67 Biscayne

[IHSS]

I've always liked the 67 Chevy full size line up but thought the more formal roof looked better than the fast back. So I decided to try making the Impala into a Biscayne. Still have a lot to do but it's getting close. All comets welcomed 

Thanks for looking

Jeff

[IHSS]

Here's a couple more

[SfanGoch]

Looks good. Any pics of the surgery to the roof?

[IHSS]

Thanks. Here's one of the slicing and dicing

[oldnslow]

Looks nice , where did you source the roof section ?

Just found this ,

looks like you're well on your way .

Edited July 11, 2018 by oldnslow

[Snake45]

AMT '67/'68 Camaro roof?

I'll be watching this, as I've been wanting to try the same thing for a long time. Good luck and drive on!

[SfanGoch]

Ah, I see what you were doing. Pretty nifty.

[Modelbuilder Mark]

Wow, all the details make the subtle difference. 

[espo]

What do you have in mind for the side window frames ?

[IHSS]

Thanks for looking all. Snake got it. The roof is from the AMT 68 Camaro and the newer AMT release of the Impala SS. I'm hoping to do the same window frames as the pic posted above. I got the parts that've been done finished with smoothing out all the seems. Now I need to scribe the trunk out and the panel between the trunk and window. Then its just getting the rear quarter windows into shape so I can get the B-pillars and window frames in.

[PARTSMARTY]

Lookin very cool-i'll be watching !!!

[drodg]

Looks good.   There isn't a resin body of a Biscayne?     

[Snake45]

15 minutes ago, drodg said:

Looks good.   There isn't a resin body of a Biscayne?     

I know of one, but the roof looks more like a '65-66 than a '66-'67 to me.

[drodg]

I just looked to see if Dave Dodge had one on MCW's  sight but it looks like he made one for every year but 1967.    

[IHSS]

29 minutes ago, drodg said:

Looks good.   There isn't a resin body of a Biscayne?     

Thanks.      For me it's not the destination it's the journey. Plus doing this myself instead of buying resin increases my skills and confidence for future projects. I do have a couple of resin bodies of subjects that I like that are beyond my current skill set but if it looks like something I can do I go for it. Another project I did a while back may be getting casted by a very good caster and offered as a conversion kit. I'm also working on a companion to that one that I may run by him to see if he would be interested in casting and offer it also. There was a post about it in the resin section a few weeks back. I am working on a 69 Coronet from the monogram Super Bee kit that's stalled. I just can't seem to decide what direction to finish it. I put a couple pics of it up a couple weeks ago and the "companion" can be seen in the back ground. It's close so I may put some pics of it up soon. Thanks again

[Snake45]

26 minutes ago, drodg said:

I just looked to see if Dave Dodge had one on MCW's  sight but it looks like he made one for every year but 1967.    

[bbowser]

Very cool!  I love to see the lower trim level versions being built, not everyone could afford a top-of-the-line Impala.

[MeatMan]

Great project! Well done!

[IHSS]

Got a little update tonight. Carved out the quarter windows and roughed in the window frames. It's got a guide coat added to start finish sanding all the large areas. Thanks for looking

[IHSS]

Just messin around with a thought

[drodg]

On 7/12/2018 at 10:23 AM, Snake45 said:

Oh yeah I was wrong!      

[Bob Ellis]

On 7/12/2018 at 10:56 AM, drodg said:

I just looked to see if Dave Dodge had one on MCW's  sight but it looks like he made one for every year but 1967.    

I think I have his '67. Thought he did 1961-69

[fordf-100]

That looks great! Would this conversion also work on a 65 and 66 or are they different?

[MrObsessive]

2 hours ago, fordf-100 said:

That looks great! Would this conversion also work on a 65 and 66 or are they different?

They're similar, but you'd still have to do some tweaking...............

[matthijsgrit]

ooooeh, I like where that is going... Biscayne ZR-1? Bring it on!