I picked up a couple of these kits for cheap because I wanted to build a Lennie Pond car and a Benny Parsons car, kind of a "Lennie and Benny" pair. I opened one of them up tonight and man, what a mess they are. There is so much flash on all the parts on the tree that you will spend much time simply carving and sanding them back into some semblance of what they were supposed to be. I also didn;t know this thing would be molded in blue and black and that is kind of weird. Anyway, let's see what issues we have.
First thing we have to do is get the two-piece frame put together in the right place. I went ahead and built the basics of the suspension parts and the wheel in order to help get things lined up. I measured out the body wheel well centers and they were 214mm apart center-to-center.
Next, you will sand off those little locator knobs on the frame because putting those into any of the three optional holes provided will produce a wheel base that is off.
Now, using our template, I can do some test fitting.
WHen the frame is ready to be put together at the correct distance, you will notice that the halves are not exactly where they would have been using the kit knob/holes. You'll end up kind of like this photo but don;t worry, your will be correct!
The photo is deceptive because we are right on the money!