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Post by donculley on Feb 5, 2019 20:40:04 GMT -6
The Force 440 kit gets my vote for the lamest of all the show rods on the list ,including the Elegant Farmer, but I don't think I've seen a pic of one on this site yet so here it is. I built this last year for a contest on Todd's site. I've had it for decades, and it gave me a chance to actually finish a build . Basically its a weak MPC year old annual kit with a bunch of police items thrown in - so many that there are more pieces than you put in/on the car , and some of the ones don't even fit in the car right . I omitted the huge push bumper and the radar unit for those reasons . The decals were fragile and didn't fit right on the car. The engine, supposed to be a 440 , is out of scale for the kit as are the rims/ tires . Building this car made me realize why I stuck with Monogram and AMT kits when I was a kid !    |
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Post by kabdriver on Feb 6, 2019 6:43:56 GMT -6
Haha, that title  You don't work in advertising, right Don? Looks like a nice clean build anyway - did AMT do a version of this same kit too? I seem to remember one of these in my stash in Joker colors - purple body and green wheels on the box? I think I traded it away for something else. |
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Post by donculley on Feb 6, 2019 15:08:32 GMT -6
Haha, that title You don't work in advertising, right Don? Looks like a nice clean build anyway - did AMT do a version of this same kit too? I seem to remember one of these in my stash in Joker colors - purple body and green wheels on the box? I think I traded it away for something else. Yes, AMT did a four door version of the car, which would have been more believable as a police car ! |
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Post by kabdriver on Feb 6, 2019 16:21:01 GMT -6
Ahhh, it was a different kit - gotcha!
Showrods are kinda meant to be impractical - so I guess a cop car that doesn’t have rear doors for whoever you catch kinda qualifies! 😂.
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Post by hobbybobby on Mar 4, 2019 12:16:20 GMT -6
I've never seen one of these, I've even overlooked that he's one of the 275+,  anyway, you've done a good job, Don!  |
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Post by donculley on Mar 14, 2019 18:45:40 GMT -6
I've never seen one of these, I've even overlooked that he's one of the 275+, anyway, you've done a good job, Don! Thanks , at least I got one un-built kit off my shelf and finished something ! LOL Honestly, the best part of this kit in my opinion is the strobe light assembly and the police car hubcaps. - at least they got those parts right ! |
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Post by showrodjohn on Mar 16, 2019 17:20:20 GMT -6
It may be lame but you did a good job on it.
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You don't work in advertising, right Don? 
anyway, you've done a good job, Don! 
