CrazyGirl Posted March 18, 2013 Posted March 18, 2013 ok cool , thanks guys , and with that ,,,,,, click and done and bought !!
Guest Posted March 18, 2013 Posted March 18, 2013 Yep, very nice kit. I haven't built mine yet either.
CrazyGirl Posted March 18, 2013 Posted March 18, 2013 well if this one gets built i will be amazed ,, so far this week i bought 11 cars , yikes i am nuts
CrazyGirl Posted March 18, 2013 Posted March 18, 2013 just 11 ,,,,, i am just getting warmed up , but dont get me started on guitars !!!!
kalbert Posted March 18, 2013 Posted March 18, 2013 Sounds like you're on the right track... Most of us have a buy to build ratio that's a little one sided
gtx6970 Posted March 18, 2013 Posted March 18, 2013 just 11 ,,,,, i am just getting warmed up , but dont get me started on guitars !!!! Holy cow, I thought there were just the 5, then took a better look and saw the rest.
Deathgoblin Posted March 18, 2013 Posted March 18, 2013 Most of the newer kits by Lindberg are worth building. The '53 Ford and '61 Chevy are really nice, so's the older 1/20 scale kits if you can find them.
george 53 Posted March 18, 2013 Posted March 18, 2013 Anna, the VERY early issues of that kit WERE kinda "Twonked". They had a windsheild/cowl area that was more rounded that it SHOULD have been. It was released LIKE THAT. When the buying public informed Lindburg their mistake, they REMOVED it and RE TOOLED it to it's proper, present form. BOTH kits build up VERY nicely, and ,to be honest with you, they BOTH LOOK good when done. If you weren't told, or didn't really know WHAT a REAL 61 Impala looked like, you probably wouldn't tell.It was only the HARDTOP, the Convert came out AFTER the retooling, so it's cool.
zenrat Posted March 19, 2013 Posted March 19, 2013 (edited) Builds up nice. Tyres seem a little undersized (I replaced them) and the stance needs adjusting if you want it to look like Don's (I went up at the front & down at the back) Edited March 19, 2013 by zenrat
gtx6970 Posted March 19, 2013 Posted March 19, 2013 Anna, the VERY early issues of that kit WERE kinda "Twonked". They had a windsheild/cowl area that was more rounded that it SHOULD have been. It was released LIKE THAT. When the buying public informed Lindburg their mistake, they REMOVED it and RE TOOLED it to it's proper, present form. BOTH kits build up VERY nicely, and ,to be honest with you, they BOTH LOOK good when done. If you weren't told, or didn't really know WHAT a REAL 61 Impala looked like, you probably wouldn't tell.It was only the HARDTOP, the Convert came out AFTER the retooling, so it's cool. Allen, You happen to have a comparison pic.? I'm trying to picture this issue and ck the one kit I have here. Did or does or will Lindberg replace bodies like on kits with issues ?
george 53 Posted March 19, 2013 Posted March 19, 2013 Allen? Nope, George53. But anyways, Nope sorry, can't post pics ,but I DO have both the "Recalled Kit' and the retooled one and the only difference i can see, is on the recall, it has a small Lindburg logo just to the left of the bar code marking on the box end. The stock nu. is the same on both kits. The RE TOOLED kit has the Lindburg Logo at the FAR LEFT of the side of the box, a Skil Level 2 indicator, and THEN the bar code. The Re called kit has a white box/red end stripe, red car on the cover, the Re tooled kit has a grey shaded box with the same red car on it. Like I said, both build up nice.
george 53 Posted March 19, 2013 Posted March 19, 2013 Oh, and Bill, UNLESS you got your 61 A LOOOOOONG time ago,(1996) you shouldn't be running into a recalled kit UNLESS you buy it inadvertently/proposely on line. The newer ones are all fine.
gtx6970 Posted March 20, 2013 Posted March 20, 2013 When I bought it, I don't remember but probably in the past 10 years. I'll have to ck the box
noname Posted October 31, 2015 Posted October 31, 2015 (edited) I have this kit , And now that I have reread the above post I see it is the corrected kit. Thanks George 53 for that box description. Now the only complaint I have is the shallow interior. I can live with it. But the Lindberg 1964 Belvedere is worse. The tiny bucket seats sit right on the floor! Edited November 2, 2015 by noname
Bob Ellis Posted November 2, 2015 Posted November 2, 2015 Slim, that is the good one. The bad cowl was almost a semi-circle without a flat in the center. Both the body and the hood are bad.
noname Posted November 3, 2015 Posted November 3, 2015 Yes and another positive is the chrome on the Lindberg kits. Kind of dark and not so bright and flashy.
kingiguana Posted November 9, 2015 Posted November 9, 2015 I recently made one of these for slot car use,..and while detailing the body, I noticed there are no markers/turn signals molded in the grille above the headlights, as on the 1/1.
Perspect Scale Modelworks Posted March 15, 2020 Posted March 15, 2020 (edited) I know it's an old thread but it just became relevant to me. I got this kit as a gift this past Christmas. I opened it that day and found the trim was damaged on the left rear quarter. I contacted Lindberg and within a short time they sent me a new body. This past week to get out of my building slump I decided to get the body prepared for paint. When I put the original hood on the replacement body it didn't fit but it fit the original body perfectly. That's when I noticed the difference in the two bodies. Apparently the original kit I got as a gift was the first tooling with the D shaped cowl and hood and the replacement body is the corrected tooling. I'll contact Lindberg and see if and how they will remedy this. When I first contacted them they asked for a picture of the UPC code and other numbers on the box. Not sure why they didn't see then that the kit was the bad one and send me the corrected hood, windshield and dash along with the body. We'll see what happens. Edited March 15, 2020 by Perspective Customs
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