426-Hemi

NICE! no different then 4/26..... Happy HEMI Day

WOW you got some model building teaching to do my friend!

God Harry, best of wishes man, Get well.....

I'm here because I enjoy it. showing others what I've done, making NEW friends, and trading parts with others that need or want and get something in return I need or want!!! Learn things new or learn how to do something differently to reach the same goal and or get a higher outcome of what ever task in the build. Plus I enjoy the interaction of others with the same interests I do, in this case, model cars & trucks, ideas, building, painting, you name it, its nice to be in "like" company.....

Thanks Bo! Much appreciated!!!! I get into the details, or it gets into me I'm not sure which but as you can see I enjoy it! And comments on the build keep the esteem up to keep going! This one is ALMOST ready for foil!

-I've thought about trying that and having the "base" it sits on look as tho its at a stop light (S-T-O-P, Spin Tire On Pavement) Or the display base to look like one side of a race track! Haven't done it tho!

NICE work on that interior! That whole car looks REALLY good!!!! The carpet turned out really good too! -Nicely done!

Thanks David! Much appreciated!!! A little bit of work to get them to look like that! A lot of work in a not-so-detailed kit, and the extra stuff I've added makes it look a bit better as its a so-so-kit anyway (I don't think its the greatest kit out-of-the-box) so..... A LOT to be desired of OOB! More to come as they're done! This one is really close done too! Part 2 of my Round Robin set of 3!

Thanks Mark! Ohh believe me, this one is so close to done I can't stop on it, I wanna see it in a display case and having aid that, I can literally see the smoke coming off the rear tires as it heads to the display case base! I'll be pleased to see yet one more "Completed"..... Thanks tho my friend, I'll have at least 3 done really close to each other as I'm working on 3 different models "Round Robin" style..... 1st one till it has to sit and dry, pick up the 2nd and do the same till it has to sit and dry, pick up the 3rd one and work till it has to sit and dry and then by that time the 1st one is dry and ready for more! So the 3 of them should be done within a day of each other!!!!! -I'll beat my own record of completing one model a year!

Thanks Marty! Yeah a lot has gone into this build and being what this build is in my life of things, it has a little meaning behind it! So if you don't know, have a look at the first posting back on page one, that will tell you "why" it has the meaning to me that it does! With the kind words and judo's, Thank You! Its very much appreciated! -Part of what keeps all of us modelers going. and striving for furthering our own skills!

Thanks for all that I was kinda wondering on the Ramcharger and the Power Bulges for a bit there! The only thing I did not do, was bring the black center of the hood to a slight point in the front. The hood in this kit is merely flat, so I went withthat even tho I know on the real thing, the hood has a slight pitch to it running out to the left or right edges of the hood!

Still tho that all looks GREAT!!!! That vinyl top had to suck! 3 times? And I got more "roof" line then you do when I do it! That outta prove to be a fun one! Yeah that gator skin top I can't see that being easily reproduced in scale.... I just don't know if you could get any closer -Especially with a stick on "tape"....

Back to this one a little bit! I got the taillight lens in-place on the rear bumper and painted in the turn signals on the front bumper the license plates were next! AGAIN I find that the plate decals are either to big for location on bumper, OR the bumper "area" for the plate, has a "ridge" that the plate decal simply will not lay flat or fit correctly. So be me, I went and done the same thing as I have in the past, grab some .020th of an inch thick styrene, make the plastic sheet the size to fit the bumper, AND the decal plate, and off to painting it to be "aluminum" on its edges and when dry, decal applied and let to dry for 24 hours, and then clear coated and allowed to dry, and rin in-place they went! And this is how that all turned out: Added to the car as it would have been in the show. I wanted everything as close to what was in the show as possible. Sadly, because of how many cars they used, there were A LOT of little things used in some cases, that be on one car but not on the next. so that part of it is difficult.... BUT I think the plates were not one of those things that changed very often (specially the rear plate), I'm not sure about the Rebel Flag plate! BUT its the "Dukes"...... SO the "Rebel" it was! Thats it for now! More to come as I get the next bit done and able to get pics! Thanks for following along comments welcome! ~ENJOY

Be sure if your file is or has been used ALL or any metal chips are removed from its "teeth" those little suckers will mar the ever-loving !@#$ outta the surrounding surfaces while your filing that hump down! A wire brush will remove most of that if not all of it.....

