DanL Posted May 10 Posted May 10 Just finished this kit and it turned out OK. It's an old molding but seems pretty accurate when finished and has a few nice details. Has a number of issues like extra thick glass, under hood mold lines showing through the hood, headlight lenses don't actually fit inside the chrome housing, and maybe the worst decals I have ever used. Some decals actually just fell off after drying. I added under hood details like heater hoses, plug wires and dipstick and the engine turned out pretty well. Stance was a little nose high so I flipped the front spindles upside down and it brought the front down to a more reasonable height. A lot of BMF to do on this model but many of the trim lines are straight so that helped. Paint is just 2 coats of rustoleum medium blue. Nice enough result. 15
DanL Posted May 11 Author Posted May 11 5 hours ago, karbuildr said: I like it, very well done, nice color, nice interior work. Thanks David...
AMT68 Posted May 11 Posted May 11 The paint and foil work look excellent. Nicely detailed engine compartment.
Zippi Posted May 11 Posted May 11 That's a looker right there Dan. Yup, that is a lot of bmf but it looks nicely done. Great job man.
espo Posted May 11 Posted May 11 Great looking paint finish and shade of blue. The chrome trim looks cleanly done. Good looking engine details. Your mention of the front ride height, the 1:1 when new tended to look like they were going uphill when sitting still. This stance looks much better.
DanL Posted May 11 Author Posted May 11 23 hours ago, Horrorshow said: Nice work on the BMF and the white inlay. Thanks...
DanL Posted May 12 Author Posted May 12 15 hours ago, Zippi said: That's a looker right there Dan. Yup, that is a lot of bmf but it looks nicely done. Great job man. Thanks Bob... I know you built one of these a while ago and it turned out pretty good so I thought I'd give it a try. Cheers
DanL Posted May 12 Author Posted May 12 On 5/10/2025 at 3:41 PM, Horrorshow said: Nice work on the BMF and the white inlay. On 5/10/2025 at 9:20 PM, bondo bill said: very nice On 5/10/2025 at 10:36 PM, charger74 said: Looks good On 5/10/2025 at 10:45 PM, AMT68 said: The paint and foil work look excellent. Nicely detailed engine compartment. On 5/11/2025 at 12:23 AM, Roger U said: A good looking model. The interior is very nice. On 5/11/2025 at 1:16 AM, Ulbo said: Nice clean build👍 On 5/11/2025 at 2:44 AM, ChrisR said: Very nice. On 5/11/2025 at 8:33 AM, Mike 1017 said: Most Excellent On 5/11/2025 at 9:24 AM, espo said: Great looking paint finish and shade of blue. The chrome trim looks cleanly done. Good looking engine details. Your mention of the front ride height, the 1:1 when new tended to look like they were going uphill when sitting still. This stance looks much better. On 5/11/2025 at 9:36 AM, SpikeSchumacher said: Very nice, clean build! Thanks for the positive comments guys... Cheers Dan
TransAmMike Posted May 13 Posted May 13 That's one fine '61 409 Dan!! My favorite Impala. Beautiful work👍
TonyK Posted May 13 Posted May 13 Too bad when a kit has that many flaws but your model turned out great. Very nice......everything!
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