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1970 Richard Petty Sportsman Dart


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Just completed my first model for 2022. This is my version of Richard Petty's 1970 Sportsman Dart. Not the best kit in my opinion nor my best effort. Just glad to have another Petty car in my collection. Started with the Amt reissue of this kit. Testors Big Bad Blue with Tamiya Gloss Clear. Had some fitment issues all over, body and chassis.

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On 1/23/2022 at 3:41 PM, '70 Grande said:

A great looking build!  I agree; this kit has some "issues" when it comes to getting it all together.  How much work was it to open-up the vents in the cowl... that looks fantastic!

I didn't open the cowl vent, they are just molded that deep.

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On 1/28/2022 at 3:23 PM, ZTony8 said:

Congratulations on  finishing that model. How did you manage to get the front suspension pieces to play nice with each other? That's what's holding progress on my build of this car.

Wasn't easy. I glued the upper A arms on first, let them dry good and then moved to the rest of the front suspension.

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When I started in on mine I attached the lower arms/ torsion bars first . My thinking was that the lower pieces had a definite fixed location whereas the upper arms didn't have that. But even that didn't help much as the wheel camber was excessive. So the unfinished model sits in the box.

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