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Great save, outstanding work, beautiful model, Raoul!

And, it looks great 'in the flesh' as well! Glad to see it make an appearance here.

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You did a lot of work on that model... so why did you leave the huge gaps between the body and the front fender wells?

I did struggle on that issue. I had decided to build it as issued by Johan. I would like a better more detailed chassis and engine compartment. Once it is on my shelf I rarely open it up. My only deviation from Johan in the outside rear view mirror. It's Revell 68 Firebird. I do have the Johan bull it mirror but just could not put it on this one.

Thanks everyone for all the great comments. I do appreciate them.

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Wow! that is beautiful!,what color did you paint the body and where did you get the decals from?

Decals came from Mike Coleman, whom I found on Facebook. The paint is Testors guards red in the bottle. I airbrushed it on and covered the whole car in automotive clear coat.

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Thanks again everyone. I really enjoy restoring these old subjects that you don't see much of. This one was probably one of the hardest ones I have ever attempted to restore. Mainly it was finding all the parts I needed to build it stock. All the build ups I could find were drag versions. The hardest part to find was the interior tub. I ended up buying a promo and resin casting that tub for my build. Also with the prices that Johan kits go for now, just buying donor kits was getting expensive. The best solution was resin casting for all the missing parts I needed to build these AMC Javelins.

So coming soon in my pile of projects is a 68 Javelin SST, 70 Javelin Dan Gurney edition(stock muscle car not the race car), 74 Javelin AMX, plus all the stock 2 seat AMXs (68, 69 and 70).

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