Mold factory mistake. Ugh!!!

[Sledsel]

I decided to get a new project going. Don't know why because I got a ton going anyway. Well I had read about warpage on this Camaro kit so I pulled everything out to check and all was good. Then I started looking at the body. On the passenger side the mold sprue was cut off from the molding process and unfortunately cut too short. I have checked and measured and I need to add about a 1/16th of an inch to the front of the quarter panel / rocker. Very frustrating because I was hoping not to be fixing things like this. I really don't think it's worth asking for a new body.

Has anybody else run into this?

Pictures show the different shapes of the wheel openings.

 

 

Edited Wednesday at 08:28 PM by Sledsel

[Old Buckaroo]

Yes, these body's have some defects - wait till you look at the passenger fender rear. Easy fix though by gluing in some styrene and reshaping it. 

As we use to say in the body shops "You cant look at both sides at the same time" !

Edited Wednesday at 08:54 PM by Old Buckaroo

[Sledsel]

9 minutes ago, Old Buckaroo said:

Yes, these body's have some defects - wait till you look at the passenger fender rear. Easy fix though by gluing in some styrene and reshaping it. 

As we use to say in the body shops "You cant look at both sides at the same time" !

Yup, I see it on mine also. I may go rocker molding delete on this as I did with the '72 Nova. Thanks for the heads up. seeing this after paint would have made me crazy!!!

Edited Wednesday at 09:01 PM by Sledsel

[peteski]

These newly released kits are molded in orange plastic?! Yuck!

[NOBLNG]

I never even noticed the different fender shapes when building mine. But now that you mention it…😳. I did glue the front and rear valences to the body which made it impossible to fish the chassis/floorpan in and out, so I disconnected the engine/subframe and installed it separately. It worked very nicely. I did have issues getting the floorpan to meet up with the firewall too, so test fit everything.

[Beans]

I had such a warped body that I didn't really notice the fender issue.  I ended up getting drastic with the whole thing.   Problem solved.....

[johnyrotten]

I have two of this kit,one has  absolutely the most flash I've ever seen. Probably molded five o'clock on a friday.

[Old Buckaroo]

1 hour ago, johnyrotten said:

I have two of this kit,one has  absolutely the most flash I've ever seen. Probably molded five o'clock on a friday.

The earlier kits such as the Baldwin Camaro have excellent bodies as well as the molded in gray 70.5's . Its the recycled  highway cone orange chi'na plastic kits that are the worse. But when you can buy them from Hobby Lobby on sale for $13.00 they are worth the inconvenience to fix , especially if your building older quarter mile cars. 

Edited yesterday at 03:00 PM by Old Buckaroo

[johnyrotten]

45 minutes ago, Old Buckaroo said:

The earlier kits such as the Baldwin Camaro have excellent bodies as well as the molded in gray 70.5's . Its the recycled trash can / five gallon buckets orange chi'na plastic kits that are the worse. But when you can buy them from Hobby Lobby on sale for $13.00 they are worth the inconvenience to fix , especially if your building older quarter mile cars. 

My bad kit was second hand, with a bunch of paints ect and a receipt from the mid 2000's. The "replacement" is a hobby lobby buy, noticeably better but not perfect. Both orange. I'll post the mess when I get out of work.

Edited yesterday at 03:05 PM by johnyrotten
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[Sledsel]

The orange plastic does not bug me, the minor fixes don't bother me to much. When done it will look correct unlike other newer kits that are just wrong and need a butt-load of corrections

Glad for all the input on this from all you.

[Rodent]

Is this the older split bumper kit?

[johnyrotten]

18 minutes ago, Rodent said:

Is this the older split bumper kit?

Yes. Orange one still sold at hobby lobby.

[Rodent]

3 minutes ago, johnyrotten said:

Yes. Orange one still sold at hobby lobby.

I have an old one in the stash. I will have to see if it is like that as well.

[johnyrotten]

1 minute ago, Rodent said:

I have an old one in the stash. I will have to see if it is like that as well.

I was aware of the flash, the defect is fresh news to me as well.