OK I agree on most of this, BUT I'ma "Old Timer" I don't PHOTO PRINT anything, I MACHINE (by hand mind you, NOT CNC metal machine work at all), its done to a TRUE "Hands-ON" Machinist style..... BY my own 2 hands..... So in that part of my end of molding making my own "masters" I have hours in some, days in others, and weeks in some, and then YEARS in the more harder ones..... So whats my "rate of pay per hour" at that point? No one can judge this! Its what the molder is willing to do, and what he wants.... ANY ONE OF US, you can't put a price on that! For me? as long as there's an interest, and most times 8 out of 10, I'd rather TRADE my work then make a buck, as I can't "sell" enough "resin parts" to get one of the "grail" offers I've gotten! OR if I do, theres WAY more work in amount of resin to sell then is actually "sold" (I supply a local hobby shop) my prices are low, my quality is high (those that have gotten my resin can vouch for that!) ...and I'm lucky to sell enough to cover the cost of making the mold, and the cost of the resin to cast it. (I do manage this every month) but at times its a REAL CLOSE CALL! I even machine my own Billet Aluminum parts, ALSO by hand on the lathe, and I make better trades then I would EVER selling them! -I only choose to supply the local hobby shop to pay for the costs to allow me to keep trading my own work!

Good lord Dave....... That body paint is something man! NIICE JOB! -A LOT of work I'm sure too specially the vinyl top! (I've got one of those planned myself!) -on another model adding a vinyl top where the kit doesn't have one.... The work ya got going looks great!

Got a BIG say, 8 inch "Bastard File"????? That take the hump out from that added piece and then just smooth with higher grit sand paper, to take out any scratches (I use my files A LOT!) Machinist ones you name it, I have everything from #1's all the way to #4's and precision Jeweler's files! They also if held right, keep the surface "true flat", (even looking) when done! BUT if you use a file, file SLOWLY as it can take a lot off the surface if not careful! Sandpaper does this slowly, files do it rapidly.... Body work however I found file in ONE direction only.... the back & forth method makes serious scratches where they aren't needed or wanted!

More thats been done, not thats been "A LOT" but a little is always better then nothing at all, this model is really close to being completed. Sadly, in the end of any build (I have found) its always a lot of little things, little "added" things, light lens, license plate decals, etc. -All while the body is getting finished up (Yep I'm waiting for Clear Gloss Lacquer to dry!) So doing as much as I can, to get the parts ready to be put onto it, when it is finally "done" with the finish on the body! SO, with that I got to choosing what License plate the car would get, (The kit comes with 4 choices) and the "Hemi" one is not going on this car (I have a better car for that one!) besides the car doesn't even have a Hemi in it! But there were 3 others to choose from and with that, I picked the "1968" one with the red heart.... Figured this one, thats a pretty good plate for it. Sadly, I found "test fitting" or well "dry fitting" the plate, on the back was "OK" but the front one, well there was no real way to put it, as a "decal" and that lead me to make my own license plate "backing plates" to add the decal too.... Just thin .020 of an inch thick sheet styrene cut to fit the decal and fitted to fit the location. (the front area is more narrow side-to-side then the rear bumper area is! SO to have to be careful on its assembly and all with that. So there is a "front" and a "rear" plate once on the backing plates! And me being, well me, I can't just cut the decal out out and white glue it to the bumpers, they have to become literal parts of the car, (I don't like parts falling off my models over time even being protected!) The license plates look really good! I'm pleased with how that all turned out! Then I've went and gone to painting in the Turn Signals in the front bumper. That looks great over the chrome! This little extra looks great too! -I will be taking a soft Q-Tip to lightly polish the chrome once the bumpers are on the car! I left a few finger prints on it, NOTY paint, and not glue.... So should easily wipe off. Then, the last thing I worked on was the tail lights! They needed a little work, and still need a little bit. BUT I got the taillight red painted over the Chrome, as well as the flat black shadowing it needed! I have a little more to "clean-up" on it as the flat black needs to have a little removed from the chrome trim lip between the red lens and the black shadowing. I see some more black that needs removed! But, it looks good for what more needs done! Thats all I've gotten done on this kit, (I'm getting ready) to begin painting the gloss clear coat on the Hood! Stay tuned for those following along this build, I'll be posting pics of the body as soon soon as I can "handle it" from being clear coated! Thanks for following along! Comments always welcome & encouraged! ~ENJOY

