1/25 Lindberg '66 Chevelle Super Sport

[Classicgas]

20 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

Palmer. A real beauty, eh?

Yeah, I want a case! Lol.

[SfanGoch]

I know where I can get me flippers on two cases. You want I should put you down for the deuce?

[stavanzer]

I really like that poor Palmer Vette!  Sort of an Acid Trip version of the car.

What was IN the water at Palmer?????

[Carmak]

On 12/31/2019 at 2:41 PM, Snake45 said:

Mine's nearing completion....

Snake,

Here is one I built in the late 80's using a 64 GTO as a chassis donor (looks like you may be doing the same thing). Some of the bodywork is not holding well 30+ years later.

[Geno]

I done the same with the Monogram '66 Chevelle kit using the '64 GTO chassis. The one thing I goofed on but I didn't think about it until it was painted was scribbing the front fender/rocker panel lines. Short of that I'm happy with the way it turned out.

 

Edited January 6, 2020 by Geno

[Snake45]

Geno, I had yours (and Dean Milano's) in mind when I was building mine. My goal was to make the body look almost as good as yours, but retaining the flip/removable front end. 

Edited January 6, 2020 by Snake45

[Plowboy]

Gene, your '66 is one of the best conversions of the old Monogram kit that I've seen! Looks like the '64 GTO chassis is the best option for that kit. I have most of one molded in red. I may give that a try sometime.  

[Geno]

Thanks guys, I do appreciate it. The GTO chassis does need some work, like filing and sanding for the differences in the shape of the front and rear of the Chevelle. I also cut out the grille and used the PE detail set from Model Car Garage. I've built the GTO Kit and with the spare parts left from the Chevelle and GTO I may try and do a flip nose '64 GTO.

Edited January 6, 2020 by Geno

[Snake45]

You'd think the GTO frame would be a drop in, but it wasn't quite. It needed to be shortened at the rear, and narrowed behind the rear wheel wells. And then to get it to settle up into the body properly, I had to file the heck out of the top of the chassis and the bottom of the interior, both in the area of the rear seat. You can almost see through the plastic in both areas now. 

I was surprised that I didn't have to take anything off the front to clear the Chevelle front bumper, though. 

[Geno]

I believe you're right Rich. My memory ain't what it used to be lol. ?

[Casey]

Low quality screen capture, but it appears the ex-Lindberg 1/25 '66 Chevelle SS is going to be reissued in a fauxback style retro box, very similar to the 1966 Chevy Nova from a few years ago:

[wrenchr]

bring it on, those older issues are getting pricey. 

[Ace-Garageguy]

There's something wrong with the noses on both the Monogram and the Lindberg kits. I haven't measured yet, but I bought 'em all to do a gift model for a client I'm doing a real '66 for, and as I look at the real thing every work day, the inaccuracies jump out at me.

The Revell '66 Chevelle wagon looks better initially, and I've been looking at clipping the Lindberg version with the Revell wagon nose.

EDIT: Seems like I mentioned this somewhere before; maybe in this very thread, though I haven't checked.   

Edited February 18, 2022 by Ace-Garageguy

[Plowboy]

On 1/6/2015 at 5:47 PM, Guest said:

I bought and built this kit back in the day. I didn't care for it then and surely don't now. While Lindberg captured the front end exactly. They dropped it at the rear of the model. The rear window is too upright and has the separate chrome trim piece. The rear quarters are pinched too much towards the rear. This causes the rear bumper to be way too short in height which in turn makes the tail light panel appear too tall, but isn't. The multi piece dash obscures almost half of the vision through the windshield. The valve covers are totally wrong as well as the rear end housing. It looks like it belongs under a 3/4 ton pickup and doesn't look like a 12 bolt at all. For those reasons, I decided to convert the Revell '67 into a '66 using the clip from an El Camino and the tail light panel/rear bumper from a Monogram kit.

This was my thoughts on this kit seven years ago. I did finish my '67 to '66 conversion. I also converted it to a sedan and used the seats from the Monogram kit.

