THarrison351

Built this a couple of years ago.

A review

Thank you! Thanks! Thank you! Thanks! Thank you! Thanks! Thank you! I wish I had bought more of them too. Never had any idea they would completely disappear. Yes, BMF. Thanks! Thank you! Thanks! Thank you! Thanks! Thank you! Looking forward to seeing yours finished. Thanks! Hope to see yours in here soon! Thank you!

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My next to last JoHan model I have left to build. The Chrysler Turbine is to be built some day. I've had this kit since the eighties and started it in that decade. All it needed was some fine tuning and paint. I'd even acquired a set of Fred Cady decals so I could do the less seen "B" paint scheme. Now, technically this is not a true 1969 SC/Rambler. JoHan cheated and used their 1966 Rambler American tooling and added a few parts and decals to make it look like The SC/Rambler. I modded a couple of things myself, but didn't try to go to super detail. The trunk lid will open, but nothing is to be seen. Some plug wiring, a different master cylinder with a booster, and side markers. The rest is just paint. Mostly Tamiya. Easy to build, because it was almost done and I can't remember what it was like in the eighties. So, thanks for looking!

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Thanks! Thank you! The color is actually dark blue, but it photographs black. The wedge came with a NASCAR diecast as a bonus several years ago. It makes a neat photo angle. Thanks! When I was looking for inspiration, I found one in one similar to this, but it's metallic. The color is midnight mist iridescent. Thank you! Thanks! Thanks! Thank you! Thanks! Thank you! Thanks! Thanks! Thank you! Thanks! Thank you! Thanks! Thank you! Thanks! Thank you! Thanks! Thank you! The color is actually dark blue, but it photographs black. Thanks! Thank you! Thanks!

My wife gave this to me on Father's day. Simple model, so happy they brought it back to life. I have the convertible to build as well, hopefully next year. Tamiya dark blue and pearl light blue. I added a tach for the console and a oil filler to the engine. Modified the optional shifter to look like the stock one. Also, I added blackened hardware store screws. The emblem decals have no silver to them, so be aware. Fun build overall. Thanks for looking!

1962?

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Thanks! Thank you! Thanks! Thank you! Yes! I'd like to see one! Thanks! A cut above the wheel arch and lot of setting solution! Thank you!

This is a 1993 release of the seventies cars AMT released of Lennie Pond, Bobby Allison, Donnie Allison, Gordon Johncock, and Benny Parsons. I also picked up the terrible decals that were released at the time for this kit. I'd always planned to do the Lennie Pond car, but the decals were such a disappointment. A decade or so ago I found some bad copies of the original kit decals. The first set sent to me were a bad copy, so the seller sent another set. Not much better. Eventually, I found the Bobby Allison's decals as a compromise. AMT has now rererereleased the kit with ok decals and I planned to get that one. Then Ace decals released a beautiful set of full markings for Lennie's car. They're not perfect, but pretty nice. I started building this in the nineties, the incorrect front facia was used for some reason, and I guess I tossed the other. I made my own front and rear spoiler from thin metal. I used PPE wheels because the included wheels are just odd. The colors are all off from the few pictures I can find. So my use of Rustoleum 2X Gloss Marigold is close, but not quite there. It replaces a model of the original kit I built in the seventies with no paint and lots of glue! Thanks for looking! This is what was in the box. The first set of decals are to the left, Lennie Pond reprints in the middle and the Bobby Allison set on the right. I have plans for the Allison decals.

No credible source that really defines which cars were used Racing Reference just says Plymouth, but Petty ran the Superbird on the faster tracks and the Road Runner on the rest of the tracks. The best I can tell is three races, Rockingham, Atlanta, and Dover. There are pictures. The rest of his wins are all short tracks, road courses, or dirt and from everything I've ever read, Petty didn't run a Superbird on these.

