Jim Gibbons Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 I wanted to include a couple of models that my brother built. These are both JoHan kits. These were built over 30 years ago when he was a teenager, and he did a beautiful job. These were the days before Bare Metal Foil and polishing kits, so the trim is Testors silver brush paint. I keep telling him to get some BMF for these. I remember when he was working on the Desoto; he had gotten a '60 DeSoto brochure and had researched the correct grey/white/black interior finish. I hope to get some additional interior and engine shots of his models. He's a software engineer, and unfortunately hasn't built in decades. I need to get him back into it, especially with the Moebius kits coming out. We often talk about many of the newer models that have been released, and how we would have loved them, all those decades ago.
jjsipes Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 They both look great. I have both of them to build as well. Love these old Mopars.
Danno Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 Wow!! He did a great job on these ... especially for so many years ago!
Sixties Sam Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 Two nice Mopars! I love the old Chryslers. Great work for a teenager! Sam
Chuck Most Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 They look GREAT, especially considering no chrome foil AND how long ago they were built. (Not that I like to admit 30 years really is a long time....) I wonder how guys keep their models looking this nice after so long, when mine look terrible within five years no matter what I do. Sigh...
Jim Gibbons Posted July 21, 2011 Author Posted July 21, 2011 They look GREAT, especially considering no chrome foil AND how long ago they were built. (Not that I like to admit 30 years really is a long time....) I wonder how guys keep their models looking this nice after so long, when mine look terrible within five years no matter what I do. Sigh... Lol, Chuck; well, my brother boxed them up in the old color/clear window JoHan promo boxes you could order back then, so they've been spared the dust of the decades. The boxes alone could bring a few $. Bro knows how to take care of things. I was delighted that he took pics. I'll spare you the details of his Ex-el repro promo collection of late 50's Mopars that he's had since the '70s (in the original boxes). Before I die, I WILL get John back modeling again; he's good.
Harry P. Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 My mom's cousin and her husband had a '62 300. They lived downstate, and my parents and I would visit them in the summer. I remember to this day riding in that car... it had that cool dashboard where the gauges kind of "glowed" and they were all under a big glass dome. Very futuristic! And the leather interior smelled great!
Harry P. Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 And while I'm reminiscing... my mom's cousin's son had a '65 Impala in "Evening Orchid" with the white interior. I thought that was just about the coolest looking car I had ever seen! Never got to ride in it... but I did get to touch it!
Harry P. Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 Oh, and I didn't mean to hijack your thread. Both of those models are just way too cool... just as the real cars were!
Jim Gibbons Posted July 21, 2011 Author Posted July 21, 2011 My mom's cousin and her husband had a '62 300. They lived downstate, and my parents and I would visit them in the summer. I remember to this day riding in that car... it had that cool dashboard where the gauges kind of "glowed" and they were all under a big glass dome. Very futuristic! The '60-'62 Chrysler dash ranks as one of the coolest ever designed. I have a '65 Impala convertible yet to build, and thought of that Orchid color for it like the box photos.
Harry P. Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 The '60-'62 Chrysler dash ranks as one of the coolest ever designed. I have a '65 Impala convertible yet to build, and thought of that Orchid color for it like the box photos. Evening Orchid with the white interior is one of the prettiest color combinations ever. And when you add the classy, slick lines of a '65 Impala to the equation, wow! Doesn't get much cooler than that!
charlie8575 Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 Your brother did some nice builds. Yep, you need to get him going again. Thanks for sharing these, Jim. Charlie Larkin
MrObsessive Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 Both those Mopars are super cool and look great! While we're reminiscing about Chrysler------when I was a kid my Dad had a 1960 Valiant which I thought looked really sharp at night with the "green glowing" dashboard! The look of that dash still leaves an impression to this day! He also had before the Valiant a '57 Plymouth Belvedere------------I can't remember if the dash glowed green on that one or not. We're talking circa 1965-66 when he sold it and I was a wee one.
Jim Gibbons Posted July 21, 2011 Author Posted July 21, 2011 Just got an email from my brother: "Wow - thanks for the kind words on this - really gratifying!!! I can't believe the comments.. Thank them all from me. This makes my day. No doubt I was really proud of those two models. Maybe some day I'll get back into it." He better, lest he get clobbered!
Alyn Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 One of the nice thing about stock builds is that they retain the chrome trim and details. These add so much character to the car. These two where obviously built by someone with a critical eye for detail and appreciation of the art that is the automobile. Very, very nice!
Jim Gibbons Posted July 21, 2011 Author Posted July 21, 2011 I wanted to add a close up of the '62 Chrysler grille; nicely detailed.
Eshaver Posted July 23, 2011 Posted July 23, 2011 Jim, it's too bad those two aren't readily avalible today. Both turned out nice . I remember Dennis Doty lamenting in Collectable Automobile magazine that the interior bucket was swapped in latter Re-issues of the Chrysler 300. I know for a fact that the origional annuals had four Bucket seats . The re-issues of 1987 had a rear Bench and the engine wasn't very correct either . Ed Shaver
deathskull59 Posted July 30, 2011 Posted July 30, 2011 those are a couple of nice mopars. and a 65 chevy impala is a pretty cool looking car i just love those sleek n smooth lines of it.
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