Why didn't they make this a Fury?

[espo]

2 hours ago, customline said:

Yeah, I thought about that and knocked out the side glass but that wasn't it, Dave.  The dash is tight up against the bottom of the windshield (this is after removing the remains of the locating pins and grinding the bottom corners of the glass away) and it looks fine but still there's a gap so I filled it with an .040 strip. Good enough. My big concern was the huge gap between the hood trim and the grille. I couldn't let that go without a fix. It seems there are always surprises when I get to this point on every build, regardless of looking for just this sort of thing ahead of time.  Stamp collecting would have been a lot easier ?.

Glad you're getting this put together. The reason I mentioned the problem is that I have found a few interior packages when assembled were wider than the interior of the body and would hit on one side or the other. Sometimes have even had to narrow the dash mounting allowing the interior sides to narrow enough to fit. This would also not allow the chassis to fit completely into the body and issues like you mentioned have been some of the additional problems. Like the side trim and color you used on this. 

[customline]

2 hours ago, espo said:

Glad you're getting this put together. The reason I mentioned the problem is that I have found a few interior packages when assembled were wider than the interior of the body and would hit on one side or the other. Sometimes have even had to narrow the dash mounting allowing the interior sides to narrow enough to fit. This would also not allow the chassis to fit completely into the body and issues like you mentioned have been some of the additional problems. Like the side trim and color you used on this. 

I know exactly what you're talking about, David. I recall having to narrow a dash (but I can't tell you on what ?). The next kit I start is going to get a lot of "tape assembly" before any paint. Gotta do the fixes before any paint. No surprises next time.....yeah, right ?.