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14/12/2025 9:21 pm
Here are a few pictures of this model I received a few days ago. I am very impressed by the overall quality and attention to details. All the chrome trim is foiled and there is no silver paint at all. The windshield has even the black dots at the top of it.
14/12/2025 9:52 pm
"All the chrome trim is foiled and there is no silver paint at all."
That's awesome Rich, especially on THIS car! 😀 😎 There's only 2 issues I have:
1) The dark tint on '58 windshields did not include "dots." In fact, I don't believe any 1950's American car had "dots," plenty of fade & tint, but no "dots."
2) The rear glass is too short - it should extend much further back; I'm not sure why that wasn't tooled properly. 🤔 🤨
Otherwise - it's a pretty cool model. My Dad had a '58 SDV. 😀 😀
14/12/2025 11:10 pm
"All the chrome trim is foiled and there is no silver paint at all."
That's awesome Rich, especially on THIS car! 😀 😎 There's only 2 issues I have:
1) The dark tint on '58 windshields did not include "dots." In fact, I don't believe any 1950's American car had "dots," plenty of fade & tint, but no "dots."
2) The rear glass is too short - it should extend much further back; I'm not sure why that wasn't tooled properly. 🤔 🤨
Otherwise - it's a pretty cool model. My Dad had a '58 SDV. 😀 😀
Dang it Chris, you are always on top of your game 👍
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14/12/2025 11:24 pm
@chris You are right in your observations but I am not aware of any other manufacturer who has done a better replica of the 1958 60S and I needed one in my collection.
As for the black dots on upper windshields, they are called frits. They prevent from warping.
15/12/2025 12:54 am
"As for the black dots on upper windshields, they are called frits. They prevent from warping."
Correct, but they were not used in the 1950's - only "dark tint" was unitized. Again, it's a great model, "dots" are better than nothing, right? Afterall, how many 1/43 models even have any tint? 😉
15/12/2025 12:59 am
"Dang it Chris, you are always on top of your game..."
Not really.... I know "stupid stuff like this" because I've owned these cars - I've looked through "wrap-around-tint." You probably have too... 😉 😉
15/12/2025 8:12 am
@nickies HA! Yeah, I know what I am.... you don't have to allude to the obvious. 
Like I've said, I can drive anyone nuts - including myself.
15/12/2025 10:37 am
@chris You're basically The Bureau Of USEFUL Information Chris; we learn a lot from you....plus I hear you build a model or two? 
15/12/2025 4:07 pm
@100ford2003 Really? You were never in a 1950's car and looked up at the horizontal band of dark "tint" (reinforcement) going across the windshield?
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15/12/2025 10:58 pm
@100ford2003 Really? You were never in a 1950's car and looked up at the horizontal band of dark "tint" (reinforcement) going across the windshield?
I'd never heard to it referred that way. Sure I've seen it 👍
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