1958 Plymouth Belvedere

[Harry Joy]

Loved building this kit. Lots of fun.

[bbowser]

That came out great!  Nice photos too.

[CometMan]

Very, very well done Harry! Also, my kudos to you for NOT building yet another Christine clone!

[Harry P.]

Nice, but those huge mold seam lines on the sides of the bumpers should have been dealt with. Sanded smooth, then either foiled, or Alclad, or Spaz Stix.

[Grant]

Outstanding!

[Jon Cole]

Nice lookin' Belvedere!

[RAMBENNA]

looks fantastic

[Tom99]

Nice!

[Harry Joy]

Nice, but those huge mold seam lines on the sides of the bumpers should have been dealt with. Sanded smooth, then either foiled, or Alclad, or Spaz Stix.

Wow and wow. I never noticed they were seams! I just thought they were meant to be that way, but looking at the finished model now, yeppers, I should have fixed them.

This is yet another reason I should take pics and examine them closely before dubbing any model complete. You would be surprised how often I find big goofs that way, even without close examination.

Edited May 18, 2016 by Harry Joy

[unclescott58]

Very nice. Refresh me guys. Why does everybody hate this kit. The roof looks a little off to me. But, really too bad.

[Harry P.]

Very nice. Refresh me guys. Why does everybody hate this kit. The roof looks a little off to me. But, really too bad.

The side trim has an obvious arc to it as it runs front to back, on the real car that trim is arrow straight.

[Intmd8r]

Looks good to me. Love the colour combination.

[unclescott58]

The side trim has an obvious arc to it as it runs front to back, on the real car that trim is arrow straight.

And that's the reason for all the hate of this kit. Okay, it's not right. But, I didn't know that until you pointed it out. I built one ten years ago. I thought it look okay then. I still think it looks okay now. It's not like it's Palmer incorrect. And Mr. Joy's kit looks pretty good to me too.

[Harry P.]

And that's the reason for all the hate of this kit. Okay, it's not right. But, I didn't know that until you pointed it out. I built one ten years ago. I thought it look okay then. I still think it looks okay now. It's not like it's Palmer incorrect. And Mr. Joy's kit looks pretty good to me too.

That's the basic complaint with this kit. A big deal to some, not to others.

[Harry P.]

Wow and wow. I never noticed they were seams! I just thought they were meant to be that way...

Google image search is every model car builder's best friend...

[espo]

Very nice clean build. The tutone makes it look like a much more expensive model Mopar.

[slusher]

Super nice looking Plymouth..

[Harry Joy]

Thanks guys. The primary color is metallic black, and the top and flash are champagne gold, both from Tamiya cans.

[ChrisR]

Very nice!

[Helix]

Nicely done Harry!

[Hubert Rollins]

Nice build.

[GTJUNIOR]

Beautiful. 

[Harry Joy]

Thanks guys.

Viewed on the shelf, the trim problem doesn't really stand out. I found this to be one of my most fun builds to date. Even though it looks like any old AMT kit when you open the box, it is really well engineered and it went together really easy. I wish they were all this easy!

[gtx6970]

I wonder what it would take to correct the side trim line ?

 

Cut it out of the body , straighten it and re-install it in another body .

 

either way, I like this one a lot . the black and light gold really work very well together

[Harry P.]

Sand the body sides flush and create new side trim with styrene strip.