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This one is done! I also stand corrected on the seats. Another modeler tells me that the 69 and 70 Coronets have the taller seats with headrests but these seats are the right height for this year. I did shorten the shifter a bit since though. Overall, Round2 did a very nice job with this one. The body is in great shape and the parts that attach, such as, the grill and bumpers have positive pin attachments. The exterior mirrors also have a pin on them so I was able to drill two holes to attach the them. The interior also has well molded separate door panels with arm rests that look good. The seats, dash, and console all have positive pin placements, No interior mirror though. The engine could use a bit of work but by adding plug wires, a coil, heater hoses and a top radiator hose it looks respectable. The chassis with the metal axle in the rear and plastic pins in the front could use some work. The tires and wheels look a bit small to me, the red lines are too close to the wheel, IMO and the wheel backs don't fit the tire very well. Overall, builds nicely! Here are a few photos, more photos in the "Under Glass" section. Thanks for looking! ?

Thanks, Wes and Curtis! I appreciate your comments! I had a little issue with the interior being too small for the body and there was a space on both sides. So I used two clamps and some glue to fix that. The rest went together pretty well with positive glue joints with pins for the grill and bumpers. So this one is pretty much done except for decals, mirrors and dotting the marker lamps. Stance looks pretty good on wheels. I'll finish that tomorrow! Thanks for looking! ?

Not much done today. Finished detailing the interior, rubbed out the hood and foiled it and painted the black in between the two taillights. The front seats in the interior seem to be too short to me, the shifter is too long and the molded in seat belts are too skinny. But I am just going to live with it and leave everything box stock. Thanks for looking! ?

Thanks, Carl! I appreciate your comment! Tackled the engine and chassis today. Although they did a good job with the body and interior, not much has been done to improve the engine. There are no radiator hoses, no fuel pump or coil, flying alternator and power brake unit, and the carb is basically just a block of plastic pedestal for the air cleaner. I am going to improve the engine by adding plug wires with boots and looms, heater hoses and top radiator hose that will be installed on final assembly (I already have drilled holes) and my own hand-crafted flying coil! ☺️ Once everything is buttoned down it tucks in nicely to the chassis and I now have rolling rolling chassis. Next is the interior. Thanks for looking! ?

Thanks, Carl and David! I appreciate your comments!

Thanks, David, Mike, and Robert! I appreciate your comments! Finished rubbing out the body and have my first pieces of foil on the windshield. And by the end of the day the foil is complete on the body. Still have to rub out the hood, as you can see. Thanks for looking! ?

Thanks, Bob! I appreciate your comment!

Thanks, Rich, Bill and John! I appreciate your comments! The engine color list that I have from another model website from years ago indicates that the standard 440 was turquoise but the high performance 440 was Hemi Orange. So I used that color for high performance. I suppose that list could be incorrect but its the list I always use. I don't know if high performance means only police cars but I thought it meant any high performance 440 engine. I have had an interesting day. I started by rubbing out the paint on the body. I remembered a video I had watched about rubbing out paint using a Dremel Stylo and a wool tool. I remembered having a Dremel years ago but couldn't use it on plastic as it was too fast and burned paint and in my hands gave plastic an irregular shape when sanding. But I thought maybe these newer ones with variable speeds might work. So I went out and bought one. I started on the lowest speed with the felt wheel on the trunk with some Scratch=X for polish. Things went pretty well on the flat surface until I hit the right rear fender with the little dart on it and the wheel dug into the paint and took it off! So I turned it off and quickly returned the Dremel to Lowe's. Next, I sanded out the damaged spot, taped off the trunk area, returned the index card hat to the vinyl top, and re-primered the trunk area. After that had dried, I re-painted the trunk area. I had just enough paint left to cover (started with half a 3 oz. can). There's a little damage that didn't quite sand out on the right side of the trunk but its hard to see. Other than that I think I will be good to rub out again tomorrow. I am once again without a Dremel and will not miss it! Oh, And I did paint the interior, and put the wheels and tires together. The red lines look a little tight on the wheels but I will have to live with it. So, it has been a long and trying day. Thanks for looking! ?

Looks great, NicK! I like what you have done to both the engine and the interior. Looks top notch! ?

