1964 Pontiac LeMans Convertible

[markcrowel]

No CAD; this is a pen and ruler design. Writing tablet cardboard.

The two side panels are joined by a longitudinal strip, which will include the front bumper, grille, hood, interior door panels and door sills. The interior door panels are cut into the strip and folded downward.

My hand-drawn (not traced) plan side view.

Reference pictures are from the book American Car Spotters' Guide 1940-1965, by Tad Burness.

[willygoat]

That looks pretty cool. One of my high school buddies had one of these cars. It was fun.

[mchale]

hi mark cool car did you take a look at mine

[markcrowel]

Mchale, is your car posted anywhere?

[mchale]

yeah the designs are are in the civilian wheels forums under i just designed a 1969 and a half dodge charger daytona

[markcrowel]

Rear deck in place;

doubler strips for edge-to-edge gluing on under side of deck;

glue along edge of car's side panel to receive bumper;

bumper ready to be glued in place;

rear bumber in place.

[Art Deco]

Coming along very nicely! Looks like you are not using your usual "bread and butter" construction style this time?

[mchale]

hi that looks realy are you going to release it

[markcrowel]

Well hello, Art! Good to see you again! How have you been?
No, the '64 Pontiac has a very simple shape to begin with (a nice characteristic of many '60's cars). The entire car can be treated as one big profile pontoon, with a hole cut into the top strip for the interior.

Mchale, I might release it as a printed kit. This particular model is for a friend who once had the real thing.

[Zathros]

I sure would like to see more pictures. You have caught the essence of the vehicle. My older brother had a '64 hard top. I really loved that car. It was a perfect size car, they got the size right back then. There were a lot of cars back then that if they had progressed the base car instead of turning everything into boats would have maintained a competitive edge through the '70s.

[markcrowel]

This is a work-in-progress, so I will post more photos as progress is made. Thanks for the compliments, everyone.

Zathros, my first car was 1967 LeMans hardtop, overhead cam in-line six.

[markcrowel]

Windhield assembly is sandwich type: 1/8th inch inner frame; glued to this is a 1/16th inch edge liner frame, with gaps in the side for the vent windows; the clear plastic windshield/vent windows piece is inserted into this; then the 1/8th inch outer frame is glued over the edge liner frame.

Starting to "skin" the body side with color.

One continuous strip for the firewall, front floorpan, front seat, rear floorpan, and rear seat. The front and rear surfaces of the front seat backs are glued together.

[markcrowel]

Windshield mounted. Cardboard punch circles are locator pegs for holes in clear plastic windshield/vent windows piece.

Interior panels done and mounted.

Interior strip with floorpan and seats is now covered with red paper and details.

[Clashster]

Very cool! I have always wanted to see some classics come to paper modeling! Somehow I would like to see a 57 or 58 Corvette in paper! Great work!

[markcrowel]

Happy New Year everyone!

The interior is installed.

[mchale]

that looks good cant wait for more

[Clashster]

Nice work, Mark! Getting ready to go out for a cruise!!!

[Art Deco]

I like that red interior! I can almost smell the fresh vinyl - like when you first open the car door on a hot 1960s summer day ... :)

[markcrowel]

Here are the photos of the finished model.

[Papercut]

Hello Mark, good to hear from you again. The build turned out nice. Hope to see more from you.:DRick

[Art Deco]

Nice Pontiac! :)

I think that for many, modeling is mainly a technical exercise to produce an accurate scale replica. But some take a more artistic approach, and strive to create impressions of reality.

Mark, I think what I like best about your work is that it strikes a nice balance between the two. Your models are are accurate enough that the original car is immediately identifiable, yet they also bear the marks of your own personal creative style. :cool:

So ...what's next? :)

[markcrowel]

Thank you, Tim. You've explained the exact effect I try to produce: to capture the identity and personality of the real car, yet have a model that has an identity and personality of it's own.

As for what's next, still deciding.

[markcrowel]

Thank you to all of you for your kind compliments.