Model Car Body To Chassis Kitbashing Tips Ep.183

This is the FIRST thing I do when I am wanting to kit bash a body with a completely different chassis Like a Street Car body on a Race Car chassis
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*ATTENTION!* Be sure to go over and watch my my SECOND TAKE of this video. Because I really messed up on this one up. Here is the link. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aIaueqJvhLaMfNU

[@Insomniamodelcars]

This is about the only way i build models. Great yi see someone else interested

[@MarkBatsonHobbydude007]

Great video Matt!! Bashing is a way of life at my house!! LOL!

[@TheLukaCeeChannel]

Hey, Mark. Congrats for making on another Mag Cover

[@MarkBatsonHobbydude007]

@@TheLukaCeeChannel Thank you good sir! Just saw that today!

[@blueoxmodelshop3405]

Great video!! Thanks for sharing the info!

[@michaelcooke2559]

Very nice scratchbuilding/kitbashing tip. Thanks for sharing.

[@valeriepickens2533]

Like many others, I'd have to say that if it wasn't for the option of " kit bashing," I would have been out of the craft years ago! Many of us have refused to build a model, the same way it came in the box. Blame it on George Barris, Big Daddy Ed Roth, Gene Winfield, and Darryl Starbird. ( shout out to the movie " Hollywood Knights!) I'm 64 and started this craft when I was eight, and " kit bashing" was all I've ever known! Unfortunately I can't pay it the honors it deserves, because we have 3D resin parts now, and that has made " kit bashing" a lot more obsolete. Perhaps I'll do a video on some of the things that you would never guess fitting,...but still do. However, there is still one way that " kit bashing" is saving this craft! Last month I bought a 1970 Johan 442. Thankfully ( because of how rare this car is, and it's poor quality parts) Revel made an upgraded version, that even includes extra parts! Did the same with a Johan 70 Superbird! Thank God for the " kit bashing" option,...it has been everything to me!

[@jasongriffin8849]

Awesome video. Thanks!

[@playanddisplay3636]

Great release my man. These are my favorite video of yours, really enjoy hearing your creative ideas and how you get to the finished product.

[@TheLukaCeeChannel]

Thank you.

[@deenjoan9938]

Wow thank you so much for your channel, Your knowledge of kits and what will go with what is remarkable . To see you take the time and say this will fit with this and this wont is a game changer when someone wants to kit bash and see if it will work. You seam to know a lot as to what's in the kits and if it will even work at all with another kit. With no disrespect to you , you may not build a lot of kits on your channel and say this is this step and this is this step , But maybe that's why I watch your channel . It's not all about this build are that build but the thing's you show us .Thank you vary much for your channel

[@TheLukaCeeChannel]

That you. But wait till you watch the follow up video in a few. I messed UP!😬

[@deenjoan9938]

@@TheLukaCeeChannel I don't think you messed up maybe a cliff hanger So we need to keep watching lol

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Great vid, it's always fun to mock up "possible" future projects!! 👍👍👍

[@TheLukaCeeChannel]

Or just more future "Mock Ups"! 😆

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

@@TheLukaCeeChannel 👍

[@charlespalavros6952]

Thanks for sharing FB group rocks Luka

[@juniorworkshop1918]

Very nice Luka 👍😎👋

[@grenadebaron]

I been kitbashing since the early 60's. Last yr I kitbashed the body of the 1/24th 1993 Jeff Gordon Lumia to the chassis from the 1/25th 90 Oldsmobile of Ernie Irvan. The firewall , rear interior side panels, roll cage ,rear fender wells and trunk area had to be cut down to fit. The body now lifts off with ease. Why do I build models? 69 yrs old, retired and it keeps my hands and mind busy, plus I grew old but never grew up.

[@danrosenello4847]

Good stuff ! I remember building a pro street ‘70 Mustang when I was a kid and the wheel base was perfect. I think I used a Thunderbird chassis though. Right now there is an old Thunderbird pro stock kit and another ‘70 Mustang kit in my stash, just waiting for my 14 year old self to rise up and start kit-bashing ! I also built a pro street ‘86 Corvette convertible back then……🤔

[@TheLukaCeeChannel]

Cool. I actually like the T Bird/Don Hardy chassis better than the Camaro/ Chris Alston chassis. But the latter is more popular.

