Byron5150

Engine painted. Model Master Chrysler Engine Blue ( it does have that turquoise color to it although the pics make it look darker) Alternator was striped in bleach. Then painted with Testors Flat Aluminum. Then detailed with, Testors Copper. Then the bracket was painted with Testors Semi-Gloss Black. I may black wash it also. More to come on the body very soon!! Cheers, Byron

I remember Danno now from seeing his 53 Studebaker Champion awhile back I think in May. Great work and incredible details I may add.

Sorry Mate, Nice to meet you I'm Byron. Hey at least I didn't say Danno?? Whats that??

Thanks so much for the kind comments about my detail work. I thought about getting a photo etch for this. But really I think the only things I would use, is the fan, charger/ R/T emblem for the grill, and the rear view mirror. I may still get it. If not I'll definitely be using it on my next charger. Stay tuned. Byron

Thank you

Thanks Carl, yea I like a few of them

I agree when I came back to this site his build was the first I looked at. It's truly incredible!

Looks great man. My models sucked when I was younger now only 22. But I've learned with patience and inspiration you can make one heck of a model. Great job what blue is that? Btw for BMF you buy aluminum tape for about the same price and you will have way more for your models. If you decide to use BmF in the future

Thanks Mike I'll be taking some more pics tomorrow to show off it's rear panel/bumper

I agree your slow progress is like mine which is quick haha Looking good I like the engine detailing so far

Thanks you so much. I wanted to add some research/ history with the general, and the normal charger. I'm learning things, and so are others. Like I said I'm not making it to be a perfect General Lee. But I do somewhat want to re create some of it's accuracy/ history. Cheers, Byron

Also I will note the walrus teeth will come off of the grill. I know some replicas have them but they need to go! Haha

Thanks mate, I'm not sure he's a member right??

Thanks for all the kind comments so far!! Happy Modelling

This is amazing and was awesome to watch it built

Thanks Johnny. I don't have much to do now. But I will be time consuming

I really like this, not a fan of the car but you just changed my perspective on that. Great job!

Thanks man, I really appreciate it. I'm really trying to detail to best of my abilities this time around. And I think I picked a cool car for it and more to come in the future. Happy modeling, Byron

Alright last update for today. The only things done today was the silver trim on the rear panel. And then this which I just did. I blacked out the R/T I thought flat black would a cool. And then I snipped off the license plate mounting bracket. And used BMF to cover the mark which I probably won't see later. I decided with car I didn't want the front license plate. Some have them some don't. Here's the auto trader car it doesn't have one. Happy Modelling, Cheers, Byron

Thanks again for the kindly comment. I'm really trying my best.

Thanks man!! Yea the doors took like 2 hours haha. Engine will take longer because I'm going for a more detailed engine build. With some orange, plug wires. Cheers,

The official engine is the 383. However they used 318's, 383's and 440's for the show. They used the 383's, & 440's for more power for jumping, and stunts. The movie uses a 426 hemi. Not sure what's used in the auto trader commercial I assume either a 383 or 440. But who knows. And I only mention the commercial is because there's some good shots of the car in HD I chose the 440 magnum because I wanted this to be a more powerful general. I could have went with a 426 but didn't want too. Now a lot of the engine colors varied. I chose to go with an original color I seen in a survivor car. Which is Chrysler engine blue. I'll have pics of that later. Alternator was stripped from it's chrome.

The grill was the first thing I did. There are 3 colors on a real 69' there's black. And on the insides of the front bumper there is a aluminum color look. As well as chrome on the outside. I used testors semi gloss to paint the the grill, then cleaned off the chrome trim inside of the grill with a q tip. Then applied testors metallic silver on the insides of the grill face. And that's it followed up by it's decal. Here's a pic of a real one so you guys can see the colors. Here's mine. I think I did a pretty good job. Hopefully you guys can see the aluminum look on it as well. Now in most shots of the car from the tv series there is no charger logo in the grill. However this is Lee 3 which did have a 440 and did have the charger logo. I will be blacking out the R/T logo. I guess in a way this car will be Lee 3 with a different engine color since it was an R/T. The 2005 movie has it on the front and back. The auto trader mag car does not from what I've seen. I chose to put it there because of A I have the decal, and B I think it makes the grill look good. I was going to leave the R/T off but you would still see it it anyways. But I will black it out from seeing this shot. Here's what it looks like now. Cheers, Byron

Thanks man, I'm really happy with the paint and interior work so far

Next up the body was painted with testors competition orange. As well as the hood, front valence, rear panel and valence, radiator support, header panel and last not least the firewall . Then I detailed the rear panel using flat black, followed up with metallic silver for the trim. And also painted the key slot. The radiator support has been primered, just not painted yet so that's why it's missing here. Also the interior is painted detailed and bmf for the door trim. Tamiya's Ts-46 Light Sand was used. As well as Testors Flat Black, Testors Metallic Silver, Model Masters Wood, and Tamiya's X27 Clear Red Flocked with detail master grey, then spray painted over for a dirty look. I may paint the steering wheel model master wood to add some depth and make it stand out more from the rest of the interior. As I did try to weather some of the parts. From sliding around the dirt all the time. As well as to imagine it's a saved car from the series More to come thanks for looking and watching. Cheers, Byron