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30 year old Monogram Challenger Re-Build Finished

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  • Member since
    March 2012
  • From: Corpus Christi, Tx
Posted by mustang1989 on Friday, November 1, 2013 5:42 AM

 Hey Octane Orange! I tried to get his son into it a little. He was into ships so I got him a Prinz Eugen kit. It was pretty primitive but I got him a reference book and a few paints all for Christmas around 3 yrs ago. My brother and his family are WAY busy people. It didn't go anywhere. If me and my family were to live closer it might have stood a chance. I've got my son here to pass it down to though. Heh heh!

As far as this Challenger I am simply repairing what is messed up and may refinish the body and try the decals again and oh yeah, replace the missing stuff. I may tinker with the idea of a new Challenger body if that's what you are talking about.

                   

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    June 2010
  • From: Australia
Posted by OctaneOrange on Thursday, October 31, 2013 10:29 PM

do what i did, tell him you'll keep it for him. i get he's not into models. might be too late for your brother, but maybe his kids will like it (as unlikely as that sounds). Now an important question, are you going to make a NEW 70 dodge challenger? you know, so you can see how far you've come.

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    March 2012
  • From: Corpus Christi, Tx
Posted by mustang1989 on Sunday, October 20, 2013 7:02 AM

Man they are aren't they? Thanks Mississippi! I'm sure I'll open up a WIP thread on this when I restore it.

                   

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    November 2003
  • From: State of Mississippi. State motto: Virtute et armis (By valor and arms)
Posted by mississippivol on Saturday, October 19, 2013 3:32 PM

That's really cool! The old builds are the best.

  • Member since
    March 2012
  • From: Corpus Christi, Tx
30 year old Monogram Challenger Re-Build Finished
Posted by mustang1989 on Saturday, October 19, 2013 2:33 PM

I have a Monogram Challenger that I built 30 years ago when I was about 14 or so that is in the middle of repairs. I built it for my little brother back then and then as years went by and he moved from home, got married and had his own family it stayed at my parents house. I took it from my parents house and cleaned it up a bit  and glued some parts that fell off over the years back on and gave it back to my brother around 5 years ago as a Christmas present. Long story short it ended up in the bedroom closet covered up by clothes and other stuff and got knocked off of the top shelf by my nephew. We ended up finding the hood and a wheel/tire assy that was lost for a little bit out of the fall and I pieced it back together. It's still missing the hood scoop from the hood and the rear spoiler but I managed to glue everything back on and repair everything else that was damaged during the fall. Now before I turn this into a "brother bashing session" let me tell you that my brother is a top notch guy. Its just that models aint his thing. Hes got a wife and two kids and he so busy he looks like a one legged man in a butt kicking contest. With that said, I took the model home and I bought another kit in which to replace the missing parts with. I am going to put this thing back to its unmodified original condition but here she sits proudly once again. This time it aint going to be given away. I just can't part with it again.  Anyways I didn't paint it with anything more than a gloss coat when I originally built it and aside from the decals wrinkling a little the finish came out PERFECT! The gloss coat was applied from a can for cryin' out loud! One of my only regrets is how the decals all came out. The interior was detailed great for a 14 year old. All you have to do is put a visor on and you can read the gauges. Of course I didn't need glasses or a dang visor when I originally built it. LOL.

                   

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