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I'm right there with you bro! I've loved the Charger (though I favor the 68-70) since the day I first found out what it was. I too have a incomprehensibly deep passion for a next to unobtainable iconic Mopar. If I were to ever get one, I'd probably end up hating it for some reason and my childhood dream of doing donuts around an old elm tree would be destroyed.

I think you may need to set your iPad to save the pictures as JPEG in order to upload directly to MCM

Down load the photobucket app from the app store or from Photobucket site. You can use a quick upload feature that, when you desire, by either setting your phone to auto upload or by selecting individual pics, loads directly to your Photobucket main library. You can get it for either iPhone or android and I'm sure there's something for. With the great cameras that come onboard today's smart phones, mine is an 8mp, they're perfect for sharing your projects, though a good DSLR or other more traditional type camera is still better for GOOD pictures.

A car that had the the most profound effect on me was my current daily driver. It's a 93 Nissan 240SX. I'm not a 16 year old fanboy who wants to go DRIFTING, no, instead, I was VERY heavy into muscle cars and classic trucks. I had a 68 Ford F100 Ranger that I had done a LOT of work on, I was absolutely going to make a top notch custom truck and was well on my way when I realized that my 84 Mustang GT350 was not going to be a very economically smart vehicle for daily use. So, to the Ford dealer I went. I found a few 4 cyl. Mustangs, they just didn't do anything for me because I knew what the gas mileage was...not much better than my 302. so I started looking at economy cars. I found a very nice Toyota 2 door sports coupe, which I can't recall what it's called for some reason. Liked it, but it was not giving me any excitement. It was ok on power, it was great looking, had all the power stuff (windows, locks, sunroof), it was 5 speed. It was exactly what I was looking for. but it just didn't feel right, so I passed it up. Went to another Ford shop (I was really hoping for a nice escort GT or something with a blue oval) where I saw, for the first time in my life (that I knew of) a Nissan 240SX SE! With power everything, a/c, sunroof, REAR WHEEL DRIVE! I knew that after I finished my Effie, I could find a nice little 302 or 289, heck even a nice little 4.0 V-6 from a T-bird to stuff in there. Well, long drawn out story shortened, I fell in love with the 240SX, sold ALL of my fords, built the ever loving BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH out of the 240 and now my family only owns Nissans and Infinitis. I've had 3 other 240SX, one Infiniti M30, 2 Pathfinders and now my son owns an Infiniti G20. I still own the same 240SX that I bought back in Y2K, though I've substantially changed it up. It's now putting out around 350hp, has 5 lug wheel/hubs, 2" lower on springs, it's now a 5 speed, a Silvia front end was added and among a lot of other things fresh paint. here is my car as it sits today: still quite subtle, but done enough to make you think...something's different. As for what kind of effect it had on me, I would have to say that profound is quite understated.

I would start with reference pics of the subject. I suspect it's a mini-tubbed unibody with some sort of 4 link, but don't take my word. I would suggest watching the episode of Fast & Loud (Gas Monkey Garage) where Richard gets to build his own COPO. There's a lot of footage that could help with the details. Now, if you just want to build a pro stock/street, not an exact replica, you could simply get the rear end out of any number of kits and modify the chassis to suit.

all great suggestions, keep 'em coming!

Fantastic talent. This build is so cool.

Here's a Nissan J.Ferrie Leopard/Infiniti J30 I built a few years ago. 4 door sedans CAN be cool. I've got another one I am trying to come up with a design to turn it into a wagon.

I was at Lowe's today and I was looking for a garage sale sign. Easily found. While looking at the signs, a LARGE for sale sign, 18X24 inch, is made of what looks to be polystyrene, probably around 1/32" thick. $10 Oates epoxy plumber's putty. Just like Mili-put white, 8 or so inches long, roughly 4 times more material than mili-put. Both parts in one log. Simply cut off a hunk, kneed it, spread it where you want it, but work quickly, it hardens VERY quickly, right at 5 min to be workable with a cheese grater, REALLY rough sand paper, hobby knife, etc,. It's fully cured in about an hour and able to be machined, sanded, dremeled, even drilled and tapped (low torque bolts. Sticks VERY well to just about any surface including styrene. $6 Clamping forceps, tweezers, scissors, sometimes disposable scalpels. Just try to cut your finger off and go to the emergency room and ask for the sucher kit when they're done with it. I've been successful in getting about 5 of these kits throughout the years. While you are there getting your finger sewn back on, grab some non-powdered gloves to keep your finger prints off your models. Lowe's also has brass and aluminum rods, angles, and other metal shapes for fabrication in the hardware section in the "HOBBY PROJECTS" drawer. If you have a good source of hobby supplies, please post it up! I am ALWAYS looking for supplies in odd places.

I've always thought the Mercialago and newer lambos all looked very batmobile-esque I really like your idea. I'll be watching.

