Chuck Most Posted October 10, 2011 Posted October 10, 2011 (edited) With the arrival of the Moebius Hudson Hornet (which is a year too old to be a true AMC product, but falls into the AMC 'heritage brand' category), and the impending reissue of AMT's Gremlin and Jo-Han's '59 Rambler, I'm wondering if there'd be any interest in an AMC community build. The rules would be pretty simple. 1. Has to be an AMC product of course, this would include AMC, Rambler, Nash, and Hudson. Not aware of any Eagle kits, but if you have a Mitsubishi Eclipse kit and want to turn it into a Talon, have at it. We would be drawing the line with Renaults, though. 2. It can be any scale or material- styrene, resin, diecast, or any combination. 3. It does not need to be a project started specifically for this build- it can be a long-abandoned project you'd just like to finally finish. I think this would be my project- its an AMT Ramblur snap kit with the hood and trunk cut open, perched on an AMT '66 Pro Street Nova chassis. Any interested parties? Edited October 15, 2011 by Chuck Most
TurboKitty Posted October 10, 2011 Posted October 10, 2011 if I could, I would totally spring for an AMC Javelin kit and enter this. Will be watching from the sidelines
charlie8575 Posted October 10, 2011 Posted October 10, 2011 I'm in. Don't ask with what yet, though. Charlie Larkin
Dr. Cranky Posted October 10, 2011 Posted October 10, 2011 Hum, I'll look on the shelves for something, if not I will have to scour Ebay. I'm interested, sure.
Chuck Most Posted October 10, 2011 Author Posted October 10, 2011 Jeeps? KNEW I forgot something! This would also bring Willys, Kaiser and Frazer into the mix... any of those last two in kit form?
Dr. Cranky Posted October 10, 2011 Posted October 10, 2011 Good thing because I just took a peek at EBAY and man some of those kits are expensive. But I can go with another Willys, sure.
W-409 Posted October 10, 2011 Posted October 10, 2011 It would be great to join in. Is there any deadline, if there is then I can't finish my projects on time. AND if it is allowed, I'd like to join with these two Projects. They are stuck right now, but I'd like to continue them. So I join in with these two, if it's ok. If not, I understand very well, because these are started long time ago and they are started already. But still lots of work ahead. '69 AMC AMX Drag On Lady http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=31214&st=0 '73 AMC Javelin Super Stock http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=32293&st=0 I could post those pictures here also, or then I could start posting next updates here and to those WIP threads, just like you want. If I can join in. But I'm very interested anyway.
Chuck Most Posted October 10, 2011 Author Posted October 10, 2011 No deadline Niko, and stalled projects are welcome.
W-409 Posted October 10, 2011 Posted October 10, 2011 No deadline Niko, and stalled projects are welcome. Great. Thanks. Then if this CBP gets enough interest, I'm in with those, hope this gets going, AMC is something really rarely seen but it's a great subject anyway.
Dr. Cranky Posted October 10, 2011 Posted October 10, 2011 Yes, I think I am definitely going to build another Willys.
gray07 Posted October 12, 2011 Posted October 12, 2011 If jeeps are in, i have a stalled one that needs finished, then iam in with a jeep,
Chuck Most Posted October 12, 2011 Author Posted October 12, 2011 Sounds good! I'm thinking of also re-starting a stalled AMC Matador I've got laying around, in addition to the Rambler.
Chuck Most Posted October 12, 2011 Author Posted October 12, 2011 Same here. Funny thing- my gluebomb project would fit, but I don't want to use the same project on two build threads!
