Sledsel

Wow, you CAN polish a turd. Great job

Yellow always give me an issue. Yours came out great!

Finicky old kit, but you did a great job on it. I have one in my stash, and Chris is right, it is a rite of passage to successfully build one.

Shawn, Really, the pic of a model chassis thrown in with studio pics of a real car.... Did not fool me... nope nope nope. and BTW, awesome work....

I have no words other than WOW!

Gonna be a great build! Although lacking detail, these old Johan's were so nice. Hard to find inaccuracies unlike many new kits.

I think upgrading existing kits would make sense. I'll use the AMT 73 Mustang as an example: The body is very nice, but the interior was converted to "race car" and needs a new, multi-piece interior and seats. With this, a good firewall, shock tower and core support. Cheat and use the 68 Shelby chassis with scribe marks to remove the front wheel wells. Different bumpers and grills would yield separate kits, even offer a sprint or standard fastback with non Mach hood. All this would immensely improve the kit. Do the same on some of the old annuals updating the chassis and under hood accuracy. Many of the old annuals have really nice bodies compared to many NEW offerings.

Fixing the roof on that is the least of the issues. I ended up cutting out the 1/4 windows from the body of my kit and tossing the rest of the body in the trash. The immediate issues with the kit are: the squashed looking roof. Not only is the chop pitched wrong, but the roof itself is too flat side to side and front to back. Speaking of flat, the sides are horrible. From the body line that lines up with the top of the fender down, the kits body is flat, where it should have a roof all the way down an the rocker rolls under the car and not squared off. Then there is the windshield, The shape is off a bit (too square) and it is also too flat. The "V" in the middle should be more defined. This affects the cowl and hood and would be a pain to fix. This brings me to the body line on the body, too sharp and where it blends to the hood is way off. The rest of the hood is not so great either. My fix? Get an AMT body and chop it yourself and use the rear quarter windows from the Revell body. You can use the Revell grills interior and frame that all fit very well. (Scale on both is good, the Revell parts fit with very very minor work) I was so excited to see this when it came out, and was so disappointed when I opened the box. Otherwise I would have been buying by the case.

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Go simple... more detail, new rolling stock, fresh paint and BMF....Dump the late model seats.

Very cool concept and build. What did the roof come from? Curious so I can avoid it... LOL

The GT is a must. I built one with a 427 and really liked it. The only real flaw is the engine looks like an SOHC rather than the DOHC that the car has

Back in the days where there were local hot rods, a lot of guys painted the rear differential white. Why? dunno, but looked cool. More often you would see the confederate flag, but yours looks cool. Not offended, it is a model for Pete's sake.

Primer with Red Oxide, wet sand and then gray. Done it without issue

Love building stocker type cars out of old gluebombs. Have a 63 Meteor and a Marlin in the works myself.... Go for it man!!!!! Here is a Mustang I got carried away with for inspiration

I have been hoping this would be returning.....

Lookin good... Nice color.

There is much more than that, but I am not getting into it..... You can see some of the mods I had to do to get the 57 better here:

I know what you mean about not being able to overlook something because you are familiar with the subject. I love 57 Fords and the Revell offerings just are horrible all around, but so many love the kit, they will never really fix it. I never noticed that issue on the Chevy trim, Now it stands out like a sore thumb...

Love the choice of a Y Block

Tommy likes to take tires and play with them. He also tends to sleep in a kit lids on the desk.

A modified Monogram 58 Tbird roof can work

If anyone builds this, use the custom 37 Chevy tail light tuned around. You will need 2 though