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Thanks guys for the great comments! I doing all my mopars first then I will do the chevys and fords.

Okay...this is more of a refresh or upgrade than a restoration. Very simple refresh by adding BMF and some white lettered tire decals and a light polishing. Colour is Daytona Yellow which is coming out too bright of yellow against the snow...should be more pale in colour. This looks like a taxi cab shade of yellow. The before pics were shot under artificial light so they came out lighter. Would have liked to have done this one in factory colour "Sunfire Yellow" but I didn't know about MCW paints until long after this build was completed. Before After Before After

Thanks guys!

Thanks guys! Harry...this is not a die-cast model. This is the Revell 1969 Charger 1/25th scale. I call it a restoration because I'm going through some of my old builds and fixing them up. Some require more extensive restoration...if you will, than others. That includes taking the engine out ( if needed ) and painting it the correct factory colours. All of them will get BMF treatment and a polish. I don't want to get to picky on the term "restoration".....to me fixing them up is a restoration. On this particular model I added white lettered tire decals to the generic Revell tires. Hope this clears some of the confusion up.

Three more pics. Before After

Well this is the fourth restoration in a series that I will be doing. I am very pleased with this restoration and feel that this is the most dramatic change of the previous three. BMF was applied over the silver trim paint and white lettered tire decals added courtesy of Fireball Modelworks. Have a look and see what you think. Before After

Thanks Carl and Drew.

Thanks everyone!

No Problem. I use epoxy glue to glue each wheel.

Thanks everyone. Gerald I don't have a pic of the engine on this one.

Thanks Joseph, Duane and Bill. Joseph......lowering the stance is very easy. Take all of the wheels off, trim the metal pin off and re-glue the wheels back on. I use a makeshift jig and level the model out on a flat board and glue one wheel on at a time centering the wheel within the wheel well. Also this step will allow you to lower or raise the model depending where you glue the wheel. There is generally enough surface area on the chassis to glue the wheel in a more accurate postion. Sounds confusing but it's hard to try to explain this in writing.

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I decided to change the title from "Rebuild" to "Restoration" because I think this would be considered more of a restoration project rather than a rebuild. This is the third restoration in a series I will be doing over the next few months. This was a very easy restoration since all that was required was some BMF over the silver trim paint and a light polishing with Scratch Doctor to bring out the finish that has dulled over the years. Also, she leaned to the passenger side so I levelled it up for a more realistic stance. Please check it out and thanks for your feedback. Before After

Thanks Mike for the info. I was looking at Classic Industries website for replacement grilles for Firebirds. Looks as though the 1968 Firebird 400 had a dark grey grille. The 1967's had a silver grille. Not sure if I will correct this or leave it. http://www.classicindustries.com/firebird/parts/exterior-trim/grill-components/

Mike...I had noticed that all of the reference pics I had seen showed the Firebird 400 with a black grille. But I'm not sure if that is correct since I know little on Firebirds.

I was actually referring to drodg. He started a 'Cuda back a month or so ago and I haven't seen any action on it lately.

Thanks everyone. I think my MPC 1971 Plymouth Road Runner will be next. It will be an easy upgrade since all it needs is some BMF. David....thanks for the kind words. How is your '70 Cuda coming along...have not seen any progress for a while?

Thanks guys. Monty keep in mind this is an old build that I did several years ago. That's how I built them back then..not paying too much attention to these finer details. My builds today are much different. Most likely the decal is too old to accept decal setting solution now.

Thanks guys. I enjoy fixing up the old stuff and bringing them up to todays building standards.

This is the second in a series of rebuilds or upgrades if you prefer that I will be doing over the winter months. This upgrade was a little more extensive than my 1971 Charger R/T rebuild. The model was upgraded with BMF over the silver painted trim. Engine was dismantled in repainted in the proper Pontiac Engine Blue. Also redlines were added to the tires and the model polished a bit to perk up the old finish. The grille was painted in the proper black trim rather than the previous silver. I gave the model a more realistic stance as well. Have a look and see what you think. Before After Engine painted in "Pontiac Engine Blue" Before After

Thanks guys. I just finished upgrading my Revell 1968 Firebird and I will post some before and after pics of it. I must say what a difference on that one more so than this '71 Charger upgrade.

Instead of building a bunch of new models which space is beginning to get scarce....I thought I would fix up a few of my older builds and bring them up to my building standard of today. I did a bunch of rebuilds a few years ago and I liked the way they turned out. So this AMT 1971 Dodge Charger R/T is the first of many I will do over the winter.This one didn't need too much work but some other ones I have will require extensive rebuilding I foiled over the silver paint and added some Fireball Modelworks tire decals. Have a look at the before and after. Before After Before After

Looking good John!

Gerald....any progress to report?

David...what's up with your build...no progress for a long time??