FINISHED PICS--1969 Dodge Daytona

midnightprowler

She's a beauty. Who is that in your avatar?

 

She's a beauty. Who is that in your avatar?

midnightprowler

I can't believe I missed the finish of this. This is probably the best build up of this kit I have ever seen. Simply stunning.

 

I can't believe I missed the finish of this. This is probably the best build up of this kit I have ever seen. Simply stunning.

JTRACING

 

Turned out awesome! Love them big old mopars!  

 

Turned out awesome! Love them big old mopars!  

DAYTONA

...stunning build, beautiful

 

...I was puzzled by two things, 4-spd shifter looks sideways, maybe it is the pix...second, the hub caps don't look correct for a 69 Daytona,

 

I don't think the shifter is in sideways, but it may be. These things sometimes confuse me, me lacking experience with them. And the hub caps may be wrong; I have no idea. I just got a set of "poverty caps" off eBay because I liked the look of them on this car, which is modeled after the exact one that comedian/actor David Spade recently bought. If they're not technically "accurate", I can live with them, and besides, no one coming into my house to look at the model is going to ever know that anyway, lol. But thanks for the observations, and you MAY be correct.

Thanks, Mississippivol, Steve, Colonel, and Jim! I appreciate you taking the time to leave a comment! :)

mustang1989

Man Karl! I'd sure be happy with that too!! I really enjoyed following along on your build here. That's a great factory stock paint finish and I like how you got that hood to sit flush with the front fenders. Good luck with the rehearsals and am looking forward to another build.

 

...stunning build, beautiful

...I was puzzled by two things, 4-spd shifter looks sideways, maybe it is the pix...second, the hub caps don't look correct for a 69 Daytona,

What a great finish. it all came together just liike you planned it

Great build as usual Karl.  Always like to follow your builds.  I've learned a lot following them.  Keep up the great work.

Jim  

Man Karl! I'd sure be happy with that too!! I really enjoyed following along on your build here. That's a great factory stock paint finish and I like how you got that hood to sit flush with the front fenders. Good luck with the rehearsals and am looking forward to another build.

Hi all,

I am happy to say that this one has finally wrapped up. It was a typical auto build for me--full of setbacks and screw-ups and patience-testing minor disasters, but I somehow pulled it off. Here she is....

I actually lost the photoetched metal intake screen for the front, and ordered another kit to get the piece after Revell Customer service said that the kit was out-of-production and the part could not be sent. Yesterday I found it; it had fallen into the mesh metalwork over the fan in my spray booth! I am so relieved that I won't have to use an entire kit just to get one impossible-to-replace or replicate part! Now I have another kit to build of this fine-looking car! COOL!

I am also thrilled that I did not have to modify anything to get the wheels to line up correctly and to get a decent sit. By the way, those "poverty caps" are not the stock wheels, either, nor are they available in the kit. The kit comes with mag wheels which look cool, but I got this set off eBay for a few bucks.

Don't forget to cut the decal through the trunk lines after you apply it.

The engine. One thing I should mention is that I did NOT glue on the fan belt assembly to the engine until AFTER I put the body on. I have found that to be a problem area, trying to fit the fan inside the circular radiator shroud when trying to wedge the body on. So what I did was to place the fan belt and propeller assembly into the radiator shroud and then put the chassis into the body, and then, using a pair of tweezers, mated the assmbly to the engine and glued it on. I also used a black oil wash in the vents there.

The antenna base was a small circular disc cut from a styrene rod with a razor blade. The antenna is a guitar string, natch.

The bottom. I am happy with how this came out. It was weathered ala' Armor-style, with Adam Wilder Nitroline pigments and oil washes.

I had a bit of a problem with the hood closing, and I wound up having to shave the crossbar in front of the radiator with an Exacto blade. I took about 1mm off the top of it--you can't even tell, but it made the hood close more flush with the fenders.

Well, that's it. I"m thrilled to have finished it just in time before I have to do a little bit of traveling for tour rehearsals. Nice to get this one up on the shelf--I always lose parts when I leave a model on the bench!

Thanks for following along everyone, and all comments or questions are of ocurse welcomed. I'll try to back to you as soon as I can when my schedule allows.

Just checkin' in for the latest..... lol. I can't say much as I've been getting ready for Thanksgiving for the last week so my build progress hasn't been what I want so my updates have been far and few between.

...beautiful build...white headliner ?

Wow!

Thanks, guys! I can't wait to get this one up on the shelf; one of my favorite cars!

This build looks sharp so far. I really like what you're doing here with the the details and paint here.

Looking great man! Nice color

Thanks, Steve and Lee! I appreciate you stopping in!

Well, here's the update.

First of all, Badger Airbrush company ROCKS!!! I sent my airbrush and compressor in to get fixed. The guy called and said that my compressor was so old that they hardly had parts for it--proof of how well built are their products--but he refurbished it anyway even though it was pretty trashed. It works fine now. I also got a great deal on a Badger compressor with an air tank to use as a spare/main when I want. He included a moisture trap and regulator valve with my old one. My airbrush is also basically new. No charge for labor on any of them!!! WOW!

So now I've been working on getting a decent finish on this car, always a battle for me. I'm not a fan of super high-gloss finished on Muscle cars, as they just didn't have 'em. so at least it's not an unachievable goal. I use Model Car World paint, and I learned to turn the air pressure way down to spray it, and to thin it slightly for the wet coat. It buffs out beautifully with some NOVUS plastic polish and a little elbow grease.

I'm sure that the guys over at Scale Auto would say "It's got some orange peel" but I am fine with it. It'll shine up even more with some wax and buffing. I got the windows foiled.

I put some "matts" made from black sandpaper; the paper should be well-used to look like an old matt.

The bottom of the chassis. I tried to put some of the builder's marks on certain parts. I weathered it with an acrylic wash of dirty black.

And here's the parts ready for assembly. I placed the windows in with a combination of epoxy and white glue.

I'm on my way north for Thanksgiving, so it'll be a week or so until I get back to this. Hope you're diggin' it as much as I am at this point!

Thanks for following along!!!

Beautiful work so far Karl. I can't wait to see the shine on the paint job.

I still like what I see.

would be sorta cool to see a build with the Dodge an' Plymouth emblems on opposite  sides and the nose piece “not quite “  the “right color” .

Thanks, Gene, for your kind works and input in your response!

And kpnuts, too---thank you!

Great work so far, awesome looking kit.