Broncitis
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Cool. Door panels look horible. My 68 dont look anything like that! And is the windshield attached to the hardtop? I think most would like the model put together with no hardtop and the windshield frame attached to the tub.
The reason your 68 panels do not look like those is well, because you have a 68 and they made the panles like a 66-67 that has a rotating lever for the door handle.
The pleats in the door should go horizontal however instead of vertical.
They did however make the seats like a 68-77 with vertcal pleats?
My guess is they looked at a few real Broncos and got the details mixed up between years. This is exactly what happend when I provided a couple of my Broncos to Mattel to use as the reference vehicles for the 1:43 scale Matchbox Collectibles. They wanted a 66 U15, but the 66 I had at the time was a fairly rough, but complete orgiinal U13. I also had a 74 U15 that looked much better, so they keyed in on that and got many of the minor differences wrong which is why the MB Collectibles have rocker and beltline chrome that is painted over, incorrect pleats on seats, etc. I was able to get them to remove the side marker lights from the mold before production after they sent me some prototype pics.
As for the frame to the hardtop, I'm sure it makes more sense to them from a manufacturability / assembly standpoint and they likely do not give too much thought to what some of us might prefer as it relates to being able modify them from the stock form.
Overall, it looks like a nice piece, especially for a smaller 1:64 scale.