Ragtop Man Posted January 27 Posted January 27 Outstanding work on the tripower and engine compartment. Got a 1:1 '67 sitting in the garage now, this looks great! 1
ncbuckeye67 Posted January 27 Posted January 27 1 hour ago, johnyrotten said: I tried not to go overboard, this whole build was a ton of first times. Airbrushing, wiring/detailing,bmf, ect. No better way to learn but to do it. Thank you for the compliment. I need to learn that lesson. My first "rusty/crusty" build was a bit too much. 1
johnyrotten Posted January 27 Author Posted January 27 49 minutes ago, Ragtop Man said: Outstanding work on the tripower and engine compartment. Got a 1:1 '67 sitting in the garage now, this looks great! Thats funny, I've got a scale version sitting on the shelf. The horrible mpc kit. That's gonna be fun. Thank you for the compliment, the pics I was going off of turned out to be a 421, so this is definitely a day 2 build
Bainford Posted January 27 Posted January 27 Nice work, John. That is one cool GTO. Looks mean and ready for the street. 1
johnyrotten Posted January 27 Author Posted January 27 (edited) 1 hour ago, Bainford said: Nice work, John. That is one cool GTO. Looks mean and ready for the street. Thanks. Edited January 27 by johnyrotten
DJMar Posted January 27 Posted January 27 Wow, she's a looker. Love it! You nailed the stance and wheels/tires. 1
johnyrotten Posted January 27 Author Posted January 27 7 hours ago, rrb124@sbcglobal.net said: My gosh! Everything about this GOAT is fun to see. That Tripower linkage and fuel line is trophy. Great stance and paint. Love the exhaust splitters. Wondering if exhaust splitters come with the kit or if you had to create? I made the fuel lines, hobby wire and the insulation from some very small electronics wire. Part of the linkage is photo-etch, the rest is again hobby wire. The exhaust tips are from the kit, hollowed out, and hit with molotow chrome. And a lot of clean up work. They were flash 3/4 of the way up. Thanks for asking.
johnyrotten Posted January 27 Author Posted January 27 3 hours ago, DJMar said: Wow, she's a looker. Love it! You nailed the stance and wheels/tires. Thanks, the stock wheel/tire really bugged me, another member here was building the same kit around the time I joined and started, the pulled off a perfect look with the stock set. I wanted something something I'd see as a kid in the late 80's-90's. 1
johnyrotten Posted January 27 Author Posted January 27 6 hours ago, ncbuckeye67 said: I need to learn that lesson. My first "rusty/crusty" build was a bit too much. Did you post it here?
ncbuckeye67 Posted January 28 Posted January 28 14 hours ago, johnyrotten said: Did you post it here? Yes (sometime last year though). It was the "Supernatural" 67 Impala. 1
johnyrotten Posted January 29 Author Posted January 29 5 hours ago, slusher said: Fantastic GTO and really nice detail! Thank you
johnyrotten Posted January 29 Author Posted January 29 6 minutes ago, Bronzekeg said: super nice build! Thank you.
Steve H Posted January 31 Posted January 31 Great looking GTO John. I didn’t see it mentioned on this thread, are the wheels and tires 3d printed? 1
Funkychiken Posted January 31 Posted January 31 Seriously impressive build from a monogram kit! Love all the details
Ragtop Man Posted February 2 Posted February 2 On 1/27/2025 at 12:49 PM, johnyrotten said: Thats funny, I've got a scale version sitting on the shelf. The horrible mpc kit. That's gonna be fun. Thank you for the compliment, the pics I was going off of turned out to be a 421, so this is definitely a day 2 build Ha, my '67 may get the leftover '66 421 from the 2+2 that I sold off. Life imitates scale!
johnyrotten Posted February 2 Author Posted February 2 5 minutes ago, Ragtop Man said: Ha, my '67 may get the leftover '66 421 from the 2+2 that I sold off. Life imitates scale! Usually it's the other way around, isn't it. 😂👍👍
Ken Car-Fanatic Posted February 2 Posted February 2 Very nice. I have one of these I started about 25 years ago, but have never gotten back to yet, yours makes me want to get it done. I love the detailing you did & the 5-slot wheels look great on that. Vey well done!
johnyrotten Posted February 3 Author Posted February 3 On 1/30/2025 at 10:15 PM, Steve H said: Great looking GTO John. I didn’t see it mentioned on this thread, are the wheels and tires 3d printed? Yes, they are from iceman collections. I staggered the sizes. The rear was a very tight fitment. 1
johnyrotten Posted February 3 Author Posted February 3 On 1/31/2025 at 4:15 PM, Funkychiken said: Seriously impressive build from a monogram kit! Love all the details Thank you, it was fun build, with some flaws. The rear bumper has some kind of warping that I've seen on others built from the same kit.
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