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Originally Posted by Hawk312
After working on the AMT Nova SS kit, I am wondering if it`s time to start a "buyer beware" type thread. I have just about given up on this thing! In fact, even though I am 75% done, I am putting it back in the box. At first glance, this kit wasn`t that bad looking. The details were pretty cheesy, but it had some interesting build options, and better proportions that what I am used to with AMT. I wanted to build a Nova like this in factory stock form (don`t ask why) and this kit comes with the race and factory stock parts. But, and I have no idea why they did this, the front fenders come seperate from the rest of the body! It was a *major* hassle trying to get the fenders straight (there is nothing to guide placement out front), an getting the hood to line up at the same time made me wish I had 4 hands. To top it off, once everything was lined up, there were gaps the size of about 3 or 4 scale inches in between the fender and doors. Everything in general looks "hokey" on the front end without major modification. Not to mention all the body work to get out seems, bubbles, divets, you name it. I know this can all be fixed, but it would be alot of work, and you would really have to like the subject to want to complete it. I could go on, but I`ll leave it at that. This ranks pretty closely with their 55 Ford pickup custom I built a while back. I think I am going to avoid AMT whenever possible from now on.
Anyone else want to share experiences? Let me know I`m not alone. I feel like such a quitter...  |
One thing I learned in all the years I've been at it is every manufacturer has their jewels and their turkeys. Keep in mind that the Nova kit first saw the light of day in 1972. The reason it has separate fenders is so AMT could get two kits from the same body tool - the Nova, and a '72 Pontiac Ventura. The experiment worked sooo well
that AMT never did a car with separate fenders like that again.
The only sure cure is to use Jimmy Flintstone's Nova resin body.
Best regards,