Station Wagons/'67 Chev Impala version

Having a soft spot for station wagons, since my first car was an EH Wagon ,then a few others since . As models go, there hasn't been a great choice in wagons. When I discovered what was available in resin , I found it opened up a new world of choices , and to my surprise a '67 Impala was available . I proceeded to aquire by ways and means, then ended up with this ;





It will be pretty much stock, painted Ermine White or similar and will be a tow car for something,haven't decided yet.

Mmmmm.....someone say "Station Wagon"...you've got my attention

Me too. Did you get this one in Australia Ron or from O.S.

Yeah that's cool - you could certainly sleep fairly comfortably
in the back of a tank like that!

would look good as a surf wagon,cool.

it would look good as a hearse with a blown big block

Yes , This did come fom the U.S of A Its one of the Modelhaus kits . Anyone into resin probably has heard of The Modelhaus, ; they're not cheap , but when you want something different, ya have no choice!

That cool what are your plains for it mild or full custom job

Pretty much stock standard , except for corvette valve covers and afermarket air cleaner. Pretty boring Huh! , since its at odds with my Avatar , its either modified , hot rodded or Kustomized? Post pics ,soon ,Interior done , engine almost done and body is in white primer.

Cheers Ron

big bad kustom wrote:Yes , This did come fom the U.S of A Its one of the Modelhaus kits . Anyone into resin probably has heard of The Modelhaus, ; they're not cheap , but when you want something different, ya have no choice!

Yeah Modelhaus have heaps of stuff have you bought any Jimmy Flintstone stuff?

Monaro. No I didn't, but there is some stuff I liked . As it turned out there was other bodies that I had to get before any Jimmy Flintstone stuff . So I got a few from Modelhaus , mostly Pontiac Chevs and Buicks .Also got some resin hot rod bodiees (chopped roof)etc .
Cheers Ron

Here is a bit more progress on the wagon!

The interior looks great but how do you steer it.

Aha ! Monaro Very observant of you . I am just putting a column shifter on the steering wheel right now. Next I will prep the body for final paint. Last night I slapped some moulding putty on the left and right sides to get the door lines and window posts so as to cast the door panels for a '67 four door , I'm working on.

looking great so far.

Looking good Ron, keep us posted mate.

Oh Yeh ! More good stuff coming Rob! I am on a model building frenzy at the moment. BTW You can include me in your group of Nomad,s Also , just letting you know that I,m going to miss Wagga Show as we I will be on holidays with my family in Dubbo and Parkes. Just doing a bit of small stuff on thwagon for now.

Cheers Ron

The wagon body now has a coat of flat white. I have to buy a can of Tamiya gloss white or maybe Duplicolour white of some sort . and I'm not going with yellow YUK! I'm just showing this as it turned up at the Drags in Sydney. I hadn't seen a '67 Wagon in something over 20 years.

coming along great, Will look good in white with the green interior

Kynan , I based it on the Wagon in the 1967 Impala new car sales brochure that I have , but the wagon in the brochure has the Ranch wagon wood grain (FAKE) trim. I thought of doing that version , but the trim would be a bar-st#rd of a job to do.

Cheers Ron.

Nice project BBK. Hey nothing wrong with yellow, lol!
Adam

Wagon update ; Body was painted with Dupi-color Polaris White and just received a coat of Tamiya clear. Between coats of paint I scrubbed the body with toothpaste and a soft toothbrush to buff it up between coats . I picked up that little tip off the forum here somewhere , works a treat!

Cheers Ron

Now that I,m sort of officially on holidays , I thought I would bring this back out of the closet . Body is now all polished up and awaiting bare metal foil when I feel up to it. On the wagon theme . I have been thinking about doing a HK Holden /HT Wagon as I had two of those in the past .
Adam , I have no issues with yellow cars as my last car was a Yellow EH and My current Monaro is Yellow.
Here is the latest pic of the big "67 Wagon:I'll get the pic up as soon as I sort out photobucket.

Lookin' good Ron. Paint looks nice and clean, minty fresh.
Must be the toothpaste scrub.