[Closed] Kess 1:43 scale '62 Chrysler NY 4drht has just been released. Colors

Look carefully at reference pictures. It is not a four door hardtop.

The shape of the roof and rear window are from a four door sedan. But Kess used photo etched door frames that look like the window glass trim on a four door hardtop. At the very least the B-pillar should be painted body color. The 1962 New Yorker four door hardtop has a much different rear glass. I was very close to buying the black car before I realized it is more of a fusion between sedan and hardtop and not correct for either.

Interesting observation. Kess made the same roof error with their 63 Chevy.

I've just double checked and you are bang on correct.

Kess definitely describe it as a '62 sedan, not a hardtop.

So yes, the centre pillar should be body colour (and a little broader). For me, it's shame they did the sedan anyway because it has quite a clumsy rear roofline compared to the more elegant HT.

All of which pales into insignificance (for me, at least) compared with the burning question of why yet another new release from Kess has "leapfrogged" the long-awaited 1960 De Soto, which has once again been delayed. The latest quoted release date is now 30 November, but I don't really believe it because the scheduled date has been pushed back month by month for more than a year now. How very annoying.

Yes to both points. DeSoto's absence perplexes, especially when hand samples looked ready to go.

Sedan vs Hardtop

I had the same question. If you reference 1:1 images of both body styles of the 62 Chrysler 4 door, the Kess model is intended to be a sedan because the b pillar and rear window are a sedan configuration ( the hardtop has a thinner b pillar and more bubbled rear window). Kess just didn't bother to put a center post on the model so it looks like a hardtop with up windows.

I'm ready to buy one...who carries these in the U.S.? Thanks!