If I had it to do over, I think I would use the Lindberg grille, bumper (sans bumper guards) and splash pan. The El Camino hood has a an upwards peak in the center that leaves a substantial gap between the hood trim and grille.

Since Revell is coming out with the old Monogram '66, I may give Gene's method a try.

[Ace-Garageguy]

EDIT: The photos below show real '66 Chevelles. Anybody who doesn't see or doesn't mind the inaccuracies in the models...I'm OK with that....for you.

Edited February 18, 2022 by Ace-Garageguy

[Can-Con]

I always felt there was too much curve down to the front of the hood. 

Unfortunately, I no longer have access to this one for measurements. My uncle who owned it is palliative care and the car is sold and shipped off to Sweden now. 😔

Edited February 18, 2022 by Can-Con

[Ace-Garageguy]

1 hour ago, Can-Con said:

...Unfortunately, I no longer have access to this one for measurements...

I gotta admit...I never even knew there was a 2-dr post, flush back window version of that body until today.

Now I want one.   

[MrObsessive]

2 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

I gotta admit...I never even knew there was a 2-dr post, flush back window version of that body until today.

Now I want one.   

What's weirder is I think Chevy was the only one that had this roofline among the A bodies back then in '66-'67. You could get a pillared sedan from the other divisions, but they had the "tunnel back" glass in those too.

Edited February 18, 2022 by MrObsessive

[TransAmMike]

5 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

EDIT: The photos below show real '66 Chevelles. Anybody who doesn't see or doesn't mind the inaccuracies in the models...I'm OK with that....for you.

A bit of nostalga for me with the pic of the black one.  Dead ringer down to the red lines and hub caps of my first new car. Picked it up at the dealership in Metarie, LA in September of 66. Was one of the last production '66 SS's.

As for the model, Just wish it didn't have the gawd aweful bumper guards.

[1972coronet]

I bought this kit upon its last reissue (still under the Lindberg banner),and haven't so much as looked at it since I'd opened the box to check its contents.

I thought that the chrome backlight trim as a separate piece was a good idea -- apparently, it's not exactly well-received. 

I'm fine with the bumper guards... I only wish that they were separate pieces; an optional bit vs. a mandatory deal. 

Maybe, just maybe, Revell or Moebius will create an all-new and proper 1966 Chevelle. As much as I dig the 1967 models, I much prefer the stylling of the '66.

[Snake45]

3 hours ago, MrObsessive said:

What's weirder is I think Chevy was the only one that had this roofline among the A bodies back then in '66-'67. You could get a pillared sedan from the other divisions, but they had the "tunnel back" glass in those too.

Not only that, but the '64-'65 Chevelle 2DS had their own unique roofs, too. The B-O-P A-body 2DSs had the same roof as the hardtops, but not the Chevelles. 

[espo]

22 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

There's something wrong with the noses on both the Monogram and the Lindberg kits. I haven't measured yet, but I bought 'em all to do a gift model for a client I'm doing a real '66 for, and as I look at the real thing every work day, the inaccuracies jump out at me.

The Revell '66 Chevelle wagon looks better initially, and I've been looking at clipping the Lindberg version with the Revell wagon nose.

EDIT: Seems like I mentioned this somewhere before; maybe in this very thread, though I haven't checked.   

Another posable source for a '66 Chevelle front end would be the Revell El Camino kit. That kit has the base non-SS grill and flat hood. 

[TransAmMike]

If anyone is interested Harts Parts has non bumper guard bumpers and flat hood in resin. Bumpers would have to be Molotowed....or other chrome of your choice.

[Oldcarfan27]

On 1/5/2015 at 5:31 AM, Snake45 said:

If R2 repops it in thier faux-66 retro series boxes, I will HAVE to buy one. (The AMT '66s were the finest model car boxes ever, IMHO.)

Your wish is granted!! 

7 years - Better nate than lever.

Edited February 21, 2022 by Oldcarfan27

[Snake45]

8 hours ago, Oldcarfan27 said:

Your wish is granted!! 

7 years - Better nate than lever.

You talked me into it, you silver-tongued devil.  Although I have two unbuilt copies of this kit, you can put me down for at least one more.