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MODEL CAR IN CAMEO WHITE > ARTICLE 6
SCALE EQUIPMENT LTD. 1973 HURST/OLDS. LET ME
START BY SAYING I HAD TO REDUCE THE SIZE OF THE
COMPLETED CAR PHOTOS, AS THEY WERE VERY
LARGE. WHEN YOU CLICK TO ENLARGE THEM, YOU
WILL GET THE LOOK OF SLASH MARKS IN THE
DECALS. IF YOU SUPER SIZE THEM, THAT SHOULD
REMOVE MOST OF THAT ILLUSION. THIS CAR WAS
MASTERED BY MIKE HANSON, A WELL KNOWN
MASTER MODELER, AND DESIGNER. I FOUND THIS
1/25TH SCALE CAR BODY TO BE DEAD ON, A REALLY
NICE JOB.
IT IS A THIN CAST BODY, WHICH HAS ITS PROS AND
CONS. EASIER TO ADAPT DIFFERENT CHASSIS AND
PARTS TO, BUT A BIT MORE FRAGILE, AND PRONE TO
WARP. THE BODY CASTING WAS NOT GREAT, HAVING
SOME HOLES AND THIN BUBBLE MARKS IN IT. THE
BACK OF THE ROOF SAGGED A BIT, BUT CAN BE
CORRECTED. THE KIT RUNS ABOUT 100.00. IT IS A
CURBSIDE KIT, BUT YOU COULD OPEN THE HOOD
WITH A LITTLE EXTRA WORK. IT APPEARS THAT MOST
OF THE PARTS WERE CAST FROM THE JOHAN
PROMO. COMES WITH A PROMO TYPE CHASSIS WITH
A SINGLE EXHAUST AND CONVERTER, SOMETHING
THE 73 HURST/OLDS NEVER HAD.
I ORIGINALLY WAS GOING TO USE IT AND HANG
ANOTHER EXHAUST, BUT 3/4 OF THE WAY INTO THE
BUILD I DECIDED TO TAKE ANOTHER ROUTE. KIT
COMES WITH CHROMED PARTS THAT I FOUND THE
PLATING TO BE FAIR AT BEST. IMPROPER PREP
PRIOR TO CHROMING. INCLUDED WITH KIT ARE TWO
SETS OF TIRES, ONE BEING FOR THE W-30 VERSION.
WHEELS, 2 PIECE, RINGS CHROMED, INNER PART OF
WHEELS WERE NOT CHROMED. HAS PARTS TO MAKE
THE FRONT WHEELS STEERABLE. NICE PHOTO ETCH
SHEET, AS WELL AS THE DECALS. VACUUM FORMED
GLASS. COMES WITH A SHIFTER AND DUAL GATE
SHIFT PLATE. ALSO OTHER PARTS TO COMPLETE THE
CAR. MISSING ARE THE H/O EXHAUST TIPS, YOU WILL
HAVE TO MAKE THOSE. WITH ALL THAT SAID, I FIND
THIS KIT TO BE WELL WORTH THE MONEY, AND A
NICE EXAMPLE OF A HURST/OLDS. AS WITH ANY
RESIN KIT THERE ARE SOME HURDLES, BUT NONE OF
THESE ARE TO MAJOR.
I HAD ALREADY PAINTED THE CAR CAMEO WHITE
WHEN I DECIDED TO GO WITH ANOTHER CHASSIS,
OTHERWISE I WOULD HAVE CUT THE HOOD OPEN. I
HAD A JOHAN PROMO 73 CUTLASS WITH A BROKEN
PILLAR SO I CUT THE REAR SCREW PEGS OFF AND
MOUNTED THEM TO THE HURST BODY. USING AN
AMT 1969 OLDS 442 KIT, I CUT THE CHASSIS TO FIT
THE BODY, AND USED THE AMT PARTS ON THE
CHASSIS. LEAVING ME WITHOUT AN ENGINE PLATE, I
PUT THE AMT ENGINE IN EVEN THOUGH THE HOOD
DOES NOT OPEN. I MADE THE HURST EXHAUST TIPS
FROM ALUMINUM. I DID NOT USE THE 2 PIECE
WHEELS PROVIDED WITH RESIN KIT. I USED THE AMT
WHEELS THAT ARE THE SAME WHEEL, THEY ARE
CHROMED, AND I PAINTED THEM THE CORRECT WAY
TO RESEMBLE THE 2 PIECE HURST WHEELS. THE KIT
TIRES DO HAVE THE WHITE LETTER DECALS
INCLUDED. THE DASH AND INTERIOR ARE THE
TYPICAL JOHAN PROMO TYPE. NO CHARACTER IN
THE AIR CONDITION PORTS, THAT WILL NEED TO BE
DETAILED IN.
DECALS PROVIDED GAUGES AND WOODGRAIN FOR
THE RADIO AND INTERIOR SIDE PANELS, BUT NOT
FOR THE LEFT SIDE OF THE GAUGES, THAT WAS
DETAIL PAINTED TO MATCH THE OTHER SIDE. I THEN
FOILED THE DASH AND FREE HANDED THE
OLDSMOBILE INSIGNIA ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE
DASH. KIT DOES HAVE THE CORRECT STEERING
WHEEL WITH DECAL FOR THE CENTER. SEEING THAT
I HAD A WRECKED PROMO, I USED THE GLASS FROM
IT INSTEAD OF THE FORMED KIT GLASS. IT WAS
EPOXIED TIGHT TO THE ROOF WHICH TOOK THE SAG
OUT. NOTE> THE ROOF WARP MAY HAVE JUST BEEN
ON THIS KIT AND NOT A COMMON PROBLEM, ALONG
WITH THE BODY HOLES AND BUBBLES, INQUIRE
WHEN YOU BUY.
I FOLLOWED REFERENCE ON THIS BUILD FOILING
THE EXTERIOR AND THE SPLIT SIGNAL LIGHTS, BEING
AMBER TO THE SIDES AND CLEAR TO THE FRONT.
THE GRILL WAS CAST AFTER THE JOHAN SO IT HAS
THE OLDSMOBILE INSIGNIA IN IT, THE HURST/OLDS
DOES NOT. I PAINTED OVER IT, YOU COULD
CAREFULLY CUT IT OUT. BUMPERS HAVE THE
PROPER RUBBER STRIPS PAINTED IN. CHASSIS WAS
PAINTED FLAT BLACK TO RESEMBLE SOUND
DEADENER, OR RUST PROOFING. I USED THE RED
TAILIGHTS FROM THE PROMO, BLACKING OUT
AROUND THEM FOR THE HURST/OLDS LOOK. THE
CHASSIS WAS DRILLED AND SCREWED TO THE PEGS
IN THE REAR, AND SCREWED THROUGH THE BUMPER
TABS ON THE FRONT.
AS AN OVER VIEW, THIS IS A VERY CORRECT KIT. AS
FAR AS I KNOW SCALE EQUIPMENT LTD. IS THE ONLY
PLACE TO GET THIS CAR. YOU WILL WANT TO CHECK
THEM OUT. THEY HAVE A VERY NICE SELECTION OF
CORRECT TIRES, PHOTO ETCH SETS, AND DECALS.
THEY ALSO CARRY SOME OTHER RARE RESIN KITS,
AND MORE. I WILL FOR SURE BUY MORE STUFF
FROM THEM, SUCH AS TIRES THAT YOU CANNOT
FIND ANYWHERE ELSE. THE HURST/OLDS A SPECIAL
CAR THAT WAS NEARING ITS PERFORMANCE END, TO
LINGER FOR A WHILE IN NAME AND TRIM ONLY.
