MPC 1980 Chevy Monte Carlo

[AMT68]

Built from the current reissue of the 1/25 scale Class Action Monte Carlo, painted in Dupli-Color GM Light Blue Metallic and cleared with Rust-Oleum. The kit offers a landau top that covers the C-pillar but I always preferred these cars with the canopy style landau roof.. I bordered the covered section with a strip of .015x.30 styrene and misted flat white with a light coat of clear satin to create the top.  The kit assembled nicely and the only real issue I encountered was a bulged drivers side fender which I remedied by running a couple strips of styrene under each fender and gluing the hood shut. I still built the motor but hung onto nonvisible parts like the air cleaner which I saved in the parts box.  While I'll always prefer the two generations of the Monte Carlo that preceded these third generation G-bodies I still think these '78-'80 versions are pretty decent looking cars. IMHO anyway. 

[charger74]

It looks really good 👍🏻👍🏻

[ChrisR]

Looks great.

[PappyD340]

Very nice Monte Carlo!

[Mike 1017]

KOOL

[espo]

Great looking paint finish and color. Like the changes to the vinyl roof treatment. Nice to see a showroom style build like this once in a while. 

[karbuildr]

Very nice build, neat and clean, very nice color.

[tahiti7]

Nice job AMT68! Reminds me of my FILs car from

back in the day.

[ncbuckeye67]

That's beautiful! I had a 78, and my best friend had a 79 with that type of vinyl roof.

[Tom99]

Very nice!

[AMT68]

On 5/11/2025 at 12:27 AM, charger74 said:

It looks really good 👍🏻👍🏻

 

On 5/11/2025 at 5:47 AM, ChrisR said:

Looks great.

 

On 5/11/2025 at 5:50 AM, PappyD340 said:

Very nice Monte Carlo!

 

On 5/11/2025 at 10:35 AM, Mike 1017 said:

KOOL

Thank you Eric, Chris, Larry and Michael

On 5/11/2025 at 11:17 AM, espo said:

Great looking paint finish and color. Like the changes to the vinyl roof treatment. Nice to see a showroom style build like this once in a while. 

Thanks David. I agree these aren't always done factory like and for that matter not posted all too often.

23 hours ago, karbuildr said:

Very nice build, neat and clean, very nice color.

 

21 hours ago, tahiti7 said:

Nice job AMT68! Reminds me of my FILs car from

back in the day.

 

9 hours ago, Tom99 said:

Very nice!

Thanks David, Steve and Tom. 

10 hours ago, ncbuckeye67 said:

That's beautiful! I had a 78, and my best friend had a 79 with that type of vinyl roof.

Thanks Jeff. With the Landau roof, T-tops or two tone these could be very sharp looking cars. 

[Rattlecan Dan]

Sweet-looking ride. Very nice job.

[slusher]

Beautiful Monte Carlo!

[AMT68]

On 5/12/2025 at 7:14 PM, Rattlecan Dan said:

Sweet-looking ride. Very nice job.

 

18 hours ago, slusher said:

Beautiful Monte Carlo!

Thank you Donato and Carl. 

[XYHARRY]

Nice Monte Carlo, I need to get one of these kits. Well done Tom.

[AMT68]

On 6/3/2025 at 7:08 AM, XYHARRY said:

Nice Monte Carlo, I need to get one of these kits. Well done Tom.

Thanks Harry. It's a decent kit. Just needs some extra work here and there. 

[stavanzer]

What a Great Build! That car looks like the ones I would see around town all through the 1980s. I like it in the Blue.

 

 

Good Show.

[XYHARRY]

On 6/6/2025 at 10:46 AM, AMT68 said:

Thanks Harry. It's a decent kit. Just needs some extra work here and there. 

Yeah, don't they all! 😄

[meechum68]

Nice work man!  The color is great! 

[AMT68]

On 6/5/2025 at 11:50 PM, stavanzer said:

What a Great Build! That car looks like the ones I would see around town all through the 1980s. I like it in the Blue.

 

 

Good Show.

Thanks Alan. Despite their popularity it's rare to see this generation of the Monte Carlo even at car shows today. 

12 hours ago, meechum68 said:

Nice work man!  The color is great! 

Thanks Michael.