John Goschke Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 This project started back as a replica stock build in 1980 with a mint kit. Now it's finally almost finished as a mild custom! Sometime the roof got broken and I tried to fix it but those thin roof pillars were just too fragile. Junk '59 Fury to the rescue! The Plymouth roof is essentially identical to the Dodge. Here I've also stripped the chrome for a replate and started to shave off the extraneous trim from the body. Here she is in fresh Tamiya primer and fresh Little Motor Kar Co. replated bumpers. Still to be removed were the door handles and the large piece of ribbed trim with the "Custom Royal" nameplate at the leading edge of the fin. I decided to remove and reshape the taillight bezels, then have them plated. Custom taillight lenses came from an original issue AMT '57 T-bird kit. Tailpipe extensions were made styrene rod. The JoHan Dodge is quite accurate except for the rear wheel opening shape. Back when I started the project I reshaped the openings. Here you can see the corrected one compared to an unmodified kit... After sectioning the chassis to shorten the wheelbase slightly for a more accurate look, I added material to JoHan's flat chassis so that the model will have a finished look underneath and viewers won't be able to look inside the body through the wheel openings. Now it's in paint! Tamiya Pearl "Light Red" for the main color and a pink mixed from Tamiya Pearl Light Red and Tamiya Pearl White. Hope you like it so far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stitchdup Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High octane Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 I like it a lot as I just love dem Mopars! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bisc63 Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Diggin' it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisBcritter Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 I like it immensely! Those Forward Look Dodges were a bit, um... ornate, so the cleanup helps a lot. Are those Modelhaus Chrysler wire wheels? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenGuthmiller Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 We seem to have lost a few pictures at the end John. I'm not seeing the "now it's in paint" pictures. At least not on my end. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrObsessive Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 I like this a lot John! Nice subtle work on those rear wheel well openings. If you hadn't pointed it out, I might not have noticed! I have one of these as well and now I can't unsee it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenGuthmiller Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 1 hour ago, StevenGuthmiller said: We seem to have lost a few pictures at the end John. I'm not seeing the "now it's in paint" pictures. At least not on my end. Steve Now I see them! Interesting color combo. reminiscent of the classic "Coral" and "Rose Quartz" combo. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garagepunk66 Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Oooh. Tasty mods and beautiful work. Following. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peekay Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Looking fabulous already! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Lombardo Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Gotta' love it, looks great, colors work perfectly on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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