I am calling this done. This build has been a pain since day one. The initial bad paint job, ill fitting parts, badly molded parts, I was starting to get perturbed. But it the end, it turned out pretty decent.
As the final fitting was going together, i saw that the body wouldn't sit on the frame correctly. In the end, I cut a piece of the sprue tree and used it as a lift joint just in front of the rear panel. This allowed the body to sit up off the frame and gives the card a decent looking stance. The engine build is another disappointment. The air cleaner doesn't fit based on the engine design. IT hits the distributor and there's nothing to latch it too.
If i opted for using the 2 alternate carbs, I probably could have used the cleaner. But then the hood wouldn't have closed. SO I went with the smaller carb build and left it as it.
The front is a whole other ball of wax. The chassis and body only touch in micro places, so gluing the two together was not going to happen. So there is good movement between the body and chassis. But as long as you're not playin with it, you won't know.
As I was finishing up the final details on the body, i noticed that the hood scoop was not molded correctly. One side that sits into the hood crevis was missing. Since i haven't advanced to scratch building yet, i opted for the 2nd option of the closed scoop. I also noticed during final fir, the hood is a bit warped, so there are gaps on the driver front and passenger rear.
Decals are off center by about 2 mm. so when the hood scoop was added, there was a thin yellow line that surrounded 3 sides. After fixing the rear panel paint run, i repainted it, cleared it then used the chrome oil pen. Turned out really good.
Overall, more time was spent on this kit than the other two. More issues with this kit than the other two. Yet in the end, it is a really nice build. Even built a small show board.