CorvairJim Posted October 12, 2011 Posted October 12, 2011 Count me in with an MPC '76 Pacer annual that I'm restoring for my mom as a replica of a car that she bought new. I originally built it back before she got the 1:1 car. She had an old Chevy II that she wanted out of, and for some reason she really wanted a Pacer. I built the model so she would have one on the shelf at work to look at and dream of getting the real deal. The model was a sapphire blue Pacer X... The real car turned out to be a red base model with 3-on-the-tree! I have the model's bucket seats joined into a reasonable facsimile of her car's split bench, and the dog-dish hubcaps from the AMT '62 Pontiac Super Duty should be close enough for the job. I was thinking of entering this one in the "Glue Bomb" CBP. bit I already have a couple of entries in that one. Over the past several years, I've found that I have more fun rebuilding them than building new out of the box.
W-409 Posted October 12, 2011 Posted October 12, 2011 Am I the first one who is posting pictures, except Chuck on that first post? I'm too lazy to write that long story again, so here you go, with copy-paste. Those door handles, I made from styrene on the last update what can be seen in "On the workbench- section, I built new ones. They are bit thinner than old ones, and lots of cleaner, they look bit bad on those super macro pictures, but live they are looking much better. I painted the center part of them brown to simulate wood, it needs to be cleared. Then I painted some black, but I didn't realize to use masking tape, so I must do a bit of cleanup before installing those parts. Also painted the wheels. I painted some gloss black around the bolts of them. I removed paint off from those bolts, so they are chromed. Center knob is painted with clear blue from Revell, then I removed paint from that Gragar-text. Interior floor is now painted matt black and then I put some flocking there, as a carpet. Tomorrow I remove all unnecessary flocking, and then I can start painting the door panels. Pedals needs to be built also, I'm not going to use those from the kit. Also added some styrene to that subframe, it will be the basis of new inner fenders. First picture shows those door handles on progress, on the lower picture they are how they look right now, needs to do a lot of cleaning etc...
Chuck Most Posted October 12, 2011 Author Posted October 12, 2011 Sweet... it's officially on! I actually dug out the Matador and piddled around with it today, hopefully I'll have some actual progress to report on in the next few days.
Dr. Cranky Posted October 12, 2011 Posted October 12, 2011 Oh it's on all right. I am already working on the 41 Willys! Pictures will be coming up soon.
Chuck Most Posted October 13, 2011 Author Posted October 13, 2011 Oh- forgot to mention- ANY build style is acceptable- factory stock, street machine, rod, custom, drag... whatever you want to build!
jeffs396 Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 I'm in with some sort of AMC...not sure which one yet. Hudson gasser, Rambler, Javelin, Willys (4WD), Jeep, so many choices
Chuck Most Posted October 13, 2011 Author Posted October 13, 2011 4wd Jeep chassis built as a gasser, with a Hudson engine and a cut-down Javelin body!
W-409 Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 Alright, here we go again, I removed all needless flocking from the floor. I painted door panels semigloss black, but there's still bit of cleaning before gluing other parts to those door panels. Tomorrow I'm going to install window cranks, door handles and maybe seats too. Let's have a see. There's not much flocking over those cardboard-pieces, but seats will cover that mistake. I'm going to scratchbuild pedals, original ones can't be seen from finished interior anymore, so I don't have to worry about them. Also little carpet to driver's side under those pedals needs to be done.... Bit more putty to that chassis also, hope after sanding this, it'll be smooth....
Chuck Most Posted October 14, 2011 Author Posted October 14, 2011 Cool, Niko! Looks like you've got your work cut out for you. I did a little work on the Matador yesterday, but the Monogram Grand Prix Stock Car I was using for a chassis was junk- just about every single part was warped to a horrific degree, so it looks like I'm trying Plan B on that one. what's Plan B? You guys will know as soon as I do!
Dr. Cranky Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 Making progress. I should have some pics up soon.
W-409 Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 Thanks! I worked with the door panels. I glued door handles on, and installed window cranks from '66 Olds 442's photoetch parts. Pictures aren't good, that interior looks really bad in these pictures, but it's better in live. I also started working on the pedals, but they are still WIP, so maybe tomorrow I can post picture of them. Thanks for looking, comments welcome.
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