cobraman Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 Did you fellows ever have one of those builds just did not go well ? No matter how simple a kit may be it just fights you ? Well here is mine . Problems ( my fault ) were as follows . I lost the hood scoop in the garage somewhere ? Paint problems , decal problems , BMF problems pulling of some paint . But it’s done such as it is . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cobraman Posted November 17, 2018 Author Share Posted November 17, 2018 Ha ! I see one of the vent windows fell out while I was taking the pics, figures ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoopdog Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 I like it! I'm currently working on the AMT Gasman and its one self inflicted problem after another, so I know exactly where your coming from. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyjim Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 Looks pretty good to me. Nice job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watertown Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 I'm convinced that gremlins randomly select kit boxes to take up residence in. No rhyme or reason for which kits are selected, but you can take solace in the fact that you bested this one by completing the kit—and quite nicely, I might add. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted November 17, 2018 Author Share Posted November 17, 2018 Thanks guys. Such a simple kit that I have built a few times before so it should have been easy. Building for over 50 years. You would think I could avoid these issues. I will admit that I probably rushed it a bit. All the problems were of my own doing. It really is a cool old kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Darby Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 5 hours ago, cobraman said: Did you fellows ever have one of those builds just did not go well ? No matter how simple a kit may be it just fights you ? Well here is mine . Problems ( my fault ) were as follows . I lost the hood scoop in the garage somewhere ? Paint problems , decal problems , BMF problems pulling of some paint . But it’s done such as it is . Nice job on that! I have a scoop from that kit if you need another one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted November 17, 2018 Author Share Posted November 17, 2018 Thanks Dave but I know the scoop is in my garage.................... somewhere. I remember putting primer on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCostello Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 Turned out pretty good anyway, I think it looks better without the scoop(never liked that scoop), in fact I think it looks better without the hood. I can't believe AMT can't make that hood fit better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted November 18, 2018 Author Share Posted November 18, 2018 Ya, I don't care for the scoop either but without it it's not a box top build. I will find the ugly thing and add it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 A real beauty Ray! What yellow did you use? I plan on building mine to match the box art... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 Nice!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooOld Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 Looks good to me Ray and I like it better without that big scoop ! The Keystones look better than the kit wheels too . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red318 Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 Agree with the other posters, much better without the big scoop. Suits these wheels too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted November 18, 2018 Author Share Posted November 18, 2018 Thanks guys. The wheels are kit wheels. Carl the yellow is Duplicolor but I will have to check name of it and get back to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 Got this one on my to get list. Yours turned out great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donb Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 It still looks great Ray. Another well done car! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hmann68 Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 Cobraman, I know what you delt with here. I’m in the middle of this build right now, and I almost quit on it. The passenger side drip rail was non existent out of box, the chrome tree had more flash than you can shake an Xacto knife at, among other things! I broke down and got another with my 40 percent off coupon at HL. The second one was better but the body line trim molding was almost invisible on drivers side, Ugh!! Yours looks great to me and you’ve inspired me to keep chipping away, thanks. If I don’t post it up, that means I got tired of filling sink marks and seams and just shot myself lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 16 hours ago, RichCostello said: I can't believe AMT can't make that hood fit better. I had the same problem with an AMT '40 Ford coupe kit I've been working at for what seems like decades. I spent a LOT of time getting the hood to fit "right," with a proper panel line gap and so forth, and then I started looking at photos of real '40s and noticed that on many of them, the real hood doesn't fit a whole lot better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKF Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 looks good. I like the box art look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted November 18, 2018 Author Share Posted November 18, 2018 Thank you fellows. As to the side body molding on the hood. Good on one side but drivers side could not be found. I had to wing it with the BMF. Still I love these old kits I built as a youngster so many years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted November 19, 2018 Author Share Posted November 19, 2018 Hey Carl ! Duplicolor Chrome Yellow was used . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Gilkeson Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 turned out nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted November 19, 2018 Author Share Posted November 19, 2018 Thanks Ken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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