Jeep CJ

[lucas454]

For a long time I've wanted a Jeep in my collection, but could never really find an old kit at a good price. I was excited to find out they were releasing this new kit and sought one out.

The kit itself, however, shows that they went with the older moldings. It's not very great and there's a lot of asking, "why did they do this" in the build. For starters, the dash attaches to the wind shield, which is separate from the body. There's a bunch of fit issues, most notably, the wind shield and hood. The wind shield does not fit all the way down into the slot, so there's a small crack. The hood isn't wide enough to fit. I had to slide it forward so it hangs out over the grill. If not there would be a huge gap with the body. There was also a fit issue with the doors and top, so I left them off. It made me sad since I put a lot of work into the paint job on both.

SAM_1577 by Eric Lucas, on Flickr

SAM_1578 by Eric Lucas, on Flickr

SAM_1579 by Eric Lucas, on Flickr

[406 Silverado]

Despite the fit issues that you had with this kit it turned out to be a one good looking build Eric. You're right about the dash adhering to the windshield.....that's just too weird. About the only thing I'd do additionally is to cut the sprue attachment tabs from the wheels but other than that small issue I'd say that you pulled 'er off well bro.

[handiabled]

Gotta love some of the engineering that goes into a kit. It really show great in spite of issues you had putting this together!

[kyledehart5]

Super cool Jeep!! Great job. And a really cool paint scheme too.