Chopped 51 Chevy Fleetline from J and J Resin

[Sledsel]

Just received a chopped 51 Chevy Fleetline from J and J. Nice casting, as normal, a little flashing around the windows to clean. Other than the chop, all the body is stock. I may remove the door handles, not sure yet.

If you are wondering, there is not paint on this.

All the resin stuff I received from J and J have been excellent castings.

Just sharing my experience.

[espo]

Looks like a great job on the chop. Very hard to keep the roof proportions on this body style when you whack the roof.  

[Sledsel]

2 minutes ago, espo said:

Looks like a great job on the chop. Very hard to keep the roof proportions on this body style when you whack the roof.  

That was my thought. Cannot wait to build it. Gonna be a period type custom.

 

[Exotics_Builder]

Have acquired one recently myself.  It'll allow me to finish the custom that I botched the chop on several years back

[espo]

18 hours ago, Sledsel said:

That was my thought. Cannot wait to build it. Gonna be a period type custom.

 

The only thing I noticed about this casting is the windshield opening. The original AMT kit had an odd mounting for the upper windshield making it appear as if the windshield is "tunneled" or the top edge of the opening is just to thick. From the picture it seems that all of the original trim is present and sharply done. A couple of years ago I built an Olds fastback that was based on a combination of the AMT fastback roof body section but used the Revell Olds for the remainder. It is my opinion that the Revell Olds has a much more realistic windshield opening and moldings. This body looks nice enough I'd consider getting one but work on the windshield area to see if I could improve its appearance. I look forward to seeing your build on this. 

[Sledsel]

2 hours ago, espo said:

The only thing I noticed about this casting is the windshield opening. The original AMT kit had an odd mounting for the upper windshield making it appear as if the windshield is "tunneled" or the top edge of the opening is just to thick. From the picture it seems that all of the original trim is present and sharply done. A couple of years ago I built an Olds fastback that was based on a combination of the AMT fastback roof body section but used the Revell Olds for the remainder. It is my opinion that the Revell Olds has a much more realistic windshield opening and moldings. This body looks nice enough I'd consider getting one but work on the windshield area to see if I could improve its appearance. I look forward to seeing your build on this. 

 I have had thoughts of this and the rear winsow also. I think i have a simple solution for it. but am mot revealling til I see if it works.

[espo]

6 minutes ago, Sledsel said:

 I have had thoughts of this and the rear winsow also. I think i have a simple solution for it. but am mot revealling til I see if it works.

Please keep us posted on how you fix it. Saves me some R&D time. I also have an idea but not sure if I can pull it off.