Ron Hamilton Posted August 21, 2011 Posted August 21, 2011 A couple of years ago, I purchased a Model Car World Resin 1969 Chevy Biscayne 2 Door Sedan Transkit. There is a local car I was quite interested in doing a similar model of, which was a 1969 Chevy Biscayne Sedan, equipped with a 427/390 HP V8, a 4-speed transmission, and little else. When MCW announced it was going to market a '69 Biscayne, I couldn't wait fotr it, as I had their '65 and '66. I finally received their '69, but I was a little disapointed in it, as the rear side windows and the angle of the back window was the wrong angle. That did not stop me from building it, as I made a few modifications in the side windows and the roof by pie cutting the rear window and slanting the rear window, as well as re-shaping the side windows, and replacing the drip mouldings. The transkit was designed to be combined with the AMT '70 Impala kit, which I used with very little modification I wanted a sleeper look to the car, so I painted it a non descript aqua, with a black vinyl interior, featuring a tilt column, a " Sport Steering Wheel in Rosewood", and a AM/FM radio. The running stock are chevy rally wheels, with "police" caps, and no trim rings, mounted on red lines. Under the hood is a ZL-1 Aluminum 427/430 V8with a 4-speed, and a 4:11 posi. Yes, this car could have come from the factory as a C.O.P.O. , like what came from a performance oriented dealership like Berger, Yenko, Nickey, or Baldwin (Motion Performance). Everything I put on the car as available in 1969 from the factory, even though its not shown in the brochure. I have a fertile imagination, and would love to have such a beast as a one -to- one car. It would be a blast to drive.
charlie8575 Posted August 21, 2011 Posted August 21, 2011 Sounds nice, Ron. Pictures?? Charlie Larkin
Harry P. Posted August 21, 2011 Posted August 21, 2011 Sounds nice, Ron. Pictures?? Charlie Larkin Yeah... kind of a snoozefest with no pictures!
Ron Hamilton Posted August 21, 2011 Author Posted August 21, 2011 I attempted to insert pictures, but I was not able to.
sjordan2 Posted August 21, 2011 Posted August 21, 2011 Not to be critical, but this is the Under Glass section and we have no pictures.
MrObsessive Posted August 22, 2011 Posted August 22, 2011 I'll try to help out here............... This is the body that you get from MCW.............I can see what Ron's talking about in regards to the rear backlite and quarter windows. And here's the changes that Ron did..............these are the pics he sent me earlier with the body still in primer. It looks MUCH better Ron with the changes you did!
Ron Hamilton Posted August 22, 2011 Author Posted August 22, 2011 Here is my photobucket link to my pictures. For some unexplained reason, I cannot download them here. http://s245.photobucket.com/albums/gg59/RonHamilton/69%20Biscayne/
Guest Posted August 22, 2011 Posted August 22, 2011 Here you go Ron. Nice looking Biscayne! Looks like a really cool sleeper.
Ron Hamilton Posted August 22, 2011 Author Posted August 22, 2011 Roger, I appreciate your rescuing me.
MrObsessive Posted August 22, 2011 Posted August 22, 2011 That sure is nice Ron! The corrections to the roofline make the difference!
exnyman Posted August 23, 2011 Posted August 23, 2011 You've inspired me to get moving and work on my MCW 69 Biscayne again. I don't have the skills to make teh corrections to the roof like you have done, but hopefully, it'll look good anyway. Mine will be a replication of my Dad's 1:1 company car he had from 69-71. It was FathomGreen, light green interior, 6 cylinder, powerglide and nothing else. I don't have an extra 70 Impala kit around so will improvise and use the chassis from the current Revell 66 Impala SS. With suble differences from year to year, the frame was basically the same from 65-70 so It all lines up and serves the purpose.
bsoder Posted August 23, 2011 Posted August 23, 2011 Yea that's a sleeper allright!...guess we'll have to take your word on all that "muscle" underhood!
Danno Posted August 23, 2011 Posted August 23, 2011 That's very nice, Ron. Great improvement on the original casting.
LAone Posted August 24, 2011 Posted August 24, 2011 Yea that's a sleeper allright!...guess we'll have to take your word on all that "muscle" underhood! can't be a sleeper if you know what's under the hood... great looking biscayne
Ron Hamilton Posted August 24, 2011 Author Posted August 24, 2011 can't be a sleeper if you know what's under the hood... great looking biscayne Sure it's a sleeper. There are no "ZL-1" emblems on the car. There were several levels of 427 engines from Chevrolet in 1969. Most were 390 HP engine. Of course you cannot hide the tap-a-tap of the solid lifters. If the hood isn't opened, who knows.
charlie8575 Posted August 25, 2011 Posted August 25, 2011 That does look nice, Ron. You don't happen to have any pictures of the pre-modification body so I can see exactly what it was you did? I'm actually toying with buying one of those and make it genuine snoozer- 250/'Glide. No pretenses- a real, honest low-bucks special. Charlie Larkin
Ron Hamilton Posted August 25, 2011 Author Posted August 25, 2011 That does look nice, Ron. You don't happen to have any pictures of the pre-modification body so I can see exactly what it was you did? I'm actually toying with buying one of those and make it genuine snoozer- 250/'Glide. No pretenses- a real, honest low-bucks special. Charlie Larkin Charlie, Bill Geary posted a picture of the model as moulded from MCW's site. The mods I made were not too difficult, but it took a lot of planning, and was not for the faint of heart. As received, this was not too terrible a kit, I just had to modify it.
exnyman Posted August 27, 2011 Posted August 27, 2011 The MCW kit really isn't too bad right out of the box. My example actually was pretty close to Modelhaus standards, was very pleased with that. Actually, although the roof isn't 100% accurate to the actula 1:1 car, a keen eye to the 69 sales brochure indicates it does match the illustrations in it, since they were not accurate to the actual car, as well.
Ron Hamilton Posted August 27, 2011 Author Posted August 27, 2011 The MCW kit really isn't too bad right out of the box. My example actually was pretty close to Modelhaus standards, was very pleased with that. Actually, although the roof isn't 100% accurate to the actula 1:1 car, a keen eye to the 69 sales brochure indicates it does match the illustrations in it, since they were not accurate to the actual car, as well. I agree with you that MCW's resins are of a high standard, as I have several of Dave's trans-kits, and I am quite satisfied with them. If you notice in the brochure, a heavilly retouched photo-illustration is used to represent the '69 Biscayne sedan, which is not true to the actual car, not an actual photograph of the car. When I research a car for a build, I rely on actual photographs of the car, or the real thing, as well as photos from a brochure. I cannot wait to see your build Jim.
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