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Thanks so much for your comments, they're all VERY much appreciated.

About the protruding windscreen: I modified the glass on this one to partly address the problem so it's not as bad as it could be. If you install the windows (front and rear are one piece) as per instructions it will look pretty odd.

Steve, interesting that the windscreen on your (beautiful!) Chrysler, which would pre-date that on my 80s release DeSoto, seems to be a different piece altogether.

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Best build by far I've ever seen of this kit!

Funny, I'm trying to figure out why the 1961 Chrysler New Yorker I have doesn't have the same problem. It is the original glass. The glass in the older kits doesn't seem to be as bad & the Modelhaus vaccu-formed pieces seem a bit better too. You could always go that route. Steve attachicon.gifDSCN2812.JPG

Just a note on the windshields on the '60 and '61 Mopars. In '61 Chrysler Corp. stopped using the compound curved windshield with the "domed" upper section, so the Johan '61 Chrysler, Dodge, and Plymouth models reflect this change.

The way to deal with the somewhat exaggerated projection of the upper windshield on the '60 kits is to rotate the top of the windshield inward a bit during installation so it doesn't stick out so far. This assumes that you cut out the straps joining the windshield and rear window.

That's what I did when I built this Dodge, though it may not be real obvious from this angle...

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peekay

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Beautiful Dodge, John, haven't seen that before - and thanks very much for the compliment.

Yes, what you describe is what I did with the windshield. It found it helped also to remove the vent windows.

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These big old Mopars are so striking, I sure wish more of them had survived in the 1:1 world. I remember there being a time in my life when I looked down my nose at Detroit-iron land-yachts (me being a newly minted sports-car snob), but in retrospect I realize these were really beautiful cars and did exactly what they were intended to do.

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Best build by far I've ever seen of this kit!

Just a note on the windshields on the '60 and '61 Mopars. In '61 Chrysler Corp. stopped using the compound curved windshield with the "domed" upper section, so the Johan '61 Chrysler, Dodge, and Plymouth models reflect this change.

The way to deal with the somewhat exaggerated projection of the upper windshield on the '60 kits is to rotate the top of the windshield inward a bit during installation so it doesn't stick out so far. This assumes that you cut out the straps joining the windshield and rear window.

That's what I did when I built this Dodge, though it may not be real obvious from this angle...

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I guess you're right Froghawk. I never really thought about it too much but I used Modelhaus glass in my '61 Plymouth which, if I'm not mistaken, comes marked as '60-'61 Mopar & it does have a bit of a "bulge". After looking at my '61 Dodge & the original glass from the '61 Plymouth I see that there shouldn't be that bulge. I also see the '59s had a bit of a bulge. At least my examples did. Steve

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what Harry showed was typical of the actual car to some extent and accepted as accurate for the model/year of that car. if you really want to see some headache-inducing distortion, look at a '59-'60 Mercury windshield. by the way, that's a beauty of a build there.

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I guess you're right Froghawk. I never really thought about it too much but I used Modelhaus glass in my '61 Plymouth which, if I'm not mistaken, comes marked as '60-'61 Mopar & it does have a bit of a "bulge". After looking at my '61 Dodge & the original glass from the '61 Plymouth I see that there shouldn't be that bulge. I also see the '59s had a bit of a bulge. At least my examples did. Steve

Right, Steve. If we go back to '57 when the new Forward Look cars debuted, only the Chrysler, Dodge, and Plymouth convertibles featured that high-crowned, compound curved windshield. The four-door and two-door hardtops for all three makes had a lower crowned windshield with a "hooded" upper molding. In '58 all Chrysler and Dodge hardtops got the compound curved windshield that was used in the ragtops. '58 Plymouth's, being the low-priced make, carried on with the simple wrap-around windshield with the hooded header. Then, in '59 the Plymouths got the fancy windshield like their pricey brethren. In '60, with the re-engineered unit body cars all body styles in Chrysler, Dodge and Plymouth used it. In '61 it was eliminated across the board, perhaps as a cost-cutting measure, or as part of a corporate turn away from Exner's "Forward Look" that would continue to a greater degree in '62.

Enough trivia... Now, back to Peekay's gorgeous Adventurer!

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Simply fantastic DeSoto! This is one of my favorite body styles and you did an excellent job creating a true Masterpiece. That paint job looks great and I like the wheels and tires. They fit perfectly under that body. This is one of those kits I really need to get at some point. ^_^

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Very very nice Desoto !!!! It's a long time I haven't see one built and yours is gorgeous, makes me wonder if I should redone mine completely..... B)

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