Some of my workbench projects

[Sport Suburban]

Since we are welcoming the new year I figured I would show off some of my workbench projects that I hope to finish in 2016. Like many of you this is only some of them.

First up is a Monogram 59 Corvette. I'm building it with the dual quad 283 instead of the Fuel Injection engine. I also swapped the hard top for the soft top in the Revell 58 Corvette along with the white walls but they are off center.

Next is a resurging project that started as a what if. It will be a 71 GTO Judge convertible. What started out as a 72 GTO glue bomb. I cut the roof off and started the convertible conversion. That was going well so then I decided to see about a 71 conversion. The body was going to be easy and I had a MPC 71 Annual built up that I was missing front seats. I had already borrowed the correct seats and cast up resin copies. So then I cast up the rear seat so I could add that to the 72 tub. This was back in 2008. I had cast up everything to convert the 72 into a 71. I also started kit bashing it with the AMT 69 Olds chassis. Then this fell on the back burner. Due to the renewed excitement with my 70 Judge project this one has seen new light. It donated much of the kit bashing to the 70. So I bought another 72 for parts to build this one up. It won't be as detailed as the 70 but the body is much nicer than starting over with the orange kit.

Next up is a MPC 70 GTO. This is a long project that has been on and off my bench a few times. It is being built as a 70 GTO Judge convertible. I had a kit with a damaged "A" pillar. I got it for parts and allready had 2 other kits. I was also toying around about turning one into a convertible. So I bought Modelhaus 69 Chevelle convertible windshield frame and MPC 68/69 GTO conv boot. This was before the 69 Chevelle conv rerelease we saw last year. The interior required no mods and the body was coming out better than the 71 project so this one took over. It got the kit bashed 69 Olds 442 chassis and Revell 68 Firebirds 400 engine. I also wanted to add as much detail as possible. It is at the final stages and this is the one I want to add brake lights and fuel lines to the chassis.

Let me know what you think and I will also add more projects to this thread soon.

[Geno]

They're Pontiacs so of course i love 'em. I can't wait to see them finished.

[Sport Suburban]

Thanks, I'm looking forward to finishing the 70. It's coming along nicely.

 

[Sport Suburban]

Here is another one that has been kicking around and I just need to finish it. I bought this one about 10 years ago when I was building other Johan 442's. It's a resin 72 Olds 442 convertible from Modelhaus. I even bought the W30 conversion kit at that time. I had to cast a few Johan parts to complete this build. I needed another radiator support and shroud to complete this. So this build has no real Johan donor parts. I am using the AMT 69 Olds chassis for the engine and chassis. I need to get this one done before I start any of the Revell 72 442's that I have.

Here is a simpler conversion. 69 Camaro RS SS from Revell kit. It has a SS hood from an AMT kit and the exhaust from the Revell 69 Nova kit. It is in primer and the hood is fitted and fits well.

Another Johan sourced kit is this 69 AMX. I wanted to build this one stock but needed many stock parts to complete it. Starting with the common race kit was a mistake. Hood is from Missing Link. Correct 69 interior was an eBay find. Chassis is stock style with molded in exhaust also eBay. Stock intake and exhaust is resin cast by me. Bumpers were stripped and front bumper molding added along with rear bumper guards. This is going to be a Big Bad AMX. Front spoiler added and I see them on many real cars but not factory correct.