My friends, it's always a pleasure to read your feedback!! You are most welcome!!
I know there is kind of a controversy about the style of the traditional kits X today's kits.
I only consider to be real and genuine the kits engineered at least in the same decade as the subject car, by engineers that were there when the cars were new.
That being said, my favorite manufacturer is AMT, and I try to only build their kits engineered in the '50s '60s and '70s when possible. Of course, there are some exceptions, like the new tooling Edsel that I built, but that one had several flaws, like a too small engine, too big bumpers, sectioned body, bad tires, and it goes on. put it aside with a Dambury Mint Edsel Bermuda and it all becomes very noticeable. On my point of view that's way worse than a couple of screws and some chrome headlights, specially considering the so called "wonderfull modern technology" available when it was developed. What is their excuse?
The guys at AMT back in '59 developed a kit based on a promo, that was a model designed to be easilly built at a factory to be distributed trough the car makers dealer network, and they succeded in that. And the model has perfect body proportions, you can campare it with a real '59 Ford and find out. That CAN'T be said about most of modern tooling kits, look at the Edsel and the '58 Plymouth with that bent side trim, or the Revell kits with that toy like separate chrome trim that leaves ugly gaps.
In that spirit, I consider myself unworthy of modifying the basic engineering of any of those old AMT kits, that I consider the be the very best.
I love curbside kits, they build without trouble, and display great. They don't have an engine, but even if they had, it's not like they were going somewhere :D