[@BBBILLY86]

The Nasty Camaro had a sister kit. It was a pro street 80s Firebird body that used the Nasty Pro street Camaro tub, interior, motor, wheels, cage, etc. Used those 2 kits to tub a ton of cars in the 80s. Especially the Old Pro Nova since I owned a Nova in the 80s.

[@TheLukaCeeChannel]

Yep, I've got a couple of those Firebirds.

[@sabledriver]

I just checked my 1/24 Grand National kit against my 1/24th Bob Glidden T-Bird kid (both built) and the wheelbases are almost exact, so, I think a T-Bird kit would be the way to go, with the Regal body, way less to modify, if you want to build the pro stock Regal.

[@RLRSwanson]

I think someone, maybe on the model cars magazine forums did it that way, using the t-bird chassis with the GN/Regal body. I also found an example on there of somebody making the 83 or so Warren Johnson Pro Stock Cutlass with the Hurst Olds body and I think it was the Camaro chassis.

[@TheLukaCeeChannel]

I agree. I did not have my T Bird chassis near me to test fit. And I did not want to get into that at that time. But you are right. I have a project already started thst is that T Bird/ Don Hardy chassis and a Revell 1/24th 86 Monte Carlo Aerocoupe. Fits nice

[@alancyr3100]

Cool! Great tutorial giving me some ideas.

[@oldskolacura9798]

I took the ricky smith pro stock chassis from his thunderbird and used a revelle 85 camaro and just shortened the wheel base by a few 1/8's. Very mimimal to allow the front tires to be centered in the wells. Came out great.

[@kennyshores8588]

I used to build a ton off Pro Streets using the Camaro! Fun Stuff... and all those Sprint Car kits missing rear tires !

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Yep, those Pro Street Camaros are great Kenny!!

[@TerryWilsonModels]

As a kit basher, this vid was very useful. I have not thought about the idea of using those old pro stock cars as a doner. I wil have to give that a try.

[@KarlScaleModeling]

Interesting video Luka, always great to mix and match and you nailed it perfectly! Makes you realize that us modelers can be so much more creative mixing kits ☺️ Well done 👍🏼👍🏼

[@cliffthompson4004]

Great segment Matt sometimes you can get away with the different scale however kit bashing is great way to get your desired results. Thanks for sharing.👍🏻

[@marcosfernandeznanita7150]

Awesome video Luka, I did the same thing with my dodge promod, use the 58 Christine promod chassis and just need to add some modifications to it, hope this video help a lot of people out there

[@michaelhintzmikesminiature1812]

Great video!!! Thanks for sharing

[@JohnW1711stock]

The G body cars are 108" wheelbase, and the 82-92 Camaro is, I believe 106". The Camaro may be slightly wider at the middle. The 67-69 Camaro's are 108", 68-72 Nova's are 110".

[@josephsierocinski578]

Looks like a 1/24 scale Buick body you have there.

[@TheLukaCeeChannel]

YEP! I DID!! LOL

[@youknoweverything7643]

Thanks for great info and learning process scratch building is what makes or breaks a great model builder it's not easy matching up parts to make it look right it takes hours going through parts and finding just the right part for the build I spend a good month doing nothing but going through all my parts bins and opened kits before I start my scratch build kit bash cust builds cuse if you don't have every single part that looks correct or looks good and fits correctly in there it's not going to look right I'll throw the whole model off even a carburetor if it's too high or too low would throw the whole model off as well especially blowers if you got a blower that's meant for like a 125th scale and it's really small compared to your motor it won't look right

[@JDsHouseofHobbies]

One of my car dreams is building a Pro Street 65 Impala. I had a drawing of one someone did years ago and really thought it would be cool. This gives me ideas!

