dencon Posted May 18, 2010 Posted May 18, 2010 Yea, it was close to a year ago when I got that thread going. Sorry to all of you guys that were looking forward to it. It turned into something that I had to put on the back burner for a wile. I just had to many other things going on. Then the past 4 months was spent on that "Big Job" project. Well I have some good news. Last Sunday I handed the master over to Dave Bell. The guy that mastered the "Big Job" for me. I asked him if he could take a look at this Malibu for me. It had a few issues that needed to be dealt with. So he said he would take a look at it and get back to me. Well he called the next day (Yesterday morning) and said, "Matt, I got this wagon just about 90% done." This is great. So he told me what he did to it. I know Dave so I can say right now, without looking at it yet. It will be right on. So I am going to get it back from him later this week. The "Big Job" is doing real well for me. So I think that within the next couple of weeks. I can have an order of rubber in and we will get this thing in resin. FINALLY! Also a note to matthew (Highway) and you guys that were staying up with our thread about the leaf springs. Yea, Dave will have those springs done in a few days. He also gave me the masters for the Marmon- Harrington pre 48 4wd conversion kit. So things are looking up! Thanks for your support and interest, guys Matt This is the master before I handed it to Dave.
Eshaver Posted May 18, 2010 Posted May 18, 2010 Is this where the Madison Avenue ad guys change the old Ford ad to ............Theres a Malibu in You're future ! Yeas , Might just have to get one dem Malibus too. Ed Shaver
dencon Posted May 18, 2010 Author Posted May 18, 2010 I got the master back from dave this afternoon. It looks great. I just need to do a little with the interior tub, and then get the RTV for the molds. So as soon as I can get the rubber. We are going for it. Matt
John E. Bowers Jr. Posted May 19, 2010 Posted May 19, 2010 Count me in for at least two. How tough will this be to convert it to a 1968?
dencon Posted May 19, 2010 Author Posted May 19, 2010 Count me in for at least two. How tough will this be to convert it to a 1968? As far as the body. Not much. Mainly marker lights. But the front grill and bumper are the hard parts. cannot use the latest version of the AMT 68 El Camino. It is too wide for this body. If this does well. I will offer 68-72 Malibu Wagons.
mikemodeler Posted May 21, 2010 Posted May 21, 2010 Considering I have a weakness for wagons, especially resin ones, I will take at least 1, and probably two. Keep the new stuff coming Matt, at this rate I will never save for retirement! Thanks
charlie8575 Posted June 4, 2010 Posted June 4, 2010 Mike, will a chassis be included with it? As soon as I have some cash available, you've sold another one. Charlie Larkin
dencon Posted June 4, 2010 Author Posted June 4, 2010 Mike, will a chassis be included with it? As soon as I have some cash available, you've sold another one. Charlie Larkin Charlie If you have ever been on my web site ( www.denconresin.com ) and looked at how I am selling my Classic Heavy Truck resin line (50 Ford F-8). You will see that I do not sell a kit. I sell all of the components of the kit separately. So the buyer can get as much or as little as they want. This is how I will be selling all of my body kits that I will be coming out with over this next year, too. So with that. I am going to be coming out with just the body first. Later I will be adding other parts that would go with the body, one of them being a chassis. But the master is no where ready, yet. But I want to get this body out. You will need the AMT 69 Chevelle as a donor kit. The chassis chevelle will have to be stretched to fit the wagon. That is basically what the resin one will be. Thanks for your interest. Matt
cooltoys1 Posted June 14, 2010 Posted June 14, 2010 Matt, Sign me up for one as well. Im waiting on the 71-72 also. Either that, or sell me the master back, lol Looking forward to these!! Jay
dencon Posted June 14, 2010 Author Posted June 14, 2010 Matt, Sign me up for one as well. Im waiting on the 71-72 also. Either that, or sell me the master back, lol Looking forward to these!! Jay Jay If this 69 does well. I will be doing a 70-71 & 72. Funny thing is that the 68 is the hardest to come up with. The grill and bumper from the ElCamino is too wide for this body. When you see how mine turns out. You are not going to want that master back. I got the rubber, now. Just going to do one more prime on the master and block out and buff. Then it is going in the rubber. Matt
jeffb Posted June 15, 2010 Posted June 15, 2010 missing link does the sc/360 hornet if thats what your lookin for
george 53 Posted June 15, 2010 Posted June 15, 2010 And Kevin's Hornet SC/360 is a BEAUTIFUL peice. AND it's a COMPLETE model. Try one, you'll LIKE it!!!
MrObsessive Posted June 15, 2010 Posted June 15, 2010 Hmmm.........a Hornet eh? Y'know, a proper Sportabout Wagon would be mighty nice from that Hornet no?
dencon Posted June 15, 2010 Author Posted June 15, 2010 I am going to be dropping the Hornet. I did it for years and it did very well for me. I was also the only caster that offered it. But my molds are shot and I just cannot justify putting money into new molds when there are a couple of fine resin casters that are doing the Hornet now. I would say that the Missing Link Hornet is the way to go. ML's stuff is nice.
cooltoys1 Posted June 16, 2010 Posted June 16, 2010 Matt, KOOL! Ill be waiting in the shadows. Just drop a line when its ready. Cant wait!!...well, i can, i have a lot of projects to do. lol Jay
kevin Posted June 16, 2010 Posted June 16, 2010 I am going to be dropping the Hornet. I did it for years and it did very well for me. I was also the only caster that offered it. But my molds are shot and I just cannot justify putting money into new molds when there are a couple of fine resin casters that are doing the Hornet now. I would say that the Missing Link Hornet is the way to go. ML's stuff is nice. Matt thanks for the kind words, your stuff is also very nice, i have bought some myself!
dencon Posted June 16, 2010 Author Posted June 16, 2010 Matt thanks for the kind words, your stuff is also very nice, i have bought some myself! Thanks Kevin, I have your 64 Chevelle kit. Very nice. I hope to build it one day. LOL! You know how that it.
dencon Posted June 16, 2010 Author Posted June 16, 2010 An Up Date I was up late last night. Just could not sleep. So I was working on prepping the wagon some more to get it ready. Did a little grinding and smoothing out some areas in the underside. I was not liking the tail lights. They were resin casts of the old AMT Annual 69 El Camino. I had 3 sets and all of them had some sort of problem. Pin holes in areas that would be just a pain to fix. Then I saw that all 3 sets had a bad sink mark in the left tail light. Something from the original kit. So I cut them off the bumper. And then took the tail lights and bezels from the newer AMT 68 ElCamino and worked with them a bit. They are a little bit bigger then the old annual kit's. So I had to open up the tail light opening on the body. The big plus here is not the resin body kit will come with bezels and clear red tail lights.
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