BlackSheep214 Posted May 29, 2020 Posted May 29, 2020 Just finished this one off a little while ago. This kit fought me every step of the way from the windshield ill fit, excess flash due to age of mold, busted ball joint on left side (repaired using paper clip to replace tabs points) and finally the hardware to work the flip nose is ridiculous and too flimsy to use. I didn't want bother trying to fix a replacement tabs to radiator. I purposely left off top because I glued the roll cage a tad bit too far back to fit under it. Ah well, she looks good topless with a nice @$$...?
Flatout Posted May 29, 2020 Posted May 29, 2020 That’s a tough kit to get together, just the fact you finished it Is cool. Looks good considering the challenges you had, well done??
Jantrix Posted May 29, 2020 Posted May 29, 2020 13 hours ago, Flatout said: That’s a tough kit to get together, just the fact you finished it Is cool. Looks good considering the challenges you had, well done?? I quite agree. My memories of this kit aren't good ones. My compliments sir.
espo Posted May 29, 2020 Posted May 29, 2020 Looks great especially considering the basic kit. I never did finish mine years ago. I was going to see how well it would bounce off the wall, but used it for parts instead. I like how you did the body decals. How did the engine turnout ?
Snake45 Posted May 29, 2020 Posted May 29, 2020 Congratulation on persevering on this wretched backbirth of a kit and dragging it across the finish line. I had to give up and glue the nose on solid on mine. Model on!
BlackSheep214 Posted May 30, 2020 Author Posted May 30, 2020 (edited) 10 hours ago, espo said: Looks great especially considering the basic kit. I never did finish mine years ago. I was going to see how well it would bounce off the wall, but used it for parts instead. I like how you did the body decals. How did the engine turnout ? How did the engine turn out? For the most part it went well up until... well read and see for yourself when I posted the WIP in another forum site. Engine progress thus far.... Painted using Gunze Red Steel. Looks good to me. :lashed: Blower assembly parts... Engine completed. The blower fought me because one being the platform it's suppose to sit on was a tad long to sit properly. Once I trimmed from the back to make it sit properly, you'd thnk its all good. Wrong!!! Even though I had glued it in place and was ready to put the belt assembly on, the top pins it didn't line up evenly to the blower panel. :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: I needed to add a piece of something to raise it a hair. I didn't have any styrene sheets for I never saw a need for them all these years. So what to do? What to do? Looked around my bench and saw a red party cups and the idea came to mind. I cut a small piece and placed it on top of the platform, put the blower assembly on, dry fitted the belts. Perfect!! I then proceeded to cut the same size as the platform it sits on, glued it on, glued the blower assembly on top, glued the belts and let it sit over night. This is the end result with blower assembly touched up with Molotov chrome.... Exhaust pipes... Consists of 4 pieces and really fought me for a day and and let dry overnight. Next I super glued the malean hour or so along with a bit of swearing and cussing. You'd think it would be easy right? Oh hell no!!! Nothing lined up straight or right. After awhile, I simply nipped off the locating tabs on the one half of the exhaust pipe. First I glued on the little nub part to one side of the pipe with super glue, let dry overnight. Next night, I glued the other half to line up uniformly to the nub. perfect! next I glued the exhaust tips on and let those set overnight. Here's the end result prior to paint... It's funny how times had changed when I first built this kit back in the 80s. Everything went extremely well and never had issues with fit. This time around, I was having fit issues. Must be the age of the molds or something. I don't know. Edited May 30, 2020 by BlackSheep214
BlackSheep214 Posted May 30, 2020 Author Posted May 30, 2020 Here's what I mean about the exhaust headers not lining up... Right side exhaust pipes partially installed and unpainted....
BlackSheep214 Posted May 30, 2020 Author Posted May 30, 2020 For some odd reason the left side was easy to install. I had to snip off a tiny piece off one of the connecting pipes for it was a tad long.
mustang1989 Posted June 8, 2020 Posted June 8, 2020 Despite all the troubles you had with this one it turned out great Tom. Glad you posted 'er up here.
Dave Darby Posted June 9, 2020 Posted June 9, 2020 I can tell you from experience those headers are a bear! Using the header flange does help a bit though. I have that same engine in my 57 Flip Nose Chevy gasser. Nice job on your Vette.
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