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  • 4 weeks later...

The car is nearly complete.  I used the photo etch parts and they came out very nice.  I sprayed them with alclad 2 chrome, then red/white/blue enamel.  After all the emblems and foil were on I put on several coats of clear lacquer.  Up close it interfered with the alclad chrome - it's not as smooth or silver as before.  But unless you're looking through a magnifier it still reads as chrome and looks good.

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Here is the finished product.  It came out very nice.  I must say that this model was extremely challenging, and it fought me every step of the way, right down to the last piece - the front bumper, which was twisted.  Even on one side, up or down on the other.  With no positive contact pin/hole connections I was left to try to work it out with super glue and epoxy.  There was a LOT of cleanup and fabrication work on this, given all the resin parts, and the usual mediocre quality of AMT kits.  In the end though it looks great.

 

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That turned out great. I had no idea the Hendrix stuff was sub-par, I'd always heard good things about it. Good to know.

I really like your solution to the front signal light problem, I'd never thought of that. 

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Steve I hope your car turns out great for your mother. My mother is gone now and I miss her everyday. She was a great mother and didn't spare the rod. I wish I could build something for her. keep us posted on the progress. Who made that kit I would like to have a grille for a 55 Jr. Johnson sportsman car I am building.

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