Round 2/AMT Plymouth Prowler Concept Car Snap-It

[Joe Handley]

Picked this up for the wheels to put on my original issue AMT/ERTL  Snap-Fast kit of the Concept Prowler, thought I'd post pics of the buildup as it currently sits and a pic of the kit out of the box and bags.

To start with, here's the box and contents, minus the instructions.

20181006_194338-1 by bjoehandley, on Flickr

20181006_205507 by bjoehandley, on Flickr

Now here's the old build of the original from probably more than 20 years ago by now,

20181002_224341 by bjoehandley, on Flickr

20181002_224327 by bjoehandley, on Flickr

20181002_224354 by bjoehandley, on Flickr

[Snake45]

I painted my interior and bumpers a darker gray (the bumpers are Walmart flat black primer, the interior is Duplicolor primer gray). They come molded in the light gray shown in Joe's photos. 

[Deuces]

I have that one from the first release.... Somewhere... ?

[Joe Handley]

I'll have to get the new kit next to my old build up, but I think the plastics are different colors too than the original kit too. I want to say some of the military greys might be close on the color of the bumper plastics. Can't remember on the interior greys for the original kit OOB, the show car, or my build up there......  To quote my Father, "This gettin' old "stuff" is for the birds."

[Tom Geiger]

I used Model Masters Panzer Gray spray can on the Caravan bumpers. 

And here's where my Prowler wheels wound up.. My original issue kit is still in the box, minus these!

[Joe Handley]

That does look about spot on there Tom!

 

Here's some pics I shot of my original built with the wheels and tires off the new kit  and the original rolling stock next to the car with the parts from the new reissue. There are noticeable  difference in colors of everything other than the chrome, glass, and tires.

20181007_213704 by bjoehandley, on Flickr

20181007_213824 by bjoehandley, on Flickr

20181007_213904 by bjoehandley, on Flickr

After seeing that front fender gap, I may cut those off the front suspension on the new kit when I get around to building it

 

[Snake45]

8 hours ago, Joe Handley said:

There are noticeable  difference in colors of everything other than the chrome, glass, and tires.

After seeing that front fender gap, I may cut those off the front suspension on the new kit when I get around to building it

 

I ended up painting everything on mine except the body (which I polished). 

Mine doesn't seem to have front fender gaps. Are you sure you have them on the right sides, and in the right holes? I remember things got a little confusing for me up there for a minute figgering out what goes where. 

[Joe Handley]

5 hours ago, Snake45 said:

I ended up painting everything on mine except the body (which I polished). 

Mine doesn't seem to have front fender gaps. Are you sure you have them on the right sides, and in the right holes? I remember things got a little confusing for me up there for a minute figgering out what goes where. 

I

 took it to work to display in my cube', looks like the little alignment dimples that key the pins on the upper arms/fender pieces to the lower arm/upright/pushrod pieces weren't keyed in, so I fixed that between calls. Looks much better now

[Snake45]

24 minutes ago, Joe Handley said:

I

 took it to work to display in my cube', looks like the little alignment dimples that key the pins on the upper arms/fender pieces to the lower arm/upright/pushrod pieces weren't keyed in, so I fixed that between calls. Looks much better now

Then my work here is done. 

[Joe Handley]

5 hours ago, Snake45 said:

Then my work here is done. 

I may mod the fenders a little bit since they kind wrap around the outside of the tire. Been so long since I build it that I didn't even notice the pin/dimple until I bought the new kit and was looking over the parts and remembered them from that.