'60 Pontiac Bonneville

[Kit Basher]

Trumpeter kit. If you like lots and lots of tiny parts, this is the kit for you. The paint is Folk Art Metallic "Green Silk". The interior is various mixes of Testors. All the parts that should have been kit chrome but weren't, are Spaz Stix chrome. I wish I had done a better job on the interior, thought I could just freehand it. Oh well, as Dirty Harry said, "A man's got to know his limitations". So I guess not so bad for an old man with shaky hands. The trunk liner is a pattern I found on the web, resized and repeated in MS Word, and printed on white decal paper.

[Belugawrx]

Looks pretty darn nice to me KB

Really like the retro colour on it too..beauty land yacht (2thumsup)

[Kit Basher]

Thanks, Bruce!

[rrb124@sbcglobal.net]

Big Pontiac fan here. Your Poncho is super to see! I was 9 yrs old then and we would see these on the streets.

[VanGoGo]

Looks awesome!  

[Kit Basher]

Thanks, Robert!

Thanks, Vince!

[Falcon Ranchero]

That is super cool; I like the '60 Pontiacs. This is a vintage kit, correct?

[kelson]

Very nice work!👍, bought the same kit last year at a swap meet,i built their 62'Nova last year and that was an exercise in patience!!

[Kit Basher]

20 minutes ago, Falcon Ranchero said:

That is super cool; I like the '60 Pontiacs. This is a vintage kit, correct?

Thanks, Nathan! I believe it is a vintage kit. No idea if it's ever been re-issued. Also available as a hard top, see here:

 

[Kit Basher]

22 minutes ago, kelson said:

Very nice work!👍, bought the same kit last year at a swap meet,i built their 62'Nova last year and that was an exercise in patience!!

Thanks, Curtis! Yes, it took time and patience, but I enjoyed it.

[bh1701]

Everything about this one looks great!

Bart

[papajohn97]

Really nice job Hugh on this less-than-perfect kit. I've built a fair number of Trumpeter aircraft and ship kits and the quality varies all over the place.  
 

Our next door neighbor had one of these '61's in a white hardtop back in the days when middle class folks would upgrade every 1-2 years. I like your green one better.

[Supernurd]

Quite a stunning car. 👍

[iwantmodels]

You did an excellent job on that kit.  It's beautiful.

[Kit Basher]

Thanks, Bart!

Thanks, John!

Thanks, L M!

Thanks, D.!

[karbuildr]

Very nice Poncho. Gotta love these big boats from back in the day. Looks great in the color you chose, and the interior looks exceptional to me. Good job.

[Jim B]

Beautiful Bonneville.  Very well done.

[Kit Basher]

Thanks, David!

Thanks, Jim!

[TransAmMike]

Excellent build Hugh, a real beauty!!  👍

[Kit Basher]

Thanks, Mike!

[gtx6970]

7 hours ago, Falcon Ranchero said:

That is super cool; I like the '60 Pontiacs. This is a vintage kit, correct?

I'm thinking this kit is something like 20 years old now..give or take?????

I remember when it came out and the common talk was it was a reasonably accurate kit .

 

I have an original AMT version. Or I would have built one .

 

 

Looks great btw 

Edited 23 hours ago by gtx6970

[Hard_2_Handle_454]

Beautiful.  Been wanting one of these for a long time, but the prices are just outrageous.

[charger74]

Its really nice 

[bondo bill]

nice work did you use a clear and what was it

[DanL]

Beautiful work... I'm building the 1961 impala SS right now

Cheers