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14/09/2026 2:30 am
Good to add a prewar Lincoln, other than a roadster version of this model, I don't think there are any others around in 1/24, 1/25, happy to be corrected. Messy old kit, poor part fits, missing parts, masses of that untrimmed plastic on the sprue parts. However the stuff up was definitely my fault (please don't ask!). Had to buy a second kit. Enough parts left and some extras from the parts bin to have a go at making a hot rod out of the first kit. Not too sure if there would be many 1928 Lincoln hot rods around? Anyhow both didnt come up too bad in the end.
14/09/2026 4:21 am
...I've never heard of having enough spare parts to build a second car - now THAT'S a lot of spare parts! I like the 1928 Lincoln, did they really come from the factory with color-matching grills?
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14/09/2026 6:59 pm
@chris thanks Chris, as always your responses are really appreciated. Now what happened was the full large front and rear fender piece was badly twisted, and when attempting to straighten it in warm/hot water I only made it worse! It went into the recycle garbage bin. These kits are cheap and plentiful so I grabbed another. My original wording is poor. As most of the original kit was still available I decided to make the rod. I only replaced the wheels and steering wheel. I really would like to have replaced the engine but the only ones I could find had no hope of fitting.
Here's a pic of the 1:1 I hoped to base mine on. It shows a matching color grill. By keeping the kits chrome wheels, I've departed too much from the car in the photo.
I forgot to mention the kit came without clear windows for the rear passenger windscreen and side windows. Just simply not provided by MPC, so in time I'll have to get around to cutting out my own.
