I'm definitely gonna have to order a couple of those Daytona conversion kits! Nice work on this one so far!
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1/16 Scale Daytona Charger
Started by jjsipes, Feb 07 2013 08:52 AM
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Posted 13 February 2013 - 05:35 PM
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Posted 21 February 2013 - 02:30 AM
Just found 1/16th scale steel wheels (ideal for this kit) on e-bay @ $11.00 a set plus shipping. I ordered a couple sets yesterday and will let everyone know how they look as soon as they arrive. If you go to ebay, type NASCAR resin in the brouse box and to toys & hobbies then to model kits. From the picture posted on ebay the look pretty darn good!
Happy modeling, Vernon
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Posted 21 February 2013 - 10:59 AM
Got my decals from Patto and they look great. I will have to look into the numbers on the doors though, the pics of the car show them being gold foil but the decals are not.
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Posted 21 February 2013 - 03:30 PM
Looking good Jason!!
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Posted 28 February 2013 - 02:07 AM
Just got my steel Hollman-Moody style NASCAR wheels last night and they look excellent. I don't have a picture to post but if you go ebay type in NASCAR resin or Petty Charger, go to toys & hobbies and then to models, that will take you right to them.
They are a very clean casting and nicely detailed. At $11.00 plus S&H, they are well worth the money.
These will be perfect for the 1969 Charger or Daytona and will work for many of the early 1970's NASCAR teams.
Happy modeling, Vernon
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Posted 10 April 2013 - 02:50 PM
I just ordered the parts from Ron and the decals from Dave Van for this conversion. Looking at the kit parts, it looks like the roll cage will have to be scratch built as the kit one looks to be wrong for the body style. Also, the DOH kit is missing some of the shared parts from the Petty Charger such as the racing seat, the two small rads as well as a few other parts that I'm going to cast. I also ordered a set of H-M wheels to replace the kit ones. When everything shows up, I'll post pictures before I start the build.
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Posted 11 April 2013 - 12:13 AM
I started my own conversion of the DOH kit this is where I am so far. As kitbash 1 said the DOH kit does not have all the nascar parts also the floor pan of the chassis has rug detail molded into it. I will be using most of the petty kits chassis parts or scratch building.
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Posted 11 April 2013 - 09:12 PM
I just ordered the parts from Ron and the decals from Dave Van for this conversion. Looking at the kit parts, it looks like the roll cage will have to be scratch built as the kit one looks to be wrong for the body style. Also, the DOH kit is missing some of the shared parts from the Petty Charger such as the racing seat, the two small rads as well as a few other parts that I'm going to cast. I also ordered a set of H-M wheels to replace the kit ones. When everything shows up, I'll post pictures before I start the build.
If you're patient, the DOH seat can be converted to an A100/Cotton Owens seat with some modification...I did this one for my Stock Car conversion of the DOH kit. Now to find 1/16 Belts. The link is to a picture...
http://s1177.photobu...tml?sort=3&o=12
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Posted 12 April 2013 - 01:08 PM
If you're patient, the DOH seat can be converted to an A100/Cotton Owens seat with some modification...I did this one for my Stock Car conversion of the DOH kit. Now to find 1/16 Belts. The link is to a picture...
Thanks for the link Jason. I can use your idea for the seat conversion as well as a few others from your build. I also like the way you smoothed out the moulded in carpeting. I'll be building mine as the #71 K&K Insurance Charger Daytona.
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Posted 16 April 2013 - 02:49 AM
Glad I could help. This was just a trial run of the DOH kit to see how well it could be converted to a proper GN car. It is a "What If" project with my name on the door! If I do another, I'l completely scratchbuild the floor/chassis....the kit parts are just too far off in their dimensions.
