Revell 1957 Chevy 2 Door Sedan
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the kit
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Both the Revell & AMT kits parts washed. The Revell are the white, AMT the grey
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dipped all the chrome parts in Pledge, they've been drying for weeks!
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The engine, look how nice the air cleaner fits! Rediculous !!
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front bumper detailed
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put a light coat of black under the coral color to make the carpet a litttle darker
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engine barely fit, had to grind off half the steering box to get it in!
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the underside. i broke one of the shocks trying to fit it in, glued it together, but somehow misplaced it! It will turn up I hope.
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interior panels, dash & seat decals
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body ready for 1st clear coat
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trim turned out nice,,,
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,,,, but boy that color is OFF,,,
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,,, it's definitly a nice coral pink,,,
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,,,pretty much the color I remember. One more (hopefully) final sanding w/ 4-6000 and a last coat of future
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She's gettin there !
Коментари
28 April 2017, 18:06
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So, I'm gonna substitute this 2 dr. sedan kit for the 4 dr. resin kit (it's a POS). My second car was a 57 4 dr. 210. Had a lot of fun in that car! Paid $25 for it, drove it all one summer, beat the living crap out of it. Broke both rear leaf springs doing J strip burnouts. (rolling backwards down a hill, rev the engine, drop it in L and floor it). And at the end of the summer sold it for $25 to a guy I knew for parts. It still ran good!
But, I gotta say I'm pretty disappointed with THIS Revell kit. Nothing fits good, parts align poorly. The body itself looks pretty good, so it should look ok when finished, but I really expected much better. The Revell kit of the 68 Dodge Dart was a superb kit, everything fit perfectly, a real sweet kit. This one is nowhere near as good. It also has those metal wheel pins, hope I have better luck with them this time.
But,,,, as long as it looks good in the end it will do.
28 April 2017, 18:28
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Cool! mine had the slip & slide Powerglide w/ 283. Too bad that resin body is such a POS. I really wanted to do it as a 4 door. My cousin had a 2 dr sedan with 3 on the tree & a 6 banger, but boy that car could smoke the tires!
29 April 2017, 00:39
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Can't you work the resin body with putty or my favourite is plastic filings and super glue. You layer super glue then apply the plastic filings.
I have a poorly moulded BA Falcon Ute slot car body that I am slowly working into a reasonable facsimile.
It takes time but worth the effort
29 April 2017, 03:28
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Yea, I could >make it work< Wilky, but I don't think I want to put that much TIME into it. Both bumpers would have to be shortened, make a hood fit ,,, everything is too wide for it,,, etc,,, etc,,, and besides it just looks "crappy". If I was into making the junkyard look with it, it would be easy. And I do like a lot of those, they're a fun kick! But No.
I have this one getting close, and though even it is not a great kit it should look good. It will do, then I can get finish the AMT, then on to something else!
TIME,,, time is my nemesis!
29 April 2017, 06:54