Post by Spike on Aug 20, 2022 8:21:06 GMT -5
A long time ago, back in the late '70s, I built the Monogram '66 Malibu Street Rat kit. Since then I have always thought that the '66 Chevelle/Malibu is a great looking car, clean simple lines and not too much fussy detailing. So when I resumed building model cars, a couple of years ago, I started looking out for one to build. I bid for one UK Ebay, but it ended up going for silly money. Then, waddya-know Revell re-released it, so I snapped one up quick and built it up as a tribute to the 14 year old me.
2022
1979
Build Specs:
Body - I enlarged the rear arches slightly to give clearance to the bigger wheels, filed off the badges and bonnet centre peak. The hood-scoop is built from styrene card and inserted through the existing hole.
Paint - One coat of grey primer then two coats of matt black. This was then fully rubbed down before two final of coats of grey primer.
I left off the side pipes and added flanges to the ends of the headers.
The rear slicks are from a long lost funny car and I found the mags in my wheels box. The rest of the kit is pretty much box-stock, just detailed.
2022
1979
Build Specs:
Body - I enlarged the rear arches slightly to give clearance to the bigger wheels, filed off the badges and bonnet centre peak. The hood-scoop is built from styrene card and inserted through the existing hole.
Paint - One coat of grey primer then two coats of matt black. This was then fully rubbed down before two final of coats of grey primer.
I left off the side pipes and added flanges to the ends of the headers.
The rear slicks are from a long lost funny car and I found the mags in my wheels box. The rest of the kit is pretty much box-stock, just detailed.
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