StevenGuthmiller

I'm a little confused by the Hart's parts photo of that interior. The description says non convertible, yet the photo clearly depicts a convertible tub with the top mechanism wells and full arm rests. A true non convertible interior would have the same design of panel as the front with small arm rests. Steve Oops! My mistake. It says "non console". (all I can see on my screen on the website is "Non-Con") It's still a convertible tub.

I'm sure it is. Unfortunately for me, it's a very intricate design that's not going to be easy to duplicate. Steve

That's sweet! The mod top makes the model, and I'm always up for unusual color choices. Terrific work!! Steve

Great looking Desoto Mark!! Love that seat upholstery! Steve

Yeah, I know Bill, but I don't see any way to make it that fine. Hopefully by the time the paint is applied, it will look close. Even the original panels in the MPC kit are nowhere near that fine. Steve

This is the general direction that I'm headed. Steve

Thank you Rob. The more I look at these door cards and what it's going to take to get the rear to match the front, the more I realize that it's going to take really drastic measures to do it. I've pretty much decided that almost the entire door card is going to have to be scratch built! This is pretty much all that I'm saving from the original door panel. I'm only keeping this to help with positioning of the dash board, and the "Coronet" badging on the upper door portion. Everything else is going to have to be made. Steve

I just heat the sprue until it gets soft and sags and then pull on the ends with even pressure. Slowly for thicker pieces, and more quickly for thinner. Steve

Hardly Al. Keep watching. I'm afraid that after looking at what it's going to take to get these door cards to look right, things are going to get ugly! Steve

The next order of business was to eliminate those big and bulky grille backing plates. This is something I wish that I had done on my '69. They do nothing for the appearance under the hood, and they will just be a problem later when it's time to add head light buckets. I've also been mulling over the options for continuing the door panel pattern into the rear seat area once the convertible top wells have been removed. I thought about casting the finely fluted part of the front door panel to be used in the rear, but I wasn't confident on that one, so I decided to make completely new panels to be added once the old portion was cut out and removed. This way I can replace all of that detail through out the entire interior so it is all even. I made this panel by simply gluing lengths of very thinly stretched sprue to a piece of sheet plastic. Now I can cut out pieces of this panel to the size and shape desired to be added to the door panels as needed. This is enough for one side, so another will need to be constructed. Steve

Sorry Snake, but I don't take well to personal attacks over an off the cuff joke, but I'll withdraw and let him continue to pontificate if he wishes. Steve

Glad it bothers you. I'll work on adding more. Steve

Okay. Not going to argue with you, but I'm also not going to play the "political correctness game" and walk on egg shells in fear of offending someone with every comment. If you're offended, it'll just have to be that way. Steve

Getting a start on the engineering required to mate the Revell Charger chassis parts to the Coronet body. As you well know, this is probably the most important procedure when combining these sort of parts between kits. Screw something up now and you pay for it down the road. Steve

I'm not really seeing anything noticeable. If there is, it's not pronounced enough to warrant any extra attention. Steve

Ever heard of a joke?

Very clever........but I wouldn't know. Steve

The only "reality" television that I watch occasionally is "COPS", or "The First 48". That's about all that there is that's actually "real". The ones that really bug me are those stupid talent shows, like "American Idol", "The Voice" and "Dancing with the Stars"! Biggest waste of airtime ever! I'd rather watch Viagra commercials!! ? Steve

Correct. A "guber" is a peanut. A Gruber is a professor of economics from Massachusetts who brought us Obama Care. I prefer the legume. Steve

I'll have to remember that for next time! Thanks Claude! Steve

Exactly my point Joe. Nearly every television network has abandoned any thought of producing any programming of substance in favor of this sort of "fast food" debris that's plastered all over the airwaves now. I'm reminded of some lyrics from A Pink Floyd song. "I got 13 channels of sh^t on the t.v. to choose from." We've obviously made great advancements since the 1980s. Now we have over 600 channels of sh*t to choose from! Steve

I agree with you that the majority of these cable channel's programming no longer reflects their names, and I suppose if you can get past the fact that a show like Pawn Stars is wholly contrived and spends large portions of the show analyzing the lives and minds of the morons that work there, you could say that there is some history tucked in there somewhere. Even the food channels have pretty much abandoned actual cooking shows in favor of "contest" programs one after the other. Why? because they're cheap to produce and apparently somebody is watching them. Steve

Thanks Tim. The real work is going to come with removing the convertible top wells, widening the rear seat and continuing the door card upholstery pattern into the rear passenger compartment. Everything else will be gravy. Steve

Thanks George, but I have the original hood, and the "blower cut out" doesn't really scare me. I didn't really have any issues with it on my '69 and I would rather work with plastic over resin whenever possible. Steve

I know Ed. Just tugging on your chain a little. Steve