'60 Impala

Well, guess I've made you wait long enough to see some work from me, been slack as usual
This one was supposed to be mostly box stock. But me being me couldn't do that lol

So here's sorta where it's up to at the moment, hopefully putting it up here will give me some inspiration to finish it. Or at least make some more progress

First up was a scratch built seat. This is a back one.


RHD conversion-


Then I lost intrest in the interior and got cracking on the chassis. Mini tubb job to fit Pegasus Ts. Relocate rear rails, smooth a few things, tidy up a bit... Yet to be primered-










Meanwhile, the engine was completed. Scratched huggers and serpentine pulley system. Plug wire I got off ProBee, and the air cleaner is from Marshie's stash (thanks again fellas )


Something I tried for fun, got the idea from Slowlylearning . Scratched functional (and of course unfinshed) bonnet hinge.


And finally, scratchbuilt airbag. Idea from Freakshow over at ThePartsBox (worth having a look at some of his work if you get the chance ). He actually sent me the O-rings for it.



Well, that's all for now, thanks for lookin'. Comments welcome

Those chrome Ts do this build justice, great work on the mini tub, looks great, keep it going....

Nice progress, look forward to more.

yes nice. i like the chassis mods. once painted it'll be hard to spot the changes, it's so well blended. and motor looks cool.

Thanks y'all, the idea for the mini tub was to keep it pretty stock looking. Used the original rails, just cut em up and changed the angles and what not.
Anyway, thanks for the comments

Nice work so far dude , but dont take too long I dont really like popcorn

Thanks 'Slammerfan

Talented little sh.t, aint cha?

Should have been at my place on the weekend for the new hobby room grand opening gala extraviganza. He brought a heap of stuff around for us to check out. I saw these parts and more, and let me tell you, you've seen nothing yet. This guys got talent. As well as lots of spare time. Top work fella.

Dont know if its the cold weather or the extra head , but you Tassie guys sure are talented. All do some very clever work.


Any pics of the Grand Opening party?
Cheers

Thanks Fatty and Mick
Now enough with all the compliments! It'll get to my head(s)...

Wow I can't believe it's been a year since I updated this thing
Must be about time then hey? Had a go at triangulated four-link, resin airbags for mockup. I have some free time coming up in the next couple of months, maybe I should knuckle down and get this one done





Ok ok so it's not Shawn-level workmanship, I'm only human you know

Thats some great work Mopar. You have some great talent there, if only you got into the builds and finished them as they would be great builds.
Will be watching this for another year.

Yea I know hey, I spend too much time here on the forum, that's it
Really want to get this one off the bench, and all the others

*Edit: Also forgot to say, thanks to Marshie for the diff, much better for what I wanted to do than the kit one was

so we going to see this one done by christmas this year

Yea hopefully Allan, as soon as I get some time to put some decent bench hours in I'll get stuck into this one, I promise

love your work on the chev, I would love 2 see this 1 finished. Keep up the good work Mopar ! I drive a real '60, this is givin me some ideas !

Thanks ozmodeler, I appreciate the kind words. Although I'm a little jealous you've got a 1:1 Might get into the interior again over the next week or two as I find the time.

Cool , impressed with the work you did on the mini tubs mate, i've used o rings for airbags my self a couple of times, nice and easy and actually look like they should, you've proven you have the talent, now finish it!!

Thanks Dale, I appreciate that mate

Now, question. I I were to cast the back seat as a one piece part and do the same with the front seat (which extensive searches have failed to find tonight :\, it's pretty similar to the back one, but different ) would anyone be genuinely interested in them? I'd like to cast them because it'd save me scratching duplicates (lazy I know ), but there's really no use if I'm only gonna get two seats out of it. Anyone?

You can be honest, if you wouldn't take a set if I paid you because you think it looks crap just say so, I can take it

Put me down for a couple of sets, would be something different, aslong as you don't want the earth for them mate.

Not only the earth Dale, but everything on it!!! Mwah ha ha haaaaa *evil laugh continues*
Na couple of bucks a set I reckon should do, just to cover postage mainly

POSTAGE???? I live up the road, i think i could pick them up if need be mate, aus post would still lose them going all the way across town, we'll make it a few sets, i'm sure Adam would like some aswell.

Of course mate wasn't even thinking of how close you are Should only cost half the earth in that case
I'll get the back seat ready for moulding tonight, and try to find that darned front seat Won't be able to actually cast them just yet though, need some new resin. Hopefully I can get my hands on that in a few weeks or so.

Update for Adam (see, I'm working on having more than just a handful of built models on my shelf, slowly but I'm working on it)

Back seat is all one piece, clean and ready for casting. Still haven't come across the front seat Guess I'll just make another one. Probably find the first one then





How's that Dale? I kept the back part fairly clean and simple, but it could maybe even double as a front seat if that was the look you were after. It's just a little 'flat' for a front seat, not enough side support, otherwise ok I spoze.