THarrison351 Posted February 1, 2023 Posted February 1, 2023 I just finished this up. It's an old ProShop release from a couple of decades ago. Comes pre-painted for easy assembly. Yeah, right. Well, I had built a bunch of the other ProShop cars in the past and thought I'd try this one. Bought it off eBay around 10 years ago. Started to build it and it wasn't great, but sometimes AMT kits made in the sixties were more difficult than others. It wasn't until I started on the body when I knew there were issues. The parting lines were terrible and they'd painted over them. I was going to look past the dark brownish-red color not matching, but when I tried to assemble the hood and it would not fit without a splice of plastic, I just gave in. So it went back in the box. A couple of weeks ago I resurrected it and realized it really needed a color change. It's not factory, they never offered two-tone, but the colors are close. I find very few example of this kit completed on the internet. It's not an easy kit to finish stock. The best part of the whole kit is the Stove Bolt six! H Here is what I found in the box after hibernating for about ten years. You can see the fenders and wheels do not match. I added a strip of styrene to help make the hood fit. Also, those terrible parting lines. There's a large one on the rear roll pan too. It's not really visible in this photo, but the track width has the tires sticking out past the fenders. I narrowed all four wheel backs to tuck the wheels inside the fenders. The engine is nice though! Color change and my first tire painted with a whitewall Not many stock Cabriolets to get information on the Net. The one I picked was right hand drive, so I mistakenly put the fender steps on the wrong side. No holes drilled for taillights or the rear license plate. Some things have location divots on the inside for drilling, but not these. The hood needed opening latches. Not even a lump, I made some out of bent wire. I pinned the headlights to locate them and make them stable. I pinned the spare tire too Comes with an up top too There's no upper radiator hose, but it has a pin in the water neck and radiator, I slipped some wire insulation in between Very simple interior That's about it. I built the coupe version a couple times when I was a kid back in seventies. I recall purple and metallic blue. I built them as gassers and don't remember having issues, but Testors tube glue fixed many problems 5
alan barton Posted February 1, 2023 Posted February 1, 2023 I have to agree with you, it does take some work to bring this model up to today's standards. You have certainly done a beautiful job on your convertible. The good news is that the general proportions and the sharpness of detail make it worth persevering with! Cheers Alan
Zippi Posted February 1, 2023 Posted February 1, 2023 That's a pretty kewl build of the 37 Chevy Cabriolet. Great job.
ismaelg Posted February 1, 2023 Posted February 1, 2023 Nice! I think this is the first time I see one of these finished. Thanks, Ismael
Jim B Posted February 1, 2023 Posted February 1, 2023 Nicely done. I'm working on the coupe right now.
Dave Darby Posted February 1, 2023 Posted February 1, 2023 Looking good. Your color change is a vast improvement!
Ulf Posted February 3, 2023 Posted February 3, 2023 Very nice build, even though it's an old kit you can't get away from the fact that the shape is spot on.
Ulf Posted February 3, 2023 Posted February 3, 2023 On 2/1/2023 at 2:40 AM, THarrison351 said: ”I don't remember having issues, but Testors tube glue fixed many problems” On 2/1/2023 at 2:40 AM, THarrison351 said: Yes, we may be surprised today at what we managed to glue together then. Today I have a can of Tamiya liquid glue with old runners on the table to bridge the fit in some old kits.
THarrison351 Posted February 3, 2023 Author Posted February 3, 2023 On 1/31/2023 at 10:43 PM, alan barton said: I have to agree with you, it does take some work to bring this model up to today's standards. You have certainly done a beautiful job on your convertible. The good news is that the general proportions and the sharpness of detail make it worth persevering with! Thanks Alan! I have to agree. AMT, MPC and Johan for the most part had the body proportions nailed down on their kits in sixties and seventies, especially the promo based ones. The details of the engine and chassis is where it sometimes had compromises. Then there's the kits that where modified into some other subject and then returned poorly to the original or decontented to save a few pennies. On 2/1/2023 at 8:26 AM, Zippi said: That's a pretty kewl build of the 37 Chevy Cabriolet. Great job. Thank you Zippi! On 2/1/2023 at 8:42 AM, ChrisR said: Looking great! Thanks Chris! On 2/1/2023 at 9:17 AM, ismaelg said: Nice! I think this is the first time I see one of these finished. Thank you Ismael! Yeah, it was hard to find other completed stock versions for reference, I found two Cabriolets, and one Coupe. Anything else was a gasser or street rod. On 2/1/2023 at 11:36 AM, Jim B said: Nicely done. I'm working on the coupe right now. Thanks Jim! Look forward to seeing it completed. On 2/1/2023 at 1:09 PM, Dave Darby said: Looking good. Your color change is a vast improvement! Thank you Dave! I liked the idea of the two colors over the standard solid tone. Looking through the Dupont 1937 paint chips showed swan grey and regatta red were two I could color match pretty easy 9 hours ago, slusher said: Tim, you did a fantastic job, very sharp! Thanks Slusher! 1 hour ago, Ulf said: Very nice build, even though it's an old kit you can't get away from the fact that the shape is spot on. Thank you Ulf! AMT did capture the look! 56 minutes ago, Ulf said: Yes, we may be surprised today at what we managed to glue together then. Today I have a can of Tamiya liquid glue with old runners on the table to bridge the fit in some old kits. Yeah, sometimes I wish I had all the kits I ruined when I was a kid, but then again I have too many kits as it is. I find medium CA glue with accelerator fills a lot of problems, and I have used Evergreen sheets like I did on the hood hinge.
doorsovdoon Posted March 11, 2023 Posted March 11, 2023 Stunning build. I love the colours, that maroon red is well suited for the time period.
David G. Posted March 12, 2023 Posted March 12, 2023 The results are certainly worth the time and effort, everything looks fantastic! David G.
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