'70 Ford Torino GT

[jparsons1969]

Hey guys. Just completed the Revell '70 Ford Torino. I was really excited about building this after Model Round-Up annonced this kit.

I airbrushed the body with metallic green and several coats of clear. The kit did have several minor fitting issues that were a little aggrevating, but where relatively easy to overcome.

First off, the directions wanted you to cut holes in the chassis to connect the muffler. The rear leaf springs absolutely will not fit into the slots provided if you assemble them by the directions. I had to reverse the direction of them, which then misaligned the passenger tires in the rear wheel-well. I then had to heat the rear axle to properly position the center of the hub. The holes in the wheels for the axle hubs were too small and had to be trimmed.

The grille does not want to line up correctly on the front end due to the housing that goes around it. And the chrome door handles had so much excess flash around them that they crumbled in my hands when trying to remove it. The metal trim that goes on the car bends very easy and is very challenging to position on the car. It would take a better builder than my skills to pull off positioning the rocker panel trim. I only used the tailight screen and grille badge. The rest, I stayed away from. Seemed like a recipe to really piss me off.

I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out, although it could have been better. I just took my time on it, working on the kit here and there a little at a time over a month. That seemed to work out better for my patience. Thanks for looking.

[slusher]

Super nice model. I really like the color..

[Belugawrx]

Nice work on that

Colour looks great, did you clear over those side decals?

If not, you could slice them at the door edges.....?

Nice painted detail in the engine comp. too

Cheers

Edited January 15, 2015 by Belugawrx

[donb]

Nice build and color. This is on my bench right now. Thanks for the info about the kit too.

[cobraman]

Looks good. I have one on my to do list.

[vintagercr]

Looking good!

[Porscheman]

Love the color, excellent build!!!

[1930fordpickup]

Very cool.

[jparsons1969]

Thanks for the kind words guys. No problem donb, hopefully your kit may not have those issues. Someone else on this board posted some pictures of their build and said they didn't have any fitting issues. Their's looked really good, a whole lot better than mine.

[crazyjim]

Sweet & SHINY :)

[Mr Stock]

Great work John, the colour really pops, I built this one the first time around from the Promodeller kit, I have 2 more in the stash to do, its one of my favourite kits . I must remember to the modification on the swage moulding on the rear fender on these older release kits though.

[freakshow12]

Pretty nice. I've built like ten of these and had none of those issues