[@robjohnson1073]

I used that model back in the 90s to pro Street a Cuda

[@chuckymonster1000]

Great vid

[@TheLukaCeeChannel]

Of course it is. But WAIT! I will have a follow up video in a few. There is a BIG MISTAKE that needs correcting. Keep Watching

[@crazypainter56]

I fit bodies and chassis together and take notes and write it down in a notebook

[@garyparker2969]

Good Stuff LC & I Just Ordered a Model Car Guys Mug 🎉🎊🎉🎊‼️‼️ God Bless All.

[@TheLukaCeeChannel]

Thank You!

[@garyparker2969]

You're Welcome Sir and Thank You 🤗🤗

[@lindsaylavallee5012]

Great tips !! I’ll be looking for old pro street builds for sale !!

[@budb.bopping9005]

I say Matt > if you got an itch ( scratch it ) kit bashing ........why you say ? BECAUSE IT'S FUN .

[@TheLukaCeeChannel]

Hech Yeah!

[@tonyorwick492]

I used the LAPD Pro Street Camaro chassis under the 70 Baldwin Motion Camaro

[@TheLukaCeeChannel]

I've played with that. I've had friends do that bash very successfully. Go back through my videos a few years back. Look for a video I did on my friend, Frank Bennett. You will see his thst he did. It will blow your mind.

[@teddyburns7379]

Great video Luka Cee, l recently purchased a builders collection ( a lot of 90s pro - street stuff) a very large container of detail and photo- etch pieces, hope somebody could use this for there projects,, Rockabilly scale kustoms,. l was at the acme show this past year as a vendor ;;;. Thanks ted

[@user-cv8qo4fr7o]

I had one time , a man showed me that a funny car frame would work. He had several cars that were pro stock look. I was wondering have you ever tried that technique.

[@rickzinck9326]

Thanks Luka, some good information here. Aw, come on now, You know the only good thing about "the model car guys" show is Felix! LOL

[@TheLukaCeeChannel]

He will agree with you on that, Rick

[@joeywebb867]

Great segment Luka Cee. I have a separate question concerning gear shift knobs. Maybe you do this already, but it's something I discovered recently. I'm assuming that 99 percent of shifters are chrome plated. Instead of painting the knob, I've started taking my exacto knife and scraping the chrome off the knob. It gives it a more natural ivory look. What is your thoughts?

[@TheLukaCeeChannel]

I haven't addressed that. But I do the same thing. 😄👍

[@robertrootz1851]

I have been looking but can't find a model for my classic car that I used to own. 1966 2 door with post chevy nova.

[@rosemaryr.long-morgan9704]

Thanks for dharing. Have You done an engine swap out? I want to swap out the 427 from '66 malibu then place it into a '66 Impala SS Street Burner. How difficult is it? Thanks /Rosemary

[@mitchellrobbins133]

A halftrack+a53ford hmmm.

[@sindrelangvatn7295]

Hei, you don't use the cutlass 1/25 body.

[@TheLukaCeeChannel]

No I did not. D'OH!!!!

[@darrenbrisson4336]

I made a 74 pro mod dart sport with a couple kits it has a B-1 engine from koffels place I need to finish it my 73 cuda model which is one of a kind lost a headlight it's the Johan yellow cuda snaptite model I need a headlight please let me know where I could buy one missing one off my cuda should've seen my rayspestos 69 g.t.x top fuel funny car

[@TheLukaCeeChannel]

Love the kit bashing

[@darrenbrisson4336]

@@TheLukaCeeChannel yes but can you help me with my dilemma I need one headlight from a Johan cuda kt someone should have one I'll pay five bucks for one

[@darrenbrisson4336]

If I can't get a headlight I need I'm going to make some out of these pieces I cut off the cheese cake container and wire up and glue in l.e.d light's to a u.s.b cord and have working head and taillights

[@robgto7051]

or you make one that fits perfect you scratch build a chassis

[@mhenderson1000]

If your buddy is building the Buddy Ingersoll Buick V6 he should use the Warren Johnson Oldsmobile chassis because it would be a perfect fit for the Buick..I used it for my Black Warren Johnson Pro Stock Cutlass.