Fanof69 Posted December 30, 2015 Posted December 30, 2015 Ok this one gave me problems it seemed like at every turn. From the paint(my fault) to general fit problems throughout. I cant remember how many times this thing took the purple bath(at least four that I remember). But I know that was on me. Some of the fit problems that I had are: 1. Had to do some grinding and sanding on the frame to get the interior and body to fit on frame(still not quite right IMO). 2. Grill sits a little too high for hood to sit properly. 3. Air cleaner assembly sits too high making hood sit even higher negating problem # 2. 4. I did not install braces under the hood because the left one would have go directly thru the air cleaner. 5. This one is minor but the hubcaps don't really fit on the wheels very well. Ok enough complaining on to the pics. Oh I forgot this is a 3 in 1 kit that I built as mostly stock. I used the custom grill from the kit because I liked the look a little better. The stock grill did not fit any better. Here you can see the affect of the too tall air cleaner. Also you can see at the rear where the body doesn't quite meet the running board. This is the first build that i used the wire distributor. The kit came with just the one taillight that was stock for that year. I was going to try and make one for the other side, but ended up losing it, so I borrowed these from another kit.
drsnapper55 Posted December 30, 2015 Posted December 30, 2015 Way to stick with it and build through those frustrations - cool to see this as stock, and I like your color choices. Final finish and engine details are great.
Eric Macleod Posted December 30, 2015 Posted December 30, 2015 This is my kind of model. I agree that the final product was worth all the effort.
Greg Pugh Posted December 31, 2015 Posted December 31, 2015 Which is why I built mine into a gasser! Lol.
Belugawrx Posted December 31, 2015 Posted December 31, 2015 Hey Terry .. WelcomeNice over all,... paint looks goodIt looks like the back of the hood is tight at the bottom of the firewall,...Next time might have to add plastic to the front and sides of hoodI feel your pain, re, fitment etc...Nice carry thruCheers.
Sixties Sam Posted December 31, 2015 Posted December 31, 2015 Great finish, and the engine looks really good!I wonder if sanding a little off the rear and bottom edges of the hood side panels would let the hood sit down a bit lower in front? Maybe thinning down the air cleaner a bit might help, too. I've had similar problems with some other kits.Sam
Belugawrx Posted December 31, 2015 Posted December 31, 2015 I wonder if sanding a little off the rear and bottom edges of the hood side panels would let the hood sit down a bit lower in front? SamThat would gap the cowl joint of the hood
GaryR Posted December 31, 2015 Posted December 31, 2015 Nice to see it built as a stocker. A finicky kit, but you tamed it! Looks good.
PARTSMARTY Posted December 31, 2015 Posted December 31, 2015 looks good-30's and 40's cars are my favorites-!!!
biggreenponcho Posted December 31, 2015 Posted December 31, 2015 I built this same model for my Mom (her and Dad had one in the 60's) and had the exact same problems you described. You did a nice job!
Fanof69 Posted December 31, 2015 Author Posted December 31, 2015 Thanks for the kind words everyone! Which is why I built mine into a gasser! Lol. I seriously considered that after I started having all the fit issues, but I had finally gotten a decent paint job on it so I gritted my teeth, said my fare share of cuss words and pushed on. I built this same model for my Mom (her and Dad had one in the 60's) and had the exact same problems you described. You did a nice job! Believe me there were more than a few times this almost got thrown back in box and back on the shelf. I also have the 1966 Ford Galaxie from the ATM retro series in my stash. Hoping it doesn't suffer the same problems.
ZTony8 Posted December 31, 2015 Posted December 31, 2015 Gotta love the engineering on those older AMT kits.
Aaronw Posted December 31, 2015 Posted December 31, 2015 This is very nice. We can be pretty hard critics of ourselves, that gap by the rear fender is problematic, but if you look around there are some shocking gaps on the hood of 1-1 cars on much newer vehicles than this. I think we often try to provide better quality control than the factories themselves churn out, and quite a bit higher than some vehicles after they have been on the road a few years.There is a lady at work with an old Blazer and I can fit my whole thumb, maybe even 2 fingers into the gap where the hood meets the fender.
DumpyDan Posted January 2, 2016 Posted January 2, 2016 You have done a good job, this car looks great. I did get a laugh with the first 3 letters of your post ATM
carrucha Posted January 2, 2016 Posted January 2, 2016 I'm glad you finished it. I find that difficult builds like these make you a better modeler. Thanks for the building tips. They will be useful when I build this kit.
Fanof69 Posted January 4, 2016 Author Posted January 4, 2016 Thanks for all the kind words everyone. You have done a good job, this car looks great. I did get a laugh with the first 3 letters of your post ATM I never even noticed that I did that until you pointed it out. Oops!
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