A vehicle should not be classified by it's origin, but by it's build style. I could build a rat rod out of my '80 Datsun 510 wagon just as easily as a 36 ford. or a lead sled out of a 67 Jag. You can build a pro touring car out of a 74 Nova, but if you did the exact same thing with a 74 Datsun 720, it would be lumped into a import class of some sort. Vehicles need to be put in classes that they are built for.

I can't wait to get started on some more Quadraportes. I have an Infiniti J30, a Lexus GS400 (or whatever the toyota version of that is), a Nissan Cefiro is on my list of cars to get as well as a Q45. VIP cars are quite popular right now in the import scene and they aren't VIP if they aren't 4doors.

Hi, I'm Ken. I too am a plastic addict. I see you are as OCD as I am. I am just fortunate enough that my wife wanted a 4 bedroom house for her, my son, myself and dogs, cats, more dogs, more cats and my models. I unfortunately haven't gone to the extent you have and actually built a proper space in the 8 years we've been here. I have an old kitchen table and a hard wooden chair to sit in.

You can still find lots of steel original 4 door cars. No one wanted them until now. If you find a steel '20s-'40s car, it's in the $10k range if it's a complete car but completely rusted out. I can find 4 door cars any day of the week for $15K completely finished (not riddler finished, but nice)

micro scale solvent and setting solutions are what I use.

Carefully chip the crazy glue away as it usually doesn't melt into the plastic. Any that you can't remove with a hobby knife, you should easily be able to remove with sand paper. also, since crazy glue doesn't bond with the plastic, it will more easily come apart than if you were to have used plastic cement.

If you have a contact in the real car world, I would suggest getting your kits prepped for paint then when you see a car come in that is going to get a color you like, hit them up for an ounce or two, they don't typically waste a LOT but there usually is a little left over. Have your airbrush on hand as a lot of body shops use reactive epoxy type paints and clear that will be solid and workable in about an hour, hard cured in about 8 hours. If you are set up and not in their way, I'm sure they'd let you borrow their booth while they're shooting or just after. I did this a lot when I was working for a body shop as a helper. NEVER do I want to work as a helper in a body shop again!!!! EVER!!!!!

Wicked colors and Createx (at hobby lobby) are acrylic and have a very opaque white. Not incredibly expensive, but I am glad my car doesn't run on model paint.

looking great! I really want to go work on my "paint test" Fairlane kit now.

I have had very similar experiences with some of the softer AMT plastics where the paint seems to bond with the plastic, or it leaves etching that is impossible to sand off or even fill with primer and block sand smooth again. Painting is one of my least favorite tasks of building models, unless it goes well. When it does go well, I know there is something else that is going to make me want to smash it into little pieces.

Very cool! I wonder if there will be any modern versions of these kind of kits, like the Big Daddy Ed Roth Beatnik Bandit II. I would love to see some highly detailed models inspired by these old radical rods from Roth, Barris, Daniels, Starbird and the likes. I may just have to bust out my Ice Cream Wagon kits and have some fun!

I honestly thought about sorting them into what kits. but with SO MANY wheels, it'd be a knightmare just remembering which kits they came from. lol

well, I don't see any build IMSA Merkurs/Sierras. where are they?

I was going to mention the lowriders too. I recall a group of young lowrider enthusiasts at the Texas Shootout contest in Irving, Tx. They had great paint jobs, and had some really cool "hydraulics" that really took some ingenuity. The interiors, however, were built with fuzzy pipe cleaners, tiny craft mirrors and seats made out of pvc pipe from local hardware stores. They really had some good ideas, but they were not very well executed. I took the time to talk to some of them...those that could understand English (not racist or stereotyping, it just happened that they were all hispanic)...and tried to give them pointers about using flocking instead of fur cloth, or scribing the piping into a seat instead of trying to superglue fishing line, and other tips. I did overhear several people bashing their works and it made me feel really sad for the fellas. I was hoping, for their sakes, that they couldn't understand the people that were bashing them. As it turned out, they've been back several times and guess what, the encouragement and welcoming attitudes helped and their builds are getting to be far superior to what I think I could ever accomplish. If people would simply admire the work not the genre, the "tuners" will be built more and the classes will grow, or at least be better represented in existing classes.

I have very little progress since I got sidetracked by my disorganized parts box, but what progress I did make is, in my opinion, awesome as it is an essential detail for any Elenore inspired build. THE HOOD! Like I stated earlier, I used the hood from a Coors Light Silver Bullet sprint car. I removed about 90% of the hood and saved just the top. Attached with some Ambroid pro weld and filled the gaps with strip styrene and some Plumber's putty (I'll get more information on the putty in a bit.) sanded and shaped a little and here it is, not primed just yet. I want to save the full picture for an all at once debut with primer over the whole car.