Fantastic work guys! Why has no one who reviewed this kit told us that the shape of the squared off rear wheel openings are outlined inside the body for those who want to cut them out?! The rounded openings were my biggest disappointment with this kit and I would have bought one right away had I known this. Geez!
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Hi Terry, unfortunately that's the kit firewall and it's one of the low points of this kit along with all the old monogram 1/24 Chevys. Not even a master cylinder to go on it. The slots are for a hood hinge that I didn't use.
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Thanks for the comment Brian and it's Testors Lime Ice one shot laquer sprayed right over the plastic with no primer and clear coated with Testors wet look clear then rubbed out with Blue Magic metal polish. I chickened out on painting the side trim:P
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Oh yeah! This is looking good:). When I was a teenager looking to buy my first car, my boss tried to get me to buy a Mini Cooper but all I wanted was an American muscle car. I love muscle cars but I wished I had bought that Mini Cooper:(.oldscool
That looks really good against the black background. I've noticed that my camera tends to be a little out of focus when I take pics in bright sunlight. Maybe yours is the same way?
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Can't believe it's been three months since I did any thing to this one. I keep getting side tracked by airplanes. Anyway. I've got the interior done and the window trim painted on the body.
These are old Car Craft centerfolds from 1965. I deleted my original pics because I was afraid of copyright issues but since I see that there have been over 100 hits on my post I will repost them and take the risk.
Hope you enjoy them.
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I haven't built or even had my hands on a Silhouette kit since the 60s and I don't remember it having the short windscreen. Thanks for the offer though.
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They both look great to me! I have always wanted to build the Silhouette without the bubble and rollbar and just put a cut down wind screen on it.
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