So in my last updating of this build, I got to add some more details under the hood, (NEW Wiper motor) and some other small things like the "Beep, Beep" horn, as well as wiring it in, and then a steering shaft, I also had the grille black shadowing done, and was working on the hood. The underside of the hood needed some attention, as well as some detailing painting to it. So with that, thats where I'll begin.... I took the hood and being a "Stock" kinda guy, I wanted the Roadrunner to have its under-hood insulation for vibration and sound as well as heat. (MOST Roadrunners this was either not ordered with the car, OR had been removed from the car (to lighten the car for racing), or in some cases later in years fell out and was never replaced. Anyway, in either of those scenarios, I choose to add it, like the car should have had from new, BUT could be ordered without, OR simply put, My car was the "basic" Family Guy cheap "muscle car".... SO then I added this to the underside of the car! In that pic you'll see that I semi-filled in that recess for the hood to be cut for a hole and engine parts to come through, OR a BIG center mounted hood scoop to be placed! I filled that recess in and painted to what it matched to be on the hood, to attempt to hide it. Not as good as it could be, but being as far a long in the build and work on the hood that I was, I wasn't going back and literally "FILL IN" that areas with putty, or glue and baking soda, SO I just made a "band" filler pressed into place and CA glued along its edges! Once dry, painted to match the mating surfaces it touches. Seen in the last pic is that sealer strip that on the 1:1 would "seal" the engine compartment to the top of the Radiator Core Support, painted flat black, to look like a rubber seal! For what it is, (I'm not exactly 100% happy with the recess job, BUT I can live with it how it is! SO, I'm good and this is how its gonna stay! (I AM NOT, however adding the "Ramcharger", for lack of that same things name by Plymouth) As my Roadrunner got the 383 4 barrel and NOT the Hemi, and besides the '68's the "Power Bulges" on the hood did NOT "operate" and would not till I believe 1969, till they were replaced in late year refinements to the "Air Grabber" seen mostly on the 1970 Roadrunner! Stay tuned, more to follow!

Just "Rustoleum" textured paint, what color? (I assume its flat) and then you use gloss or semi-gloss over it? What ya did on the fire truck parts looks good too! NICE job!

Thanks for that! It looks freakin' GREAT!!!!

-Can't say I blame ya much on trying on a beat up body rather then the Dodge truck cab, you Sir, have a LOT of body work tied up in that cab alone!

-Missed this! NICE WORK!!!!! Have any idea what ya gonna load that trailer with? Looks GREAT man! WOW!

Chris, I'm sorry to hear about your Nephew! Thats gotta be difficult! I wish you and the family best of wishes man, God Bless you all! Take your time on the models unless they give you a good outlet for all that, then they can be a GREAT help!!!!

Andy, What in the world did you use to make the Rhino Liner coating with? That looks GREAT!? I just gotta know! I have SEVERAL builds that could use that same treatment! NIICE job on the whole thing too! VERY well done!!!