I finished this one after I finished the AMT Christine kit. The Revell kit was produced in 1993, in a series of 'Shoebox' Pro Modified drag racing car kits. The models consist of a detailed chassis, and a body that can be removed easily to show it. The hood is also removable....kind of redundant in my opinion, but offers another cool view of the model. Another Shoebox model that I've built was the Dick Brown's Motorsport Jukebox Ford, a 55 Thunderbird. That model was a nice build as well, but I could have done better with the paint. Some may not think so, but there is an unspoken rule with the use of flats VS gloss paints.
The chassis was the first part to be finished. I chose to go with a flat steel for the chassis deck, which accented the use of aluminum and silver. The roll cage was done in flat dark gray. The instructions indicated the use of gloss colors, but after my experience with the Jukebox Ford, I decided to change it up.
The decal work went well, except for a few problems. Decals this old can suffer from too much humidity, or dry out and become micro cracked. Sometimes it can be seen with the naked eye, but can present itself when you go to use them. Once they become wet, they will fragment into a thousand pieces, rendering them useless. Testors puts out a product called Decal Bonder, which can be sprayed on the decal sheet that will revitalize them. Note that there is still a small chance that they won't be any good.....but the odds are in your favor. That is what happened to the long graphic decals along the sides; they were not micro cracked per say.......but broke into sectional pieces after the decal became moveable on the paper. The adhesive for the decals, was the cloudy milk like stuff......I simply wipe where I intend to slide off the decals as I use them. It wasn't that bad of an ordeal actually.....I was able to line up the sections easily. I did the decals in two sessions, one side at a time, and around some areas of the decals, I trimmed off the flash that decals have around the edges of the images, so they would mate up along edges and contours of the body without any wrinkles. The spoiler braces and the chute assembly that was already assembled, were the last part to be added to the body. Together, the two combine into a stellar looking model!
.....And there it is.....it's a great model to build. Enjoy.......and thanks for look'in in!
