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One of the things I neglected to do was a split in the seat back. I removed the seat from the interior, got out the razor saw and started hacking away at the seat back. This is a combination of measuring and eyeball engineering. It came out fairly good, but the cuts were off slightly. I cut the seatbacks far enough to insert two pieces of 0.20 sheet styrene side-by-side with a slight gap between them. Hopefully, when the seat is painted, the errors of my cuts will not be seen.
More Plymouth to come...
Thanks keavdog!
I am backing off a little from all of my builds. Too much going on around me right now. Upcoming events and such.
Mike - the mockup looks fantastic. Really coming along - and the paint looks beautiful.
Thanks,
John
LOL Greg!
What did you have in yours? Did you have the Cleveland? LOVED THAT ENGINE!
Sorry for the OT banter, BTW.
"You can have my illegal fireworks when you pry them from my cold, dead fingers...which are...over there somewhere."
Eaglecash867 Greg Well, I never. [humph] I take offense to that. I had a '73! Me too! I had a '72! GRRRR!!! Hehehe. Nah...they really were ugly, but it was a cool ugly. People used to tell me that mine looked like it would eat Bambi.
Greg Well, I never. [humph] I take offense to that. I had a '73!
Me too! I had a '72! GRRRR!!!
Hehehe. Nah...they really were ugly, but it was a cool ugly. People used to tell me that mine looked like it would eat Bambi.
My high school buddy's older brother took to calling me "Mustang Sally" back in the day.
GregWell, I never. [humph] I take offense to that. I had a '73!
GMorrisonThe Mustangs by 1972 were ugly.
Well, I never. [humph] I take offense to that. I had a '73!
No, I really don't take offense, I'm just yanking your chain.
They were ugly, and the only claim to fame to my '73 is it was the first year of the 5mph rubber bumper. Not only that, it was the most unreliable vehicle I've ever owned. Among other things, the engine used to like to quit when making left turns whilst accelerating. A real treat when making left turns against oncoming traffic.
Full confession.
The whole fuselage thing rendered body styles across the manufactors so similar that a Camaro could look like a Firebird by 1970. The Mustangs by 1972 were ugly.
So give me a 1965 Fury III two door with a three speed automatic.
Or a 1964 Pontiac Goat.
"Yes officer, I came up the onramp at excessive speed and passed you ".
Bill
Modeling is an excuse to buy books.
Bill, I'm not worried about you hijacking my thread. Back then, cars had a distinctive look to them. Today, many of them look the same. Same shape. Even SUVs are starting to look the same. You have to look for the manufacturer's symbol to find out who built it.
I won't hijack your thread, so briefly. I've always been interested in car body design as I'm a designer myself in a different field.
A quick search comes up with the names Virgil Exner (50's-60's- think massive bodies and tail fins), Elwood Engel (60's to early 70's- Fuselage bodies) and Don Wright. all at Chrysler.
Thanks Bill! This build is taking me longer than I had anticipated. I keep on thinking of things that I would like to add to this build. If I had to venture a guess on who designed the new Chrysler products, I would say it was Chrysler themselves.
Well this is quite a WIP!
Unstated but most impressive to me is the extreme depth of knowledge of the real subject.
When you got the grille, nose painted up, the design of the car just leaps off the screen.
I wonder who/ what studio was designing for Mopar in the late 60's?
I masked off the rear bumper and valance and then I painted them with Tamiya TS-29 Semi Gloss Black. And, I couldn't resist doing a mockup. I'm liking this!
More Mopar to come...
That looks quite Good at this point!
I went and finished the grille and front valance with lights and prepped the rear valance for additional stripes coming down from the taillights.
Hey;
Back up here! It was a suggestion because of your Talent. Not wether you should or not is always up to you. I like your building Style and will never change ny opinion therein. So Please Chill !
I wanted to add a tachometer and I had a PE tach from Detail Master that I thought would fit the bill. It was a scale 5 inches in diameter and the more I thought about it, the more I thought that it was too large. I used a spare tach that came in the Revell Foose '67 Coronet kit and I detailed that to my liking and installed it. While I was at it, I made an ignition coil and installed that as well. Then I detailed the grille with Tamiya X-11 Chrome Silver for the headlight buckes and Tamiya XF-1 Flat Black for the grille itself.
I finished the interior for now. I still want to add a tachometer to the dash. The engine and drive shaft has been installed and the chassis is complete.
I know what you are trying to do. You are trying to get me to build in a style that I do not want to build in. Show me some respect by not trying to change my style of building. This is my model and it is not yours! If you want to build a model that is a beater, then build it yourself!
I don't build beaters! If it ain't shiny, it ain't mine! It's as simple as that!
Mike;
Just figured that maybe sometime You would do the same car as a Beater! YOU sir could make it come alive fer sure! Just think, You Build Like New autos,The best I've seen in a while. Why wouldn't A beater done by YOU be awesome?
Okay. My question to you is...what does this have to do with my model or WIP?
Well, chock up another screw up to Revell. I went and looked at the decal sheet and the decals don't fit the hood since they are a little on the short side. Then I looked at decal no. 6 and then I went to the instruction sheet and there is no mention of no. 6 decals or decals for the caliphers. I wonder what the decals and the instruction sheet for the Revell of Germany kit looks like. I heard that the decal sheet is bigger!
I painted the dash and the radiator. The radiator has be detailed and the dash is next.
Didja Know?
Most Chrysler products of that year in Buffalo,N.Y. Rusted away alongside the drive shaft tunnel first? Then the footwells. Mine was a California car after being a Texas sell.
This afternoon, I wired the engine, added exhaust manifolds, heater hoses and decals. I need to add an ignition coil. Then I painted the bench seat, steering column, radiator, dash and the body.
Okay. Thanks Jim and T-B!
I finished the chassis this afternoon. I found a set of extended shocks from the Revell '68 Charger kit. I cut them down to fit and painted them red for contrast. The rear wheels and tires are a very tight fit!
That shade of Green can be found on Money? Yup, Guess that's why I like it!
Coming along nicely Mike! Keep up the good work.
Jim
Stay Safe.
Main WIP:
On the Bench: Artesania Latina (aka) Artists in the Latrine 1/75 Bluenose II
I keep hitting "escape", but I'm still here.
While the paintbooth was up and running, I painted a few more parts including the engine, front and rear bumpers and the body. I noticed some mold lines on the front fenders and I removed those and reprimered the body which produced a large paint run. I used a piece of paper towel to stop the run and in the back of my mind I heard, "Don't!", but it was too late and I made a mess out of the primer. I'll sand the primer and then I'll paint the body later.
Thanks T-B and SickBoy!
I held off long enough and I started painting today. I painted the wheels with Alclad II Gloss Black and then I painted them with Alclad II Chrome with my Badger 150 airbrush. Then I painted and detailed the disc brakes. I spent some time on the bench seat and added headrests using the tops of the bucket seat headrests.
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