Revell Austin Healey 100-6 in progress.

[Phil Patterson]

I posted this on the HH nee Spotlight board, but figured I'd share it here as well.

"The color is Rustoleum Harbor Blue, and it's about 60% done. It's an old multi-piece body with 6 pieces, 2 sides, hood and trunk area, and front and rear gravel pans. Lots of sanding and seam filling on this one! This one was one of the later reissues that I got a good price on due to a crushed box. Good looking kit though, but in typical vintage Revell fashion, lots of little parts!

Interior is going to be in leather color, other than that I'm not sure what other colors I may use.

Sorry about the grainy pics, the completed pics should be better. I hope to have it finished by my birthday in April, though I may get a wild hair and finish it before then. You can probably tell I just put the parts together without glue and placed it there by the rear springs sticking up in the trunk!

BTW, if you build one, the chassis fit is kind of tight and a bit tricky, so handle carefully when test fitting the body so you don't crack any of those body seams!

Yet another kit I probably wouldn't have considered building if not for a HH, scuse me, Spotlight Hobbies posting day!

Lots of parts, body shape is correct and good detail, but extra attention will be needed for paint prep.

Be extra careful of the grille fitment before final paint. Tightening up the seams caused the grille opening to close up slightly and I had to trim it carefully, while not damaging the paint, to get the grille installed.

If you like the subject and can overlook the vintage nature of assembly, I recommend the kit."

[MrObsessive]

Nice work so far Phil! I wish someone would reissue that kit!

Isn't it amazing how accurate they got the body lines right on those old kits once upon a time, compared to some of the wholly inaccurate stuff we've gotten today? Computers and CAD nothwithstanding.

[Zoom Zoom]

Looks good so far! I know the multi-piece body looks intimidating, but at least the real car has seams and a small bead on the tops of the fenders where Revell split the body.

The original release of the kit came w/some neat racing parts; a rollbar, tonneau cover and perhaps a few other goodies. They're pretty rare, though I found a built one Hobby Heaven in Toledo a few years back and I was never happier to personally hand Tom my cash for such a cool and rare buildup, and the price was dirt cheap too

[Jeff Johnston]

I've bid on that kit so many times, and I always get outbid. I actually lost out on a MK 3000 tha ended yesterday. Thanks for the mini review. I'd love to do a black and red one if I can ever score the kit.

[Phil Patterson]

Isn't it amazing how accurate they got the body lines right on those old kits once upon a time, compared to some of the wholly inaccurate stuff we've gotten today? Computers and CAD nothwithstanding.

Not to knock on current workers too hard, but back then they had pride of workmanship and attention to detail, without all the hurry and time constraints they have today.

Of course, they made Palmer kits back then at well, but even they had some nice items, especially their boat kits from what I've seen.

It just seems like it's too expensive these days for them to sweat the details today like they did in the past and sometimes the final product suffers.

Those old Revell multi-piece body kits are better than they are given credit for, I've got a Revell Mercedes Benz 190 SL coupe in the works as well, though that one won't be stock when finished.

[BIGTRUCK]

I got the SSP re-issue with hopes of building it one day, I love the looks of that car as well as the Jaguar XKE and Porsche Speedster..that Healey looks great so far Phil .

[Captain Obvious]

I don't think I'd be brave enough to attempt a multi-piece body...LOL

You, however, are certainly doing it justice!