Monogram 66' Malibu for my Junkyard

[ONEBADMK8]

Heres the latest addition to "Angelino's Salvage yard"

I pulled this from the pile of old kit's I recieved from my Friend John Piscopo, see:

http://modelmasters.proboards3.com/i...num=1081998994

It's the 1978 Release of Monogram's 66' Malibu SS.

I am about 80% complete so far.
This baby is rusted real bad.
The Bumper is rotted through, motor is all siezed and rust welded together and full of dirt and dust.

[SchuberT]

lol! that's classic! great build

[ONEBADMK8]

Thank you. Actually the Junkers are far more difficult and challenging to do then the clean builds. Much more fun too.

[primera man]

Those poor cars !!!...lol

[swollen]

tell us how you "deflate" your tires!!

[speedstur]

Great Bad Job!

[tonioseven]

I love it!!

[ONEBADMK8]

Originally Posted by swollen

tell us how you "deflate" your tires!!

Theres a couple of ways.

1) Heat up a NON stick frying pan with a small amount of vegtable oil and slowly push the tire into it until the desired results are achieved.

2) Actually flame the tire and then push it on something firm to flatten.

[Martin S]

Wow, that looks good, or bad maybe I should say
Is it remains of old flames that I see on the drivers side door ? very cool !
What do you use for colour mix for rust? Flat brown mixed with a little red?

[ONEBADMK8]

Originally Posted by Martin S

Wow, that looks good, or bad maybe I should say
Is it remains of old flames that I see on the drivers side door ? very cool !
What do you use for colour mix for rust? Flat brown mixed with a little red?

Actually Martin I use real rust. I rustout some steel wool overnight in a glass with water, allow to dry into a fine powder then apply with a VERY mild mix of thinner and flat black for coloring.

The coolest part is that it actually changes and really rusts!! It's real metal particles so it worsens with time.

[Lownslow]

cool i gotta try that too. are you using new kits or junkers from your pile stash

[ONEBADMK8]

Originally Posted by Lownslow

cool i gotta try that too. are you using new kits or junkers from your pile stash

I use a mix of both.

[ONEBADMK8]

Heres some pics I forgot to post.

I opened the trunk up with a dremel ad I painted it bright red.
I am going to fab up some hinges and display it opened with junk and parts inside.

I made the floor of the trunk from 12 mil papaer the painted it flat black then immediately dumped fine dirt/dust to look very weathered.

I also asdded some white haze to the intake to attempt to simulate oxidation.
I dented up the undercarriage and gas tank.
I banged up the mufflers a little more too.

I am now 95% done. Check it out.













Heres some more.

I cut out the trunk and painted it red, borrowed some hinges from a junked 70's release Revell 57 Chevy kit.

I flattened the tires a little more and detailed the rust over again.

[tpliquid]

wow!!

[bigfrit]

Wow those are really interesting and inspiring builds !

It looks superdifficult to get a realistic junk result. So I say


Well done!

Olivier