W Elky]

Finished boss 429 fuel burner 

[bytownshaker]

1 hour ago, M W Elky said:

The pinto is all johan

Thank you, forgot Johan did a Pinto, Darn senior moments lol.

[catpack68]

Nice! Looking forward to seeing both finished up,especially the Malcolm Durham Camaro?

[dragcarz]

They look great I’d like some more info on that Camaro body.

[M W Elky]

4 hours ago, dragcarz said:

They look great I’d like some more info on that Camaro body.

The Camaro body is an early 1990’s ertl/amt  reissue that I cut apart to lengthen the front end to fit the Johan chassis. I started this project 34 years ago. I put the whole project in a box and kinda forgot about it until about a month ago. Thankfully my modeling skills have been honed over the years since . So check out the pictures for the finer details 

[dragcarz]

Thank you Michael, very cool project. I have some resin Camaro bodies but I really prefer plastic. The Camaro looks great. I can’t wait to see it complete. 

[M W Elky]

I made some good progress over the last few days the pinto chassis is well on its way . The Camaro got some decals applied today 

[M W Elky]

Decals on half of the pinto tonight . If you’re applying this set the white Mickey Thompson and the small yellow sponsor decals underneath it are very fragile, and have a tendency to break apart. I used very hot water with a couple drops of dawn dish soap. You don’t have to soak them for to long or you will run a high risk of them coming apart in the water. I’ll let this side dry for a few days before applying the decals on the other side 

[M W Elky]

The pinto decals are complete and it’s nearly done. 

[Sketch1982]

Both are awesome!  My dad had a lot of the old Johan flopper kits when I was a kid.  Following these builds

[Zippi]

Nice work there Michael.  The decals came out looking really sharp.  

[dragcarz]

Really looking good Michael! I love seeing these builds come to life.