65 IMPALA PRO-TOURING: what to do of an unexpected gift?

[Claude Thibodeau]

Hi!

At a recent show, a good friend won Revell's Foose 65 Impala as a door prize. He gave it to me because he only builds large scale race cars. "Do something with it" he ordered. So...

Happens the wheelbase matches exactly the Testor's full detail Chezoom chassis. I reworked the front & rear suspensions to get the stance I wanted, scratchbuilt an interior, roll bar, rear speakers, firewall, hood hinge, radiator panel, steering shaft,  etc. and used AMT's Jag XK-220 seats, and locally sourced 3D printed rolling stock. Cut the front bumber to keep only outside sections, shaved the trim, and molded the rear with a scratchbuilt roll-pan & flush-fit full-width stoplight. AK's off-white lacquer with Tamya's pearl clear + Mr. Hobby Premium Top Coat clear. Custom mixed lacquer green for the interior and chassis. Revell's spray chrome + Molotow's accents.  

Hours of fun with styrene!

CT

[spencer1984]

Very slick, that turned out great!

[BKF]

All the work you put into it looks great! It came out nice!

[Perspect Scale Modelworks]

Fantastic.  I love the taillight treatment, and the frame/exhaust set up is a work of art in itself. Another hit.

[Cool Hand]

Some great ideas in this build Claude, certainly nailed the modern pro touring style.

Well done.

[SpikeSchumacher]

Well done, Claude!

[BK9300]

Another stunner, Claude - beautiful overall, and especially like your work on the frame.

[espo]

Beautiful custom body mods and paint. The rear roll pan and taillight changes especially. The chassis is a great swap idea and fits perfectly. Like the stance and the rolling stock. 

[DanL]

nice work...

[DJMar]

Wow, that's slick! Very nicely done, and the tail treatment with the bar light and exhaust tips is super cool.

[Claude Thibodeau]

6 hours ago, spencer1984 said:

Very slick, that turned out great!

Thanks Bill!

CT

[Kah puts]

Mondo pro touring ride, checked all the boxes 👍

[Dragonhawk1066]

Absolutely awesome! May I ask what you used for the exhaust, all of the bends are so clean looking. I really want to get better at bending my exhaust pipes.

[Claude Thibodeau]

10 hours ago, BKF said:

All the work you put into it looks great! It came out nice!

Thanks Brian. Mostly, it was fun!

CT

[turbolag]

Very nice build. 

[ea0863]

Gorgeous as always Claude. This one looks as good leaving as it does coming!  

[Rattlecan Dan]

Yeah, but other than that what did you do? Lol. Beautiful work. That's a sweet build.

[Claude Thibodeau]

23 hours ago, Perspect Scale Modelworks said:

Fantastic.  I love the taillight treatment, and the frame/exhaust set up is a work of art in itself. Another hit.

Thank you Sir!

As much as I would like to claim it to be "my idea", the exhausts are box-stock, only cleaned of molding joints and chromed with Revell's spray chrome. I just added the tailpipe extensions that extend trough the roll-pan. Then installed with utmost precautions to not mar the chrome.

So, I guess I will forward your compliments about them to the late, great Boyd Coddington! 

CT

[MeatMan]

Stunning!