AMT 67 Chevy Impala SS 427

[STU111]

G’day everyone, just finished this one off, fought me pretty hard when l tried to put interior and chassis into the body. Had to disregard the instructions and wing it with my own solution and the help of a woodworking clamp.May have been something I did wrong because I’d heard good things about this kit, but I got there in the end. I wanted a smooth lowered look, so l removed the moulded on door handles and the wheel arch trim. The kit suspension coils were cut to get it a little lower. OOB, except for protech wired distributor, Iceman collections valve covers, air cleaner from my spare parts box and Pegasus wheels and brake rotors. Colour is Tamiya TS-38 dark gunmetal. Despite the trouble I had with it, I’m happy with how it turned out. As always, any comments, the good, the bad and the ugly are welcome. Thanks for looking. Cheers, Stuart. 👍🏻

 

[DanL]

Nice paintwork and great job on the BMF... Looks good. I owned a red one of these back in the day ( 396,4 speed)

Cheers

[Cool Hand]

Clean looking build Stu, well done.

 

[AMT68]

An extremely nice build. Perfect paint, foil work and an attractive two tone on the seats.

[michelle]

very nice work 

[Kelly]

3 hours ago, STU111 said:

G’day everyone, just finished this one off, fought me pretty hard when l tried to put interior and chassis into the body. Had to disregard the instructions and wing it with my own solution and the help of a woodworking clamp.May have been something I did wrong because I’d heard good things about this kit, but I got there in the end. I wanted a smooth lowered look, so l removed the moulded on door handles and the wheel arch trim. The kit suspension coils were cut to get it a little lower. OOB, except for protech wired distributor, Iceman collections valve covers, air cleaner from my spare parts box and Pegasus wheels and brake rotors. Colour is Tamiya TS-38 dark gunmetal. Despite the trouble I had with it, I’m happy with how it turned out. As always, any comments, the good, the bad and the ugly are welcome. Thanks for looking. Cheers, Stuart. 👍🏻

 

G’day mate how ya goin’ Really nice build. I guess we are exchanging Tamiya  paint colors! So my next project will be dark gunmetal gray! Is ts-38 a metallic? 
Kelly

[Zippi]

Nice looking build there Stu.  I reallly like the Tamiya TS-38 dark gunmetal.  

[drodg]

Great paint !  Great job.  

[SpikeSchumacher]

Excellent, Stu!

[Geno]

Just wow!!!!! 🤑😎

[espo]

As already stated by others, the paint finish is nice and smooth and like the color. removing the door handles and wheel arch trim really clean up the body. The wheel and tire combination complements the stance. 

[Dragonhawk1066]

Nice looking Impala! I dig the color!

[karbuildr]

Very nice build. Custom wheels look great, well done paint work.

[Bills72sj]

Very nice build. I built a 65 Pontiac 2+2 in a similar fashion.

https://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/187447-the-bad-girl-onyx-a-1965-pontiac-with-a-376hp-421-tri-power-and-a-4-speed-in-testors-metallic-black/#comment-2821075

 

[STU111]

On 12/12/2025 at 4:59 PM, Kelly said:

G’day mate how ya goin’ Really nice build. I guess we are exchanging Tamiya  paint colors! So my next project will be dark gunmetal gray! Is ts-38 a metallic? 
Kelly

G’day Kelly, yes mate, TS-38 is metallic. Goes on nicely over their gray surface primer. Thank you for the kind words about the Impala.👍🏻

[STU111]

22 hours ago, Zippi said:

Nice looking build there Stu.  I reallly like the Tamiya TS-38 dark gunmetal.  

Actually Bob, it was your 57 Ford Del Rio wagon build from a year or so ago that made me want to use that colour on something. Thanks for the compliment on the Impala. 👍🏻

[PappyD340]

Super nice Impala!