bluestringer Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 Starting this one soon. Not sure what color I'm going with yet, but it will not be the box art purple. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippi Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 Love those Cuda's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deuces wild Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 How's about a non Mopar color...????😎👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluestringer Posted July 11, 2021 Author Share Posted July 11, 2021 8 hours ago, deuces wild said: How's about a non Mopar color...????😎👍 I've always like that yellow on Nash Bridges cuda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deuces wild Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 8 minutes ago, bluestringer said: I've always like that yellow on Nash Bridges cuda. I have a couple of the 'Cuda convertible kits from Monogram...😁👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamelvis Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 I built this kit. It went together nicely, except for the front & rear valance. I even corrected the notorious headlight gap in the front grille. It has a nice engine that is great for detailing ! Have Fun ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 I'm always down for an E body build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Handley Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 How about a more recent Jeep color?! I give you……Jeep Moss Green Metallic and here it is on something curvier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre_tec Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 I did mine in Panther pink and purple but were 70 cuda, but always love the idea of multicoloring, although will takes month and many tape rolls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluestringer Posted July 13, 2021 Author Share Posted July 13, 2021 Good suggestions, but I will probably just keep it simple with a bright yellow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluestringer Posted July 13, 2021 Author Share Posted July 13, 2021 Worked on the engine, I'm planning to install a pre-wired distributor, got one ordered form ConnKur. Also did the wheels with some black wash and dullcote. Did the panel lines on the body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drodg Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 12 hours ago, adamelvis said: I built this kit. It went together nicely, except for the front & rear valance. I even corrected the notorious headlight gap in the front grille. It has a nice engine that is great for detailing ! Have Fun ! If you could do a tutorial on how to fix that front grill that would be great!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluestringer Posted July 13, 2021 Author Share Posted July 13, 2021 Interior parts............the color is Lite Mocha, but the light made it look yellow. It's more brown than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluestringer Posted July 13, 2021 Author Share Posted July 13, 2021 Moved it out from under the shop light. This is the real color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluestringer Posted July 14, 2021 Author Share Posted July 14, 2021 Interior is ready.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamelvis Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 On 7/13/2021 at 6:33 AM, drodg said: If you could do a tutorial on how to fix that front grill that would be great!!!! Hi David, Here is the link to an older post of my Cuda build. Go with the 2nd method that I used and drill out the whole headlight template and make a new one. You will have to cut the chrome dual headlight piece in half and sand away some plastic material, then glue them in from behind separately. You have good skills, so this should be not very challenging. Happy building ! Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can-Con Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 When I did mine, I just hogged out the headlight openings, glued in thin sheet plastic for the new, larger headlight trim and used larger lights. I think it came out OK although they are still a bit too far apart.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluestringer Posted July 14, 2021 Author Share Posted July 14, 2021 Guys I appreciate the craftsmanship some of you put into your builds, but I'm not at that point yet, not going to be cutting and drilling on my build. It's just a basic out of the box build. I welcome any comments on my build, good or bad, here in my work in progress post. Steve....what yellow is that? It's what I had in mind for mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drodg Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 18 hours ago, adamelvis said: Hi David, Here is the link to an older post of my Cuda build. Go with the 2nd method that I used and drill out the whole headlight template and make a new one. You will have to cut the chrome dual headlight piece in half and sand away some plastic material, then glue them in from behind separately. You have good skills, so this should be not very challenging. Happy building ! Adam Thank You Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can-Con Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 21 hours ago, bluestringer said: Guys I appreciate the craftsmanship some of you put into your builds, but I'm not at that point yet, not going to be cutting and drilling on my build. It's just a basic out of the box build. I welcome any comments on my build, good or bad, here in my work in progress post. Steve....what yellow is that? It's what I had in mind for mine. I really can't remember exactly what it is. This is what I remember though,, It's the original "Nash Bridges" issue. A lot of people were saying the color on the cars was "Bahama Yellow". So I had a touch-up bottle mixed at a local auto paint shop. Nope. Way off. This was back in the early days of the internet so good info wasn't as easy to find but I did find an article on the cars that said they were supposed to be that color but it didn't look good for the camera and they had them all repainted with a color from the commercial color chart. So, I found the chart and the only color on it that it could have been was Dodge commercial "School Bus Yellow" IIRC, That's what I had mixed for it. BUT, I understand Tamiya has a color called "Camel Yellow" that's pretty close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluestringer Posted July 15, 2021 Author Share Posted July 15, 2021 1 minute ago, Can-Con said: I really can't remember exactly what it is. This is what I remember though,, It's the original "Nash Bridges" issue. A lot of people were saying the color on the cars was "Bahama Yellow". So I had a touch-up bottle mixed at a local auto paint shop. Nope. Way off. This was back in the early days of the internet so good info wasn't as easy to find but I did find an article on the cars that said they were supposed to be that color but it didn't look good for the camera and they had them all repainted with a color from the commercial color chart. So, I found the chart and the only color on it that it could have been was Dodge commercial "School Bus Yellow" IIRC, That's what I had mixed for it. BUT, I understand Tamiya has a color called "Camel Yellow" that's pretty close. Thanks. It looks great. After looking at the color I did my interior with I'm not sure yellow is the way to go. I'm still thinking on it. Saw one in a lime green that looked real good, may go with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluestringer Posted July 16, 2021 Author Share Posted July 16, 2021 Got a rolling chassis. Waiting on a distributor to finish the engine. Need to paint the body and finish it. Decided to go with lime green. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 Coming along nicely.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David G. Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 Nice work so far! Love those old Mopars. David G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluestringer Posted July 18, 2021 Author Share Posted July 18, 2021 6 hours ago, slusher said: Coming along nicely.. Thank you. 39 minutes ago, David G. said: Nice work so far! Love those old Mopars. David G. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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