Finally, finished. Another gift kit from my son. Not my best work, but considering the condition of the kit, I'm okay with it. This so far has been the most poorly molded kit I've ever built. The dies were really offset, leading to some wonky, warped parts. And the really weird thing is, I built this same exact kit when Testors released it when I was a kid and don't remember it being difficult. I also built the Lotus Ford at the same time and have that one to build now as well, and it looks poorly molded too. It was almost fifty years ago, so memory is a bit spotty. I modified the body to look somewhat like Mario Andretti's Sebring winner. The MPC kit would have been a better choice to start with. Tamiya paint, Starfighter, and Indycal decals. Thanks for looking!

In the first photo is how I received it as I recall. So, all the pieces you see in the photo were already off. By what I've written in the text, I glued the front suspension back to the places where the screws attach. I'm guessing three screws come in from the top. It looks like some more disassembly to remove the screws. The way I've had to repair other Mint diecasts, this involves breaking glue joints as well as screw removal. I wish I had more information to help, but mine had been broken from the screw mounts.

Good luck with this. I finished this kit earlier in the year. I shortened the frame 3/16" once I realize the wheelbase was too long. OK kit otherwise. The decals even did reasonably well considering they're Slixx and so old.

I can't afford the cost or the space to build the 1:1s

I only know if what was on the inside in no way matched what was outside, a lot of purchases would never been made. Every Palmer kit ever made. And later on, RC2 let go a lot of models that did not match what was inside.

Thanks! Thank you! Thanks! Thank you! Thanks! Thank you! Thanks! Yeah, I started a bunch of models when I was in the Air Force as a flying crew chief and would get deployed. I'd take the partly finished kits and my supplies and finish them. I had accumulated quite the stockpile when I moved from NC to California and circumstances changed. Then I moved again and they all went to storage. Now I have a dedicated building space and I'm knocking them out. On;y a few of those left. Thank you! Thanks! I'm finally seeing a light at the end of the unfinished builds tunnel! Thank you! It's over Mr. Primer Surfacer 1000 grey Thanks! Thank you! Thanks! Thank you! Thanks! Thank you! Thanks! Thank you! I'm gld Hobby Lobby still has Testors Lacquers in stock! Thanks!

Freshly finished after hibernating for thirty plus years. I added a few decals from a later kit. Also, I stole the red stripes from leftover Wallace NASCAR MGD decals. Testors icy blue paint, the only big frustration was the chrome bits that AMT created to convert it from the 68 Road Runner to this GTX. The grill is too shallow and the trunk insert is just poorly rendered. I can't even blame old molds because it's the first run. Last picture was how I found it in the box. I'd started it and put it away in the early nineties. Thanks for looking!

I received three fresh from their boxes Franklin Mint cars for my birthday this week. The 1915 Stutz Bearcat, 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196R, and 1954 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gull-Wing. The Stutz did not appear to have ever been displayed. It still had its factory wrapping taped in place. The W196 came without papers, but those are never that important to me. It's how cheap they are. I already had the Stutz and Gull Wing as rebuilders and still paid less for these than I did for them years ago and these aren't damaged and have boxes! Now if anyone is interested, my other Stutz and Gull Wing are for sale. PM me. They are going for less than I paid, plus shipping. The issues are no wipers and slowly disintegrating tires on the Gull Wing. No cowl lights, or horn bell, bent front axle, and repaired bumper. They still display well in a case.

Looks nice! I've just restarted mine. It was first started in 1990 and after all the prep was complete, put away. I just put some Testors Icy Blue paint on the body, and the interior will be parchment.

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Another one completed! This one was a gift from my wife a couple of decades ago. It's a re-release from the mid nineties. Revell didn't do much to make sure that the molds were in great shape. They were offset with lots of flash, even on the ejector pins. It turned out ok, but to build one is not for beginners. I have two more Revell funny cars from more recent releases. They have different wheels and better tires. I'm hoping the molds are fixed too! Paint is Tamiya and the decals were difficult. Hard to match the color. The only mod I made was the extended spoiler made from plastic sheet. Thanks for looking!

About an hour and a half to two hours a day during the week and a bit longer on the weekends depending on other obligations