Thanks, Dan! I appreciate your comment! I painted the body today and I was pushing it as the humidity never got below 55%. Its not too shiny but the finish is even so I hope it will rub out tomorrow. Two coats of Tamiya Light Blue Metallic and two coats of Krylon Clear Lacquer. Looks more like a medium blue over the gray primer than light blue but hopefully it will rub out and shine up. I also painted all the other parts except for the interior parts that will have to wait until tomorrow depending on the weather. Thanks for looking! ?

Thanks, Gregory and Nick! I appreciate your comments! Its not that hard to do a vinyl top. Get a roll of 2" masking tape, measure so that there is a 1/2" on each side of the top and 1 inch in the middle. Press the tape down so that there are no wrinkles, especially around the edges of the trim and, cut it with a new #11 X-acto bladed knife. Cut the middle section about 1 1/8" wide so that 1/16" can be overlaped on each side. Cover the body and paint it flat black or satin black, as you prefer. Done! I forgot to mention before that the body was in really good shape right out of the box. No mold lines at the base of the B pillar. Very little, if any flash. I just gave the body a once over with 3000 grit sandpaper to eliminate mold marks, sharp edges, and some minor surface scratches. Then I washed it with soap and water and it was ready to go after drying. I have drilled out the marker lamps and remembered that I have some Jewelry Shoppe 2" head pins in one of my supply drawers. I have inserted one in the hole that I drilled in the front fender. Once I have painted, I can shorten the pin, glue it in and then dot it with some amber or stop light red paint. I also built a index card "hat" for the vinyl top so as not to have tape on tape that might pull off paint or worse, tape. Finally, the parts tree for the engine pieces are all on one tree, except for the injection engine pieces that are on the chrome tree. But there are no engine pieces that need to be dechromed before paint, if building a stock 440. So I'll put it the block together and paint it orange (I don't have any Hemi Orange) for a high performance or Magnum 440. Thanks for looking! ?

Thanks, Carl and Rich! I appreciate your comments!

My next WIP is this re-tooled MPC 1968 Dodge Coronet. I thought this would be a good one to add a vinyl top using the 2" masking tape method. The top came out great and now I am just waiting for two things: I have to buy some big flat head pins so that I can drill out the marker lamps and replace them with flathead pins (its easier than foiling and painting the plastic circle on the body) and I am also waiting on the weather to improve. It rained today and is suppose to rain for the next week. I am hoping for a low humidity window so that I can paint the body. The color will be Tamiya Light Blue Metallic with a black and white interior. Thanks for looking! ?

Thanks, Stuart and Craig! I appreciate your comments!

Thanks, everyone! I appreciate your comments! I guess I'll have to crank up the A/C in this one without the louvers!

Thanks, All! I appreciate your comments!

This is a re-issue of a Monogram kit in 1/24th scale under the Revell "Special Edition" branding. Its painted Tamiya Yellow (a bright yellow which was a 1970 Ford color) and Krylon satin black. I left the louvers loose so I could pose it with the louvers but I don't really like them so most photos I have left them off. I've added plug wires, a coil, a fuel line with filter and heater hoses. The decals are from the kit except for the tire decals are from Fireball Modelworks. The mirrors and rear spoiler were pinned so as not to damage the paint with glue on final assembly. BMF used for the exterior trim. Thanks for looking! ?

Thanks, Carl! I appreciate your comment! This one is done! I had some other in progress photos but they didn't come out. I did remove the top of the two-piece carb because the hood wouldn't close properly. The two-piece carbs never seem to work out. But with the air cleaner on who knows? Final photos in the "Under Glass" section. Here's one with the louvers in the rear window. I left it loose so I could pose it with the louvers. I prefer them off myself. Thanks for looking! ?

