I'm in the midst of converting AMT's 71 Charger into a '73 SE, trying to replicate a good friend's first car. I started working with the old MPC '74 kit, which had the correct roof line, but other than that the newer AMT was much more accurate and provided a better starting point.
This is the current state of the conversion:
and here's a couple of shots with a stock model body to illustrate the changes. Mainly the roof line, cutting out the power bulge on the hood and filling it in for the stock hood, and simulating the partial vinyl top. After cutting out the hood bulge and filling in the hole with sheet styren and getting the countours sanded right, I scored a deep line down the center and inserted a length of guitar string, half buried in the groove, to represent the hood crease. That made it easy to blend it in and sand it smooth without obliterating the detail I was trying to add. I did the same thing with the deliiating ridge at the rear of the vinyl top.
Lastly the hidden headlight grill. The new inserts are scratchbuilt from sheet styrene.
Can anyone tell me if there are photo etched Charger emblems avialable? I think I remember reading that they were included in a fairly recent Charger offering, but now I can't remember which one.