AMT Lincoln Continental 1965

[Nova-ss]

hi All,

I have a question.I have one of these kits.was wondering how good they are and if anyone liked them,and does anyone has a scanned copy of the instructions.thank for any and all info on this kit,Chris

[Austin T]

It's an OK kit for today's standards but it was probably a great kit when it came out.

[Jantrix]

It's a very dated kit by todays standards, but heck, how many four doors with optional station wagon roof and many custom parts do you really find these days?

[zenrat]

As Jant says (and happy birthday mate) its dated - all moulded in one chassis, axle through the engine and screw posts on the radiator support panel. Nothing wrong with that in my book but it'd be nice if they warned you on the box eh?

If you plan on building a station wagon then be prepared for some tight sanding to smooth out the seam along behind the fins. Also, the join between the screen surround and the roof is a bitch as it is so visible.

[Chuck Most]

Farily typical AMT '60's annual kit- one-piece chassis with the suspension and exhaust molded in, 'tub' style interior, headlight lenses molded in with the grille, and so on. That being said, the body and interior look good, the engine is pretty nice, and it builds up into a pretty good looking model.

[peekay]

I've just finished one and found it relatively problematic, despite it's low parts count. It took a lot of filing, sanding and fine tuning to get the glass and interior to fit nicely into the body and I ended up removing the transmission/differential mound from the chassis so it would tuck up under the body.

Maybe it's just me - I checked other people's builds of the model and no-one mentioned any of these problems. And I have to say in the end I was actually very pleased with the finished model.

[charlie8575]

I think the molds may need a tune-up and reconditioning, but these build into a nice model fully-assembled.

Missing Link Resin also offers a nicely-molded resin '65 4-door sedan if you prefer a fixed-roof.

I wish someone would mold a 1961-64 model, as the underpinnings and engine are all the same, just the body and interior are different, and I really like that early design.

Charlie Larkin

[Junkman]

It's the best '65 Lincoln Continental kit ever.

[Nova-ss]

Thanks all for the info and thoughts on this.I enjoy some of the older kits....makes me feel young again....you can't buy that anywhere.I always wanted to build one.now I can.Thanks to all.Chris

[Junkman]

Actually, the wheelbase is a bit shorter on the '61-'63. You'd need a shorter chassis plate, , ,

I wonder whether a difference of three scale inches would really show on a model that's almost 220 scale inches long overall?

My personal minimum is four scale inches before I start to bother in 1:25 scale.

3 inches are roughly 3mm in 1:25, or ca. 1.3% of the overall length of a 1:25 scale Lincoln model in absolute terms.

I wish most models were that close to scale.

[Junkman]

It shows enough that the chassis plates don't interchange.

I wanted to use a clean, new chassis plate from an unbuilt '65 instead of the original that had glue in a couple prime places when I built this.

No way, wheel base is too long. won't fit.

Can I have it now?