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[bandit1]

sand the tread!.....make it look a whole lot better!

[tubbs]

Hugger Orange and Carousel Red are the same color. Orbit Orange(offered '70-'71 only) is a lighter yellow/orange shade(see my avatar)...a very sought after Judge color especially if original color to the car. Very few if any '71's were painted in Orbit Orange.

i just got done reading about a Judge painted Orbit Orange. very rare, very cool color! keep going, looking really good.

Edited by tubbs, 18 October 2012 - 04:14 AM.

[mrmike]

Thanks guys! Orbit Orange is a much yellower color that stands out just as Carousel Red (Hugger Orange).


I was informed elsewhere that the steering should be all black instead of woodgrain. I did some research and found out that the wheel should be all black and I painted it accordingly!

I I have installed the dash into the interior bucket.

A mockup of the chassis with the wheels, tires, and the engine.


Here Comes Da Judge...

[fredo84]

Clean Interior Man !
You're on the right track !

[charlie8575]

Shaping up nicely.

Charlie Larkin

[mrmike]

Thanks Fred and Charlie!

I pulled the body from the paintbooth this morning since I haven't looked at it since I painted it. The paint job appears to be flawless and perhaps my best ever! I did a quick mockup with the interior and chassis. The chassis has a slight warp to it, but will disappear once I glue the chassis into the body.



I even like the redline tires with this body! Even thought the body is 1/24 and the redline decals are 1/25, they still look good to me.

Here Comes Da Judge...

[slammedi'am]

Looking good man!I agree witht he chassis...Mine is a little warp too

[Johnny1973]

nice detail work on the interior

[Chief Joseph]

Looking GREAT!

[sak]

Tremendous dash. Very badass !!!

[imatt88]

Sweet Mike, as usual

[mrmike]

Thank you guys! I just get over the fact that the paint job came out looking so nice! I need to paint the firewall and the radiator shroud after I foil and decal the body.


Since I usually just cut 4 wires at 4 inches long, fold them in half and glue them into the distributor, I read of a slightly different technique by Tim Boyd. I decided to try this technique by cutting eight lengths of wire varying in length from 3 1/2 inches to 2 inches and inserting them into the distributor with Testors tube glue.

I found a piece of insulated wire here in the shop and will strip pieces of the insulation for plug boots.


I'll fan out the wires and insert the plug boots after the glue has dried in the distributor.

Here Comes Da Judge...

[mrmike]

Progress on the engine has been a bit slow. Here's a picture of the engine with the plug wires installed into the distributor cap.

Foiling was completed this afternoon after getting out of work early due to Hurricane Sandy. Decals are next.



Here Comes Da Judge...

[Byron5150]

Wow! Amazing job so far. Makes me so ready to build my revell skill 3 speacial edition 69 dodge charger r/t

Which will be my first doing distributor wires, I too have read that tim boyd tip, they looks good when finished!

Again fantastic work!.

And where can I get the purple stuff u use to strip the chrome??

Cheers,
Byron

[mrmike]

Byron, the purple stuff is called Purple Power Industrial Strength Cleaner/Degreaser. It is sold at WalMart for about $8.00 a gallon container. Good luck on your first wiring job and with your '69 Charger R/T.

[Byron5150]

Ok thank you sir!

And thanks for the kind inspiring words.
Good luck on your car as well

[dimebolt]

The JUDGE is lookin just right Mike.
Great job.
Corey

[mrmike]

Thanks Corey!

[slusher]

Coming along nicely Mike....

[slammedi'am]

Looking good man!