AMT Meyers Manx Elvis Presley

[THarrison351]

My son and daughter n law gave this to me a while back. I was going to build the Live a Little, Love a Little version until I realized the windshield was wrong, engine wrong, steering wheel wrong, and wheels and tires, of course, wrong. So, I thought I'd just use the kit parts and build a custom. The first paint job was a total failure. Something was just wrong with the paint. I used the same brand and type, Testors Extreme Lacquer, and the second try was fine. Other than small bits of flash, mold misalignment, and parting lines of these old molds, not a bad model to build. The front seats are terribly undersized I realized after installing. Oh, and I managed to lose both wipers. Anyway, thanks for looking!

I painted the body and parts like I always have and knew something was odd when the second light coat was kind of grainy. When I added the third wet coat it all went south, fish eyes, and rough texture. The replacement paint did nothing like that.

The purple pond, It took most of it off after 24 hours, but I had to go get some 91% alcohol to get it all

[slusher]

Beautiful Manx!

[bondo bill]

Well Viva Las Vegas, take that out to the Nevada desert-kool build

[XYHARRY]

Very nice, I like the wheels you chose for this. Well done Tim. 

[ChrisR]

Nice.

[Kanada Kustoms]

Came out really nice!

[espo]

Like how you replicated the sparkly Gelcoat finish of the 1:1 Manx. Nice wheel and tire combo. Great looking engine and like the Empi exhaust setup. 

[TooOld]

Well done Tim ! Looks better without those crummy wipers . Lots of issues with this kit but it's all that we have to work with .

[Mike 1017]

KOOL 

[Ragtop Man]

Much cooler than the movie! Nice job. 

[karbuildr]

Very well done. I've had similar issues with Testors lacquer. 

[carrucha]

Cool build!