Post by lo51merc on Feb 23, 2021 11:43:43 GMT -5
Approximately 43 ish years ago I built two of the 57 hardtop kits in this scale but never a convertible. back in the early 60's my brother had a black 57 convertible with the red/silver interior. Co-incidently my brother in law also had one in the same colors. Good taste these boys had!
When I saw the new release of the AMT 1/16th scale 57 Chevy convertible I had a new mission, to build a fresh from Detroit model of the car they both had.
I think AMT missed the boat in several ways with this large scale kit. A major one for me is locating the body to the chassis. There are no positive locators and the instructions don't make it clear for me either. Luckily I have the two hardtops so I figured it out by looking at them. To make it easier for me I added locators inside the trunk area and in front of the pan at the front of the chassis. Another thing that ticks me off a bit is the fact that I can't mock up the model up on tires because if I use the included whitewall inserts (that I plan on painting white primer) I can't assemble the wheels and tires. Also, you'd think they could completed the poseable front wheels since the spindle design looks like that had been the plan at one time. Inasmuch as the convertible kit is made from the same mold (I can't figure how they did that!) as the hardtop, it should build up to be a very presentable model. I hope!
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When I saw the new release of the AMT 1/16th scale 57 Chevy convertible I had a new mission, to build a fresh from Detroit model of the car they both had.
I think AMT missed the boat in several ways with this large scale kit. A major one for me is locating the body to the chassis. There are no positive locators and the instructions don't make it clear for me either. Luckily I have the two hardtops so I figured it out by looking at them. To make it easier for me I added locators inside the trunk area and in front of the pan at the front of the chassis. Another thing that ticks me off a bit is the fact that I can't mock up the model up on tires because if I use the included whitewall inserts (that I plan on painting white primer) I can't assemble the wheels and tires. Also, you'd think they could completed the poseable front wheels since the spindle design looks like that had been the plan at one time. Inasmuch as the convertible kit is made from the same mold (I can't figure how they did that!) as the hardtop, it should build up to be a very presentable model. I hope!
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