Doing a great job in the worst of circumstances!
It being winter now in this neighbourhood, at first glance I thought, "Wow, those are some heavy duty booster cables he's clamped on there!"
1967 Impala Police Interceptor
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It being winter now in this neighbourhood, at first glance I thought, "Wow, those are some heavy duty booster cables he's clamped on there!"
Thanks!Doing a great job in the worst of circumstances!
It being winter now in this neighbourhood, at first glance I thought, "Wow, those are some heavy duty booster cables he's clamped on there!"
The chassis doesn't sit in the body, as I've already pointed out.
So to get it set in it's (as close as possible) proper place, needed to flex it, mount a couple of pins inside the body at the rear to capture it in the proper position. Even with all of this flex and push, the interior doesn't align with the inside of the body properly. One side is close, while the other is "inside" about 3 to 4 mm.
There's no contact with the body at the back, so I've used some styrene sprue and sheet to create attachment/capture points.
Very odd fit-
Strangely, there's no room to push it up further- So, there will be a gap around the driver's side door too. Can't hide that with glass.
So to get it set in it's (as close as possible) proper place, needed to flex it, mount a couple of pins inside the body at the rear to capture it in the proper position. Even with all of this flex and push, the interior doesn't align with the inside of the body properly. One side is close, while the other is "inside" about 3 to 4 mm.
There's no contact with the body at the back, so I've used some styrene sprue and sheet to create attachment/capture points.
Very odd fit-
Strangely, there's no room to push it up further- So, there will be a gap around the driver's side door too. Can't hide that with glass.
Thanks, right? I don't think they even check to see, or if they do, they just ship it off to sell anyway
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Thank you very much.
Thank you- I appreciate the head's up about the fit you gave me. I was able to bend the chassis just enough to sit into the body. But, (as you know) there's no attachment point, not sure if it's supposed to connect to the rear pain (behind the bumper) but the tabs I put in held it in place.
Alright, I'm going to call this one done.
Added the final details to the engine bay, heater hoses. Added the bumpers/grille, spotlights, wipers, wheels and light/siren. I also fabricated a new hood latch panel out of some aluminum sheet. well, bent and pierced, not so much fabricated.
As I post these, I realize I forgot to add an antenna for the radio, oh well. I think I'm at a bit of burnout with this, (no pun intended).
The issues in this kit are significant, requiring some serious sanding and fitting. Even with all that, the chassis does not sit in the body properly, I got away with it and was able hide some crimes, but a close inspection would reveal the chassis is slightly off-kilter with the body. I was able to get the tires to sit flush, but that required a lot of work, which should have been unnecessary.
The kit spotlights help sell the Interceptor concept. The paint issues really took the wind outta my sailes on this one, but it's done.
Added the final details to the engine bay, heater hoses. Added the bumpers/grille, spotlights, wipers, wheels and light/siren. I also fabricated a new hood latch panel out of some aluminum sheet. well, bent and pierced, not so much fabricated.
As I post these, I realize I forgot to add an antenna for the radio, oh well. I think I'm at a bit of burnout with this, (no pun intended).
The issues in this kit are significant, requiring some serious sanding and fitting. Even with all that, the chassis does not sit in the body properly, I got away with it and was able hide some crimes, but a close inspection would reveal the chassis is slightly off-kilter with the body. I was able to get the tires to sit flush, but that required a lot of work, which should have been unnecessary.
The kit spotlights help sell the Interceptor concept. The paint issues really took the wind outta my sailes on this one, but it's done.
... it was a chase over some pretty rough terrain, but looks great!
If you guys are looking for stock body cars look to AMT, everyone i have went together great. i have about 10 of them from the 66 olds bad moon gasser, the 57 Chrysler 300 gas chamber gasser, the 53 Studebaker Commander salt racer to the Raders coach, even the hippy hemi was a decent fit up for a very complex chassis and od shaped body.
This is an AMT kit, which unfortunately has been consistent with the others ive done. Granted, im still pretty new to the return to modeling, but my last 8 builds were AMT, MPC and Revell, with the Revell being the nicest fits. I appreciate older kits tend to have these issues, but this was supposed to be a newer kit. I'll have to see how the next couple go, 1 of which is a Yodel (and obscure Japanese line, picked up on Ebay) and the other is Christine, which ive picked up a lot of resin aftermarket parts for.
Its still fun, aside from the setbacks.
Newer kit may be the problem, all the ones i listed are older designs 1990 and older. From what i hear Christine gos together good, is from around the same time as the olds and the 300. Alot depends on how well the molds are made and where the parts trees are cast, some of the injection molding companies they use dont let the parts tree cool properly, they toss the trees in a pile hot out of the mold. I have seen video of Revell models they demand the tree is set on a flat surface by itself when it comes out of the machine. They said it takes 90 sec, to two mins for the tree to set properly so you dont end up with warped parts. The build ;looks great sir you did the work and it paid off, welcome back to the fold looking forward to Christine and her new parts.
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Thank you!
