My take on the MPC Californian Toronado

[Deathgoblin]

Here's my take on the Californian kit. It had a LOT of ugly out of the box but the overall shape wasn't bad. First effort was to remove the awful beak it had. Made the entire rear panel the tail lights with a grill over it and made a new rear bumper out of half-round. I filled in part of the panels that went from the quarters into the roof and cut out the side parts to make almost colonade-style quarter windows.  

[Can-Con]

Definite improvement over the box stock kit.

I really like what you did with the front and rear end treatments.

[ea0863]

Brian, you absolutely nailed it with this one! I have this kit and have thought how nice the overall shape is - if only the front and rear were different - and here you did a great job with both. Well done, and thank you for sharing. Now I'm inspired to have a go at mine  

[Bainford]

Huge improvement! I really like what you did with the quarter windows. Nice work. 

[PappyD340]

Super nice Toronado, well done!

[espo]

Your changes to the body look more like something from the GM Design Studio proposal for the Toronado. 

[XYHARRY]

Nice custom, well done Brian. 

Cheers, 

David. ??

[Sledsel]

I was never brave enough to tackle that box of ugliness but wow yours looks good!!!!!!

[ncbuckeye67]

Wow! You definitely made some much-needed improvements.

[ChrisR]

Very nice!

[slusher]

Great improvements Brian, great custom!

[Rattlecan Dan]

Very original. Super nice build.

[Street Rod]

Excellent work here! Love the lines on the car, very sleek.

[ewetwo]

Nice!

 

[magicmustang]

Really liking the changes you made to this. Will probably do similar to my attempt. Could we get a close-up pic of the restyled front end?  

Edited June 16, 2024 by magicmustang

[Deathgoblin]

5 hours ago, magicmustang said:

Really liking the changes you made to this. Will probably do similar to my attempt. Could we get a close-up pic of the restyled front end?  

Sure! I went with a look like the headlights were retractable or had covers. 

[magicmustang]

2 hours ago, Deathgoblin said:

Sure! I went with a look like the headlights were retractable or had covers. 

Wow, that's way better than what's in the box.

[stavanzer]

Just Superb re-styling of what was a pretty grody custom.

As others have said, it looks like a factory design study now.

 

Good Show.

[Chromecop]

Very nice !

[magicmustang]

On 6/16/2024 at 6:12 PM, Deathgoblin said:

Sure! I went with a look like the headlights were retractable or had covers. 

Here's where I'm at on my attempt. Removed the headlights and sanded the beak grill down a bunch. Went with the opera windows (two instead of three), man that was a lot of putty and sanding. Cut out and filled in the rear panel. Like the stock taillight that was on the chrome tree. but I need to shorten it. Any suggestions? 

 

Edited October 11, 2024 by magicmustang

[Bob Ellis]

That paint makes the car look great

[Paul Payne]

Great restyling- really looks like a design study and prototype!

[rickcaps55]

I like it !! the color simple custom look very nice.