OH Nooooo!!! It can't be, but.......

[shoopdog]

I guess I must be going blind as I've been working on my Linberg 67 Olds 442 for a couple of months now and got quite the surprise when I went to fit the rear bumper. As you can see in my pic that the left 1/4 panel did not fill all the way in the mold. I can't believe I never saw it after repeated body washing, priming and sanding and what I thought was going to be my best paint job yet. I've had this kit for a couple of years now and had pulled it out and looked it several times also before putting it on the back burner. I suppose I'll be awful proud of the passenger side in my display case.

[cobraman]

That's a shame.

[Deuces]

Give Lindberg a buzz and they just might send you a new body free of charge....

Edited September 23, 2018 by Deuces

[Rodent]

Fill it with putty, prime, install Wisconsin, Minnesota,  or Michigan plates and call it a day.

[BKF]

Hate to see that happen! It is a nice paint job too. 

[iBorg]

Looks like the beginning of a great survivor car from a few winters too many. I've been told the best weathered cars start with good body work.

[berr13]

I'm happy these days if I get a good left or right side.  It's asking too much for both.

[Fat Brian]

Round 2 reissued this kit pretty recently, they might still have a few to pull a body from. It wouldn't hurt to send them an email to check.

[Snake45]

Lindberg owes you a good body. Contact them, and send this pic. 

If that doesn't work, this is fixable. It's not difficult, just time-consuming and tedious. Dunno how hard it might be to match the paint, though. 

[Ich_Will]

13 hours ago, Rodent said:

Fill it with putty, prime, install Wisconsin, Minnesota,  or Michigan plates and call it a day.

LOL. Or just leave the hole with those plates. 

[shoopdog]

6 hours ago, Fat Brian said:

Round 2 reissued this kit pretty recently, they might still have a few to pull a body from. It wouldn't hurt to send them an email to check.

I'll give it a shot but it is a little late now. Site states receipt required but a pic is worth a thousand words. Maybe a complete kit! 

[Fat Brian]

1 hour ago, shoopdog said:

I'll give it a shot but it is a little late now. Site states receipt required but a pic is worth a thousand words. Maybe a complete kit! 

Yeah, since the body is obviously short shot they might bend the rules a bit.

[Deuces]

Just do it!!!!......

The most they can say is???? Your joking, right???

[Jon Cole]

Now's your chance to try autobody! It's just plastic. Cut a filler from scrap plastic, glue, sand, fill.
Mask off everything but the rear quarter and back, and spray.
Yeah, it's a pain in the tuckkus, but that's model building.
 

“It's always something.” 
― Gilda Radner

 

[Snake45]

4 minutes ago, Jon Cole said:

Now's your chance to try autobody! It's just plastic. Cut a filler from scrap plastic, glue, sand, fill.
Mask off everything but the rear quarter and back, and spray.
Yeah, it's a pain in the tuckkus, but that's model building.
 

“It's always something.” 
― Gilda Radner

 

Agree. This is fixable. You shouldn't HAVE to, but then the world is full of stuff you shouldn't HAVE to do. 

[Deuces]

Call Lindberg yet????

[Tom Geiger]

Just now, Deuces said:

Call Lindberg yet????

Lindberg doesn't exist anymore.  The kits are now under the Round 2 umbrella.  

[Deuces]

My bad!!!

Round 2 then...  

[shoopdog]

25 minutes ago, Deuces said:

My bad!!!

Round 2 then...  

Will just do their online parts request.

[disabled modeler]

man that is a bummer...!

[ChrisBcritter]

Hmm. Anyone have a good '67 body and some 2-part putty-type rubber? Someone could mold a copy of the rear area of the quarter panel, send the mold to Keith, and he could put the mold on the body and backfill it with resin. I used that method to fix a broken tailfin on a '61 T-bird.