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Tom Birky
Joined: 01 Feb 2018 Posts: 200 Location: Eastern Iowa
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Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2021 3:58 pm Post subject: Junior Johnson 73 Monte Carlo |
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Thought I'd share a couple of pics of Junior Johnsons 73 Carling Monte Carlo being built by my brother. Salvino kit on Monogram chassis with trunk and bumper mods to back date it. Spoiler fron Buick Regal and rear bumper from unknown Mopar kit. Thx for looking. Tom
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Pierre Rivard
Joined: 25 Feb 2021 Posts: 378 Location: Montreal, Canada
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Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2021 5:04 pm Post subject: |
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Brillant idea with the bumpers!
This looks much more realistic than the Mack sized bumpers of the original kit.
I will follow this build with great interest and I can't wait to see the solution for the front bumper.
Just when I thought I was done with the Salvinos MC's... _________________ "When you arrive at a fork in the road, take it" - Yogi Berra |
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Firefly
Joined: 28 Jan 2018 Posts: 813 Location: New Jersey
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Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2021 8:42 pm Post subject: |
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Nice work so far. That is a tough body to tweak. I endeavored to grind down the kit bumpers and it was like breaking into Fort Knox. Those look great. _________________ Bill Jobson is my real name. |
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Tom Birky
Joined: 01 Feb 2018 Posts: 200 Location: Eastern Iowa
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Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2021 10:44 pm Post subject: |
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Not sure what his plan is for the front . The 73 and 74 are nearly identical as near as I can tell.
Tb |
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Firefly
Joined: 28 Jan 2018 Posts: 813 Location: New Jersey
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Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2021 7:37 am Post subject: |
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Tom Birky wrote: | Not sure what his plan is for the front . The 73 and 74 are nearly identical as near as I can tell.
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Only difference was the leading edge was flat, with rivets, on the '73, and was ridged in '74.
Either way - the kit bumper is DEEP. I had to sculpt it down considerably:
_________________ Bill Jobson is my real name. |
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MarkJ
Joined: 29 Jan 2018 Posts: 1312
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Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2021 8:31 am Post subject: |
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I can already tell , this is going to be great. I will stay in tune. |
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AMB
Joined: 26 Nov 2021 Posts: 32
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Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2021 3:03 pm Post subject: |
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Really like how you reworked it to look like the more svelte 1973 Monte Carlo, my favorite year of the GM colonade cars.
I think that rear bumper may started out as what is in the 1:25 MPC Sheriff Rosco's Police Car/Force 440 kit?
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