AMT '66 Skylark Rescue Rebuild

[Snake45]

Couple years ago I bought this sad unloved AMT '66 Skylark off ePay. It's the 1967-issue "Craftsman" kit, basically an unassembled promo molded in a cool green that's close to the "stock" illustration on the original AMT annual kit box, though not close to any real '66 Buick color. (They had a metallic green that was much darker.)

The body stripped down and polished up pretty nice (for some reason, I just always wanted that box-art model).

Before polishing, I corrected the body. The AMT kit body rises on the left side in the front fender/door area, which is incorrect. The right side is okay. Here's where the problem is.

Here's some in-progress polishing pictures.

I gave the chassis a very basic paintjob. Also in this pic is the front seat/console unit. The seatbacks are raked back a bit too far, and the front edge of them isn't right at all, making the whole seat look even MORE slanty.

Those seat fronts were attacked with razor saw and bigass file, one of of my favorite modeling tools. MUCH better, dontcha think?

Time for a progress check set-together. Not looking TOO horrible. This is pretty much where I am at the moment.

This one's now off the Shelf of Doom, where it's been waiting patiently for a couple years. Hope to have more progress pics soon. Thanks for looking!

Edited September 12, 2014 by Snake45

[slusher]

Great work on the body. Does not look like the same model...

[promoman]

What type of polish did you use on this? Came out looking good (compared to the original picture)

Nice job!!

[GMCMAN52]

nice save. can't wait to see more

[Snake45]

What type of polish did you use on this? Came out looking good (compared to the original picture)

Nice job!!

The polish tub is shown in the chassis photo. You can get the stuff at Walmart, and it's cheap. I've been polishing paint and plastic with it for more than 20 years. Maybe close to 30.

[disabled modeler]

beautiful work... love factory stock builds.

[w451973]

What a great save. I have to try polishing colored plastic. Do you have all the Buick rally's or do you plan to use soming else ?

[Snake45]

Do you have all the Buick rally's or do you plan to use soming else ?

The model came with two usable ones, and I'm taking two more from the dirt track issue of the kit. They're still in there for some reason, but only two now are usable, which works out fine for me.

[booboo60]

Nice, I had a 1:1 real 67 Buick Skylark Special, looked like a 67 chevelle, had a v8, not sure the sz now,305 mayb? Wonder bar 8 track factory, had Air, nice clean ride,

[Snake45]

Finally GOTTER DONE! Off to Under Glass, see you there soon, I hope!