There are a few little quirks and inaccuracies in this kit so I spent a good part of the day trying to correct and deal with these issues. First, although the window unit glues in pretty well and is tight on the cowl, the right side of the windshield did not glue to the right A pillar and there is some space between the windshield and the a pillar. So that had to be glued by seeping some glue under the A pillar and closing the gap with a clothes pin. See 1st photo. Next, when I installed the mirror, there was a tab on it that was not centered but was a little bit offset. There wasn't a hole in the top of the mirror to fit on the clear pin molded into the windshield and I didn't think I could drill a hole in the top of the mirror as it is not very wide. So I glued the offset tab to the pin in the windshield so the mirror looks a little bit off-center. But its there and maybe its not too noticeable, I hope. See second photo. The tailpipe assembly has one pin that didn't fully make it out of the mold. So that has to be replaced or one tailpipe will swing wildly obefore ut the back. See third photo. Since I glued in the taillight panel for painting purposes, I have to install the taillights before I can install the interior and chassis. But first, I have to paint the rear panel black and paint the clear taillight lenses with clear red. See photos 4 and 5. While installing the taillights I had a hard time trying to get them in the back of the taillight panel. I worked on 1 for and hour. I usually figure this out quicker, but I tried the lens in the right side instead of the left and it fit right away. So its important to note that there is a right ad left taillight lens, although I didn't snap to it quickly. Finally, after working out all these issues, its on wheels! Photo 6. Thanks for looking! ?

Thanks, Istvan and Thomas! I appreciate your comments! The interior is done and there is not much to see here. It does have separate arm rests which is nice. A little brown paint, some decals and chrome pen and its done. Its on to wheels and windows. Thanks for looking! ?

Thanks, Lenny! I appreciate your comment! The engine is complete and has taken me most of the day. The blue is Tamiya Light Blue which is close enough for me. I made a coil with a 3/32" tube and piece of boot material, then installed a Morgan Automotive distributor. It was black so I painted it tan. The plug wiring includes wire looms and boots. I also installed a fuel line with filter and drilled holes for the heater hoses that will be installed when the engine is in place. I blackwashed all the aluminum and still have to apply a decal to the oil filter. The exhaust manifolds didn't fit real well so I had to remove the blocks that they were suppose to mount to as they were misaligned. On to the final rubout of the body and the foil. Thanks for looking! ?

Thanks, Dan! I appreciate your comment! I've rubbed out the body and the hood and then put the two together and found that there was too much black coming from under the hood making the hood lines very prominent. So I scraped off some black from the inner fender lines and then taped off the inner fender liners and firewall so that I could paint the hood edges yellow. While I was at it I noticed that the hood and tops of the fenders didn't blend very well (unusual for a solid color) so I put the hood on it after everything underneath had dried and repainted and cleared the hood and fenders. In the morning, I'll rub out the hood and fenders and hope the finish matches the rest of the body. But the hood lines look much better now and the hood and fenders look like they match as well. So, another couple of steps but I think it will be worth it when done. I am also working on the engine and noticed that there isn't a coil in the kit which is unusual for a Revell kit but it must be because it was previously a Monogram kit. I'll make one so that I can add plug wires. Thanks for looking! ?

I've rubbed out the body and hood but I have had to touch it up and added some more clear after. Now I'll have to wait for it to cure a little longer before rubbing it out a little more tomorrow. I've also revealed the foiled Mustang letters on the back although they are very small and faint. I'll work on the engine to add some plug wires while I am waiting for the paint to cure. Thanks for looking! ?

Thanks, DJ and Carl! DJ, I am not a Mustang aficionado, but its good to know these terms. And some of the Mustang kits are very good. My wife likes Mustangs and has a 66 Mustang Coupe in the garage. Me, I have a 1957 Chevy Bel Air Sports Coupe in the garage. I don't know what either the Mustang or the Chevy have to do with "sports" but I guess its a good promotional tool. Carl, no this is the straight yellow TS-16. Its almost rubbed out but I had to touch it up a bit since there were a couple of dimples that had to be sanded more vigorously. But I should be back with the finished, or nearly finished body shortly.

Thanks, DJ! I appreciate your comment and now I know what to call the blinds on the back. I even painted the sportsroof but I am not going with the black on the rear deck. I will probably leave it lose so I can put it on or off. I got everything painted today. The body is painted with two coats of Tamiya Yellow (that's about as bright a yellow as I have seen) over light gray primer followed by two coats of Krylon Clear Lacquer. It looks pretty good so i will rub it out tomorrow. I don't know if I will add the urethane clear, if I don't need it. I'd rather practice on another one that I don't care about. More tomorrow! Thanks for looking! ?