1968 Shelby GT500

AMT did a solid job with this vintage kit. The kit includes different engine options and a precut outline under the hood for the Shelby engine. I discovered the outline too late in the build and had already painted the hood. What the kit lacked in decals it made up for it in details. I decided to add my own gages that were ordered from Hobbylinc, and I was pleasantly surprised by the raised wood grain on the dash. The kit also featured raised lettering for the exterior badges. I wished the badging was a little more raised. I also added aftermarket rims, but the rims in the kit were perfectly fine. Everything was going perfect until I got to the rear end assembly. The rear lights barely had enough exterior clips to glue it to the rear end. I did make the mistake of trying to add the bottom fender and bumper too fast, after gluing the rear lights on. I suggest gluing the rear lights on and allowing at least 24 hours for the glue to cure, before attempting to glue the bottom fender and bumper on. I really enjoyed building this kit.

This kit is not good for beginners at all. Numerous parts require trimming and don't fit well at all. Be very careful and take your time with this one, otherwise you're going to end up with many gaps and other issues. First AMT I've put together, so I'll be reading reviews before buying others.

I really don't have a lot of good things to say about this model kit the mold seems to be very old there's a lot of Flash a lot of mold lines a lot where the pens were too deep into the plastic that you have to file sand and fill after a lot of work you can make the car look decent but it took a lot of work for me to get it to look like I wanted I did a lot of modification to it I also added a larger rear spoiler and a front spoiler and a hood scoop so I could use the Cobra parts if you use them you have to put a hole in the hood I would recommend that you buy this kit because of the price but you need to be an experience modeler to be able to do anything with it or if you like a challenging kit to customize like I did...