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WIP: 1/32 Packard Victoria by Matchbox
junxter
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Indiana, United States
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Posted: Friday, August 24, 2007 - 08:46 AM UTC




hello. here's my Packard Vic, built OOB from a very old Matchbox Shanghai kit. hope you like it. cheers
007
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Posted: Friday, August 24, 2007 - 10:34 AM UTC
I love it!
Very good job on such an old kit. I specially like the canvas top!

I've build the 1/32 Alfa Romeo (which is crashed by my 3 year old youngest son who tried to let it race with one of his cars...My fault, should have kept it out of his range...) and I have the Citroen II Legere in stash. Hope I'll finish it just as good as your Packard!

Paul
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Posted: Friday, August 24, 2007 - 11:31 AM UTC
Very nice job.
Nice to see some of these older kits being built.
Snowhand
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Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
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Posted: Friday, August 24, 2007 - 11:49 PM UTC
Well done I especially like the headlights and the canvas top.

How is the kit ? Is it hard to build ?
slodder
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North Carolina, United States
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Posted: Friday, August 24, 2007 - 11:52 PM UTC
I echo what some of the others are saying - nice build, great colors, great subject.
Wish the photos were a bit clearer.
junxter
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Indiana, United States
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Posted: Saturday, August 25, 2007 - 05:16 AM UTC
hello . thanks for the comments. I will get started on the 1/32 Rolls Royce now sitting in my stash. It will look nice next to the Packard.

The kit, as you know, is really old. So quality is iffy at best -- poor fitting, tri-color, and grossly nickled plated. So I had to base coat it with semi-gloss black, and also get rid of the nickle plating.
TreadHead
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Colorado, United States
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Posted: Sunday, August 26, 2007 - 09:58 AM UTC
Howdy junxter,

Very nice Packard ya got there . It looks like it's right out of some early Hollywood movie. I've got quite a few of the old Pyro kits in 1/32 scale in my old 'stash'. Will probably never get to build them, but they are appreciated nonetheless by me....heck, they are always appearing on Evilbay so who knows

Only 'nit' I can see is the spare on the fender could use some more weathering to match the rest of the vehicle.Other than that wee 'nit', she looks beautiful.

Tread.
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