Sledsel

Centering the engine..... be sure not to attach til the body is mocked. Centering to chassis may not center with hole in hood. Should, but does not mean it will. With a similar kit, I drilled a hole in the block about where a mount would be and ran a piece of styrene thru and glued it. Painted it the same as the chassis. It sat on top the frame and when the engine was where I wanted it, I cut the ends off the styrene shaft to fit between the frame. I cut it a tad long and then sanded each side with a slight bevel.

Classic.............

I want that Cleveland engine, It is beautiful! Put it in a 32 Ford or a Jag XKE

Cool beans.... No prob.

All I know is that I want this kit....... Minor flaws.... not an issue. Major visual flaws..... Well, I will correct at least one. As for super detailed kit, I could care less, as long as it looks good and accurate visually. Good example, AMT 66 Mustang. Old tool, lacking details, but looks good when built.

Not any criticism but an FYI's.... the valve covers are upside down and on the wrong sides. The plug holes should be at the top and the square end always goes in front (as you have them) Also, the distributor is in the coolant hose location. The relief cutout in the timing cover is for distributor clearance. . "I think part of the problem is that fact that the heads weren't even with the ends of the front cover, (they were significantly lower)" I have had that issue and filed the top of the timing cover to match the head. I may try your way on the next one. Looking great. I am working on the Pontiac and did a lot of trial fitting and mods to get it right. Old kit, so I am not complaining about it tho.

Thank You I did notice that on the Del Rio..... trying to figure how to fix it. Shhh....

Thank you Charlie, it is very appreciated. The corrections using the AMT donor was not too bad. Maybe 4 hours total work time from cutting to paint Work on this has stopped til I have a camera to get better pics. I have another Custom on the way and am painting the same color OOB, and will get side by side comparisons. I am chopping another AMT for that one, but plan to cast the panels for future builds so I do not need to chop up any more. I will document that build with better pics. I am half tempted to mail a corrected body to Revell with a letter stating that this is how it should look. I am a jerk like that.... HAHAHAHAHA I have a Del Rio chopped up here now, they did some work on the front fenders, and other than the body line looking better, the wheel opening is grossly over sized... again, I personally was disappointed.

The rear is different anyway. Fairlane series only. Width wise it is good tho. Just would need the AMT mount

Really? most should have worked. Granted, you need to trim out the lower front fenders for the roll pan, but the width is fine, I just checked on a Del Rio. My AMT bumper fits the custom fine, but I an using the valance from the AMT. The paint is Krylon Blue Ocean Breeze Gloss. Light primer first, wet sanded primer with 1500 wet. After, 3 light coats then a wet coat.

added color. Color is called Blue Ocean Breeze

Keep up the progress reports.... Lookin good so far

Man, I was really liking it til the point was added to the rear. I was expecting the roof to be cut and rolled down. Maybe after color it will change my opinion. Very cool concept though.

Very very cool. Love Cyclones and also green on an old muscle car. Revell needs to make a new body (correctly please) few other minor parts, and use the Torino parts to have an all new kit. Seems like a winner to me.

I'll take one of those.....

No problem. If you decide to do something with it, ya may want to think about repositioning the distributor also.

Came out really good. You mods make it stand out nice.

Hope this helps

I am going to resolve that issue when I do my Del Rio

Looks great. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! You may need to build another to get over that Dodge.

72/73 Montego GT

okay.... I'll stick with the AMT pieces then.Thanks I am at it again.... HAHAHAHA

That is the stance I am going for. Looks good

I'll go over and check it out. I know that there was an interior for the kit available. I'll have to check them out. Is it a modified bumper from this kit? Reason I ask is the front bumper in this kit is to square and I am going with the AMT parts. Thanks for the update, I will be doing a lot of test fitting already.

pics not great, but there is a shape difference. Need to reshape the top of the quarter also. After paint it will show better and I hope to have a decent camera then. Drivers side reshaped and the flatness removed.