When your body doesn't look good.......

Modeling Subjects Autos
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What do ya do when ya get one out of the box and it looks like this?

Here it is, lined up with an older issue of the same kit:

Something happened to it as it came out of the mold, I suspect:

Soooooooo…I whacked it in half:

Cut the chassis up, too:

I decided to take off the molded in stuff with the ol’ Dremel:

Here it is without that junk:

I filled in the gaps with sheet stock:

Added a brace to the body:

I used my trusty clamps to attach the pieces to the body:

I scratched out a tongue:

Fixed up some Keystones and redlines:

After a bit of fiddlin’, and scratchin’, I got it to this point:

Stay tuned for more!!

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LOL, great idea

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Wow what a disaster! Imagine having that in the stash for years and finally opening it up to build and finding that!? I dig your idea. I was going to suggest making a derby car out of it. Lol

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Nice save on that kit. I would have been screaming to the manufacturer over that hot mess.

BK

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Oddly enough, I traded a good GTO body for this! HAHA Another builder needed one, and I knew what I wanted to do with this, and I had a couple kits in the stash, sooooo…

Here’s the final mock-up before paint, including a continentl spare I found in the parts bin:

After applying Model Master Turquoise and some clear, I ended up with this:

Here it is, behind and older build-up of the same kit, which is due for a rebuild:

I may redo the red one in the same turquoise color.

Thanks for looking in, and I hope you like the results of dealing with a messed up kit part!

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Outstanding!

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Nice save Bucky!

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Looks the difference between 1725 and 1/25 scale… Not possible?

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awesome job. will look good towed by a matching GTO