Call me crazy, but I have a thing for the Exner designed 1960-62 Plymouth Valiant. For the longest time, I thought that it was one of the ugliest cars ever made, but the more I looked at it and researched the car, it was a pretty advanced concept. A few years back, I was able to get my hands on a "started" SMP 1960 Valiant Sedan. It was primed and painted white, but otherwise untouched. I stripped the paint from it, and went to work on it. Why did I do that? This thing has the absolutely worst mould line placement of any model I have built. Once the mould lines were removed, I had to reshape the body to get the proper angles. After lots of filing, sanding, and smoothing, I think that I got the shape right. Once I did that, I had to replace the windshield and rear window mouldings with plastic rod, as the mould lines and window cutouts obliterated the original placement of the mouldings. For the Replica Stock Build I plan to do, I had to order a set of promo hubcaps from The Modelhaus, as they were not included in the original kit. I re-scribed and deepened the panel lines, as well as scribed in the fender separation lines. It's in the box awaiting priming, painting and assembly, as I have just decided on the color combination, Valiant Red, with the Red/Black/White interior.
Now here's where it gets interesting. I recently got a unpainted, clean '61 Valaint Built-up. I took that apart today, and started re-working the body on it. This one is going to be Valiant Silver, with the Silver/Black/White interior.
Both are going to be curbside builds. Working the bodies over on these is long and tedius, but very satisfying once I get them finished.
These two are some of the many I have in the "assembly line" Pictures will be taken and posted once I get started on them.
Source: http://cs.scaleautomag.com/SCACS/forums/thread/1017718.aspx
Karl Gunther Bechem Jean Behra Derek Bell Stefan Bellof Paul Belmondo
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