When I started on this one , I was disappointed that Revell did not include a proper grille for a 442 version. Fortunately, I had just purchased a busted up Johan promo from Spotlight Hobbies. I did a test fit of the grille and tail lights and they actually fit. I did not care for the moulded in headlamps, so I carefully did a grille swap, and it worked.
I could have done it as a '72 by painting the grille argent, with black paint trim, but in my research, the '71 was the final year of the red front fender liners being included with the W30 package, and the factory installation of the W27 Aluminum Rear Axle and Cover, which was included in the Revell kit. The power train was painted to depict the Oldsmobile 455 V8, as used in the W30 Option package, with the aluminum intake manifold, with the 4-speed transmission, which is one of the options in the kit.
continued in part 2
Source: http://cs.scaleautomag.com/SCACS/forums/thread/883218.aspx
JeanChristophe Boullion Sebastien Bourdais Thierry Boutsen Johnny Boyd
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