AMT 1957 Chrysler 300C

[R. Thorne]

Trying to finish up the foil work.  Nothing beats Hasegawa for the shine, but more difficult to cut and shape into crevices.

[Zippi]

That foil work look pretty nice.

[NOBLNG]

The new paint job looks great Ron.👍 Wow thay Hasagawa foil sure is shiny…it looks real nice against the red.😎

[slusher]

Beautiful paint  and foil' Ron'

[R. Thorne]

On 5/21/2025 at 7:30 PM, Zippi said:

That foil work look pretty nice.

 

On 5/21/2025 at 8:17 PM, NOBLNG said:

The new paint job looks great Ron.👍 Wow thay Hasagawa foil sure is shiny…it looks real nice against the red.😎

 

23 hours ago, slusher said:

Beautiful paint  and foil' Ron'

Thanks, gentlemen.  Not much done today.  Had left the Tamiya stuff on the top and decided I didn’t like it today.  So took it off.  Sorta hard to get off being so thin, but finally, my fingernail finished the job.  Then I applied the Hasegawa.

[R. Thorne]

Thought there might be decals for the side trim.  Nope.  So, used some acrylic markers and cobbled them up.  Not pretty, but moving on.  Used a chrome pen to finish up the wipers and the vents.  Installed some firewall parts and glued it on along with frame to the interior.

Edited May 23 by R. Thorne

[R. Thorne]

Some small stuff today.  Chrome pen for the sides, semi gloss black for the grill, red testors enamel for the headlight surrounds, and the miscellaneous stuff to apply it.

[R. Thorne]

Decided to use some thickened Future floor polish that I had made 5 or 6 years ago.  I had forgotten about it.  It was almost too thick because it was old, but it worked quite well.  Mounted trunk emblem, headlight and tailight lenses with it and a toothpick.  This is the high tech tool I used to install the headlight lenses (broken toothpick with funtac installed on end).

[espo]

18 hours ago, R. Thorne said:

Decided to use some thickened Future floor polish that I had made 5 or 6 years ago.  I had forgotten about it.  It was almost too thick because it was old, but it worked quite well.  Mounted trunk emblem, headlight and tailight lenses with it and a toothpick.  This is the high tech tool I used to install the headlight lenses (broken toothpick with funtac installed on end).

I keep a small makeup jar my wife gave me from Clinique. Can't think of a better way to attach small lenses and trim. 

[R. Thorne]

Slow going on this build, for some reason.  Cut out a hunk of styrofoam after spilling my little kicker bottle.  Tried to ca glue the front of the frame on, but came back 5 minutes later and it had come loose.  Decided to remove the paint with some paint remover and q-tips.  Then put regular cement on with a nice clamp I “borrowed “ from the kitchen.  Will let it dry overnight.  So, decided to install the rear tailights and bumper.  After installing, I noticed the clamping of the front end had dropped the rear frame down away from the bumper.  Grrr.  Took them off and put ca glue on with a nice big clamp.  Yes, I realize the poor fit of the chassis is due to the windshields being too thick.  Hopefully, that issue can be circumvented with the clamps and glue.  Time to quit for the day.

[R. Thorne]

Ca glued some small stuff on today to complete this learning experience.  Finished pics in the Under Glass section.  

[customline]

I was wondering about the fit in the windshield/dash area. I built this kit maybe 15-20 years ago and I recall that I had a problem with final assembly that caused some foul language to be broadcast 🥴. Looks great under the hood, lotsa stuff packed in there.  Good repurposing of the chip-clip! 😉

[Daverde]

Wow fantastic work!!

[R. Thorne]

On 6/5/2025 at 10:24 AM, customline said:

I was wondering about the fit in the windshield/dash area. I built this kit maybe 15-20 years ago and I recall that I had a problem with final assembly that caused some foul language to be broadcast 🥴. Looks great under the hood, lotsa stuff packed in there.  Good repurposing of the chip-clip! 😉

 

6 hours ago, Daverde said:

Wow fantastic work!!

Thanks, guys.  I try to point out the good and bad parts of my builds.