61 Bonneville Convertible

[59 Impala]

I rebuilt this from a real bad glue bomb. I had a lot of fun rebuilding this car. The bumpers and grill are Alclad.

Thanks fer lookin and comments welcome. Dan

Edited April 8, 2013 by 59 Impala

[Harry P.]

Looks pretty good, I like that color.

If it was me, I'd paint the sun visors black to match the rest of the interior, and foil those emblems on the rear fenders.

[drifterdon]

Very nice Poncho. Agree with Harry on the sunvisors. Black they should be (in my bad Yoda voice)...

And if this was a glue bomb, you did an awesome job on restoring this old classic.

Edited April 8, 2013 by drifterdon

[Erik Smith]

Very nice looking model. Great choice of paint and it looks nice and smooth.

I love '61 Pontiacs - the grill and clean, straight lines - so nice.

Great job.

[charlie8575]

Said it before, and I'll say it again, nice save, especially considering what you started with.

Charlie Larkin

[slusher]

Very nice looking model. Very nice save.and work..

[59 Impala]

Thanks guys for the kind comments. I painted the sun visors white to go along with the white on the seats, but I do see what ya mean. Harry, the detail is so worn off on the car that I didn't think that the detail would show up on the moldings. They are Gold in color on the real car and I'll see what I can do on them. The Bonneville scrips on the front fenders and on the trunk is so worn off that I know that I can't foil them, so I just left them alone. But what can you expect from a real bad glue bomb? At least the grill and bumpers were in tact and I was able to Alclad them. I had a lot of fun with this rebuild. Dan

[TooOld]

Excellent save ! It's really sharp looking and I love the color !

[Sixties Sam]

Great save of an old classic kit! As a member of the glue bomb generation (the ones who built those models so poorly when we were kids in the 1960's) I thank you!

Sam

[59 Impala]

Thanks guys, and yeah, I'm one of those experts from the early 60's also. The color is Brilliant Gold Pearl, from Micheal's, mixed in clear and sprayed over White. I use Pearl-X pearls on the builds that I spray pearls on. Dan

Edited April 8, 2013 by 59 Impala

[bondo bill]

sweet land yacht

[The Modeling Hermit]

That is beautiful.

[W-Machine]

I love to see scale recycling projects like this. Your Bonnie looks real nice.

[59 Impala]

Thanks guys. It was a fun project for me. I have more to restore. Dan

[realgone58]

This resto came out beautiful! I love restoring old built ups as well.

[cooltoys1]

excellent job!!

[Dominik]

pretty nice!

[59 Impala]

Thanks fellas. I appreciate your kind words. Dan

[bbowser]

Great old Pontiac! Nice color, great save!

[Custom Hearse]

Another great save Dan!!!