Lindberg's 1940 coupe

[Nick Notarangelo]

After about a year of haven this kit from the Dodge l-900 truck and 40-Ford combo I decide finally build this and boy what a mess this is.

First only the block is usable everything else is coming from is from amt's 49 merc kit.

The frame I'm going to cut out the floor pan and make new so I can really clean up the rails, And the driveline and suspension will mostly be scratched built.

The interior really isn’t all that bad just going to a few nice touches and that’s it.

Now the devil in this whole story is the body..... What a royal POS!!! I'm going to have to block sand the main cab part and scribe in new lines for everything, and the hood Im going to have to reshape.

As soon as I can I will post pics.

I'm trying for late 50's early 60's rod no body chopping just the high schoolers look.

Now has anyone done this kit, if you have please post for inspiration and also that someone else had brains enough or was brave enough to make it thought this kit

[dwc43]

It should be a Dodge L-700. I had that kit and tried to build it. It's junk that's for sure. I built the flat bed with no real trouble. The truck was half done and reboxed before I started throwing stuff. I finally built the car into a old school asphalt race car. Here's the link to that project. Maybe that will inspire or make you drop it and run ... LOL.

http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.p...sphalt+race+car

[Nick Notarangelo]

the truck will be a walk in the park next to this thing,besides the truck is worth it

[dwc43]

All I can offer to that is good luck. You might need it.

[Nick Notarangelo]

luck noting I broke out the powersander and now the frame honestly fits in the fenders.

I'll be taking pics in a day or two

[dwc43]

I'll take a look at them when you get them posted.

[Nick Notarangelo]

sorry to say it died a horrible death "wall art"

[dwc43]

So if I read between the lines, that means you got ticked at it and slammed it up side the wall, right ?? LOL!!

[Nick Notarangelo]

been there done that. got any pics lol

nope but boy it felt good dang piece of junk kit had to been the worst kit I ever worked on,Normaly I can and would finish any kit but the more I worked on it the more I would find wrong, the only thing I saved from it was the tires cause they werent half bad

[charlie8575]

Put some Rustall on it and use it as a back-field diorama subject.

Charlie Larkin

[Jon Cole]

While the Lindberg '40 Ford is indeed a pig in comparison to other versions out there, it IS quite buildable with a little effort.

Check out my Fotki page and the captions for most photos (#30 to #77) @:

My link

[Terry Jessee]

Outstanding! That is a beautiful model. It's not about what you start with--it's how you finish it.

Nice job.

Terry

[Nick Notarangelo]

Outstanding! That is a beautiful model. It's not about what you start with--it's how you finish it.

Nice job.

Terry

Terry the problem was the mold it self wasnt fully seated so Instead of a little flash I was grinding and sanding off flash as thick as the kit itself, Example the windows were fully closed with thick plastic, Haven worked in plastic's molding I knew the problem right off the bat.

[diymirage]

it is a pig

seems to me its best to build it for what it is

this is what i did