Jon Mopar
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Here is a build I recently completed of a long-since out of production 1/24 ESCI Jeep CJ7. ESCI was the only one to build a 1980s CJ-7 (with pull door handles). Despite popular belief, the Revell / Monogram kit isn't a rerelease. It's a small difference, but it is significant. The box art says Golden Eagle, however the stripe kit isn't correct for one (mine was missing anyway). The side stripes are Laredo style, not Golden Eagle.
I built mine to replicate a real 83 CJ-7 Limited in a factory one-off custom ordered Deep Night Blue & Light Slate Blue paint scheme (I can't take credit for that one). I used automotive paint matched to the factory color codes. Limited was the rarest trim on CJ (from 81-83), and featured painted fender trim, accent colored wheels and pinstripes that matched the color-keyed hardtop and door appliqués.
Over all a great kit…but the roof went together like trash. Nothing lined up and the mold lines were way off. I usually build box-stock but if I had to do it over again, I would have cut all the tabs off and worked on it
Anyway, here it is
I built mine to replicate a real 83 CJ-7 Limited in a factory one-off custom ordered Deep Night Blue & Light Slate Blue paint scheme (I can't take credit for that one). I used automotive paint matched to the factory color codes. Limited was the rarest trim on CJ (from 81-83), and featured painted fender trim, accent colored wheels and pinstripes that matched the color-keyed hardtop and door appliqués.
Over all a great kit…but the roof went together like trash. Nothing lined up and the mold lines were way off. I usually build box-stock but if I had to do it over again, I would have cut all the tabs off and worked on it
Anyway, here it is
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