Model Forum / General / Models / June 2007

Building the AMT Dodge Challenger (Van Point box)

Put the roof on, and sanded it, as its the wrong roof, and made the
gearstick into a pistol grip, i noticed some other slight differances
between the kit and the one used in the movie, but its a gift for someone,
so in a enclosed case and the guy wont notice the differances.

Now the bonnet is a bad fit....nightmare, as well as not being the right
width, it wont lay straight....its around the windscreen/firewall area.

I boxed all my kits, so i couldnt find my Revell boxed kit, its in one of 25
huge massive boxes!! and sealed...

I dry fitted the body and chrome bits, doesnt seem too bad.

Does anyone know what white the Challenger is? i cant remember the website
for a car forum i used years ago..anyone?

Im going to have to use car paint, so in a can, i dont think i would get the
exact match here in the UK, so something damn close would be good enough.

Im thinking of doing one side of the car clean, and one side batterd a
little and dirty, with mud, with one side saying VANSIHING POINT and the
other FLUCHTPUNKT SAN FRANCISCO as it was known in Germany (the kit is for
someone who sent me the DVD last year from Germany, not knowing it was my
fave movie, he saw the movie in the former DDR back in the 70's)

Also does anyone have lying around, the figure of Kowolski? i know it came
with the metal kit available in the US, it was too expensive to get one
shipped over.

Next couple of days i will try to take some fotos and post them on the
binary site..