Hard_2_Handle_454 Posted February 12 Posted February 12 Since the DDA kits came out I've been wanting to pick this one up. I'm not one to be into 4-door cars, but this one has kinda grown on me. Plus, it's a very notable car in automotive history; so I wanted it for the collection. The kit itself is very much like the Torana kit. It comes with a nice collector's box, tools, screws, rubber wires, and decals. The only downside in my mind is the lack of plated parts. The kit builds quite easily and has a really great instruction manual. A lot of the kit is snap-tite almost, but there's still quite a lot of gluing. Some super glue is also recommended for the wiring. The hood, like on all shaker hoods, has some fit issues and didn't want to be even on one side. Ended up having to glue it down. Also had a little trouble with the chin spoiler. It didn't want to sit on one side or the other. Ended up super gluing it down. One weird thing was the window slats being put inside the car. I ignored that and placed them on the outside. On a funny note, I accidentally tossed the wipers in the trash and had to dig one out. The other mysteriously appeared on my bathroom floor later that evening. Over all though, great kit. SAM_1921 by Eric Lucas, on Flickr SAM_1924 by Eric Lucas, on Flickr SAM_1925 by Eric Lucas, on Flickr SAM_1926 by Eric Lucas, on Flickr 11
lordairgtar Posted February 12 Posted February 12 (edited) About the slats. Australians are known to put those in the rear window on the inside. Photos of these Aussie cars will reveal this to be so. Not sure, but maybe to keep bright sunlight from backing the inside of the car. Quite hot and sunny there. Edited February 12 by lordairgtar
STU111 Posted February 12 Posted February 12 Great build on a much loved car here in Australia. I agree regarding the lack of chrome sprue, l’m going to need some practice using Alclad before I build mine. Again, nice job. 👍🏻
STU111 Posted February 12 Posted February 12 2 minutes ago, lordairgtar said: About the slats. Australians are known to put those in the rear window on the inside. Photos of these Aussie cars will reveal this to be so. Not sure, but maybe to keep bright sunlight from backing the inside of the car. Quite hot and sunny there. G’day Greg, can go both ways. The inside slats were usually a factory option. Also during the 70’s a local aftermarket car accessory company marketed plastic louvres for exterior fitment on popular makes of cars at the time, similar to those on 69-70 Boss Mustangs. Cheers, Stuart. 👍🏻
michelle Posted February 12 Posted February 12 awesome work i have been wanting all the factory stock dda model kits but i can't order them since they are not available on amazon or walmart dot com which i can buy gift cards for with cash
Hard_2_Handle_454 Posted February 13 Author Posted February 13 2 hours ago, michelle said: awesome work i have been wanting all the factory stock dda model kits but i can't order them since they are not available on amazon or walmart dot com which i can buy gift cards for with cash Yeah, it does suck that they don't have better ordering options. They are quite pricey on eBay, and the actual site doesn't even have pricing unless you sign up as a customer. But, they are small in scale when it comes to production, so they have to charge a premium to make some money.
Hard_2_Handle_454 Posted February 13 Author Posted February 13 2 hours ago, lordairgtar said: About the slats. Australians are known to put those in the rear window on the inside. Photos of these Aussie cars will reveal this to be so. Not sure, but maybe to keep bright sunlight from backing the inside of the car. Quite hot and sunny there. Interesting. Their way of installing them in the kit wasn't working for me, so I just placed it on the outside. Plus the way they designed the slats made it look like they were for the outside anyway.
Cool Hand Posted February 13 Posted February 13 Well done looks great. What colour did you use ?? looks near on the same as the factory colour candy apple red.
Hard_2_Handle_454 Posted February 13 Author Posted February 13 3 hours ago, Cool Hand said: Well done looks great. What colour did you use ?? looks near on the same as the factory colour candy apple red. Regular Testor's red. Only thing HL sells anymore. I really wish they still had the Hobby Master paints. Those lasted longer and looked better. 1
XYHARRY Posted February 18 Posted February 18 Nice build of an iconic Aussie Falcon there Eric. This was the car that Canadian Allan Moffat raced to win the 1971 Bathurst 500 mile endurance touring car race. This annual race is the pinnacle of the Australian motor sport calendar. Again, well done on your build. Cheers, David. 😎👍
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