Ron Hamilton Posted June 19, 2013 Posted June 19, 2013 Last Saturday, I picked up another "rebuilder" at our model club meeting, a MPC 1968 Chevrolet SS427 Hardtop. It is painted with hobby enamels, and should not be too difficut to strip. It came apart easily, and I should have it stripped in a few days. It is missing the engine, wheels, tires, axles, the exhaust system, a tail light, and the rear roll pan. I have most everything to get this one going. I plan to build it as a Replica Stock. I have not decided on the color combination.
slusher Posted June 19, 2013 Posted June 19, 2013 Nice score Ron, looking forward to your work on this classic...
RandyB. Posted June 19, 2013 Posted June 19, 2013 Looks like this one should present a challenge. Good luck with it. I'll be watching your progress.
mikemopar70 Posted June 19, 2013 Posted June 19, 2013 Cool!!! Another great '68 comin' I'll be watching!
Ron Hamilton Posted June 19, 2013 Author Posted June 19, 2013 please restore her That is definitely the plan. Before I acquired this one, I was going to turn an AMT '67 into a '68. Now what I plan to do are both of them. he MPC original will be built close to what the parts in the box would yield as a "replica stock", and the "home made" one will be further detailed into a "street machine", with aftermarket parts.
charlie8575 Posted June 20, 2013 Posted June 20, 2013 Another nice project, Ron. I like Madeira Maroon with either a black or whatever they offered for a saddle/bucksin/tan/fawn/gold interior that year. That color just looks good on the big Chevies or that period. A favorite combination of mine, regardless of car, because it looks good on almost all of them, is black with a red interior, too. Charlie Larkin
Jeremy Jon Posted June 20, 2013 Posted June 20, 2013 Salvaging old or poorly scale models, very cool idea!
kelson Posted June 21, 2013 Posted June 21, 2013 Looking forward to the resto,i've got a bunch of old original issue kits and rebuilds like this that i couldn't restore because i couldn't by the factory paint here until recently a hobby store in canada is carrying scalefinishes paint so can't wait to dig in!
Bob Ellis Posted June 21, 2013 Posted June 21, 2013 You can turn an original annual AMT '67 Impala into a '68 because the body width is about the same as a MPC '68 Impala, of which you can by the '68 bumpers from Modelhaus. Unfortunately, the ERTL AMT '67 Impala body doesn't fit the '68 MPC Impala bumpers. Nice find '68 Impala, have fun with it.
66belair Posted June 22, 2013 Posted June 22, 2013 Looking good do far. I had one of these and s buddy of mine begged me to sell it to him. This is one of my favorite Chevys .
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