Sledsel

Lookin good

WOW!

Bye bye money......

I think you are going in the right direction. Love it

Watching this.... Love this kit

Like an air bag in case they flip over

While I wait for the paint to cure on my Parts Box Charger build, I decided to wrap this one up. Just another fun build Saturday night special. I like taking "not so popular" kits that can usually be found cheap and just enjoying a build. Not over detailed, no striving to be perfect, just a fun build. Just a Dukes Charger stock car. Cut out the rear seat and made a floor. Replaced the Hemi with a wedge engine from the 78 Monaco, added some wires and a better radiator. AMT Nascar wheels and tires. Misc. decals. I may go back and add shocks to the rear, but it looks fine on the shelf. I displayed it with a few other "fun" builds.

Well, I worked out the flaws, got another coat of paint on the Charger and it laid down beautifully, but..... always a but. One bad spot showed its ugly face. Not sure how to deal with it at this time. Gonna let it sit in a case for about a month since it is enamel, then maybe wet sand and polish. Thinking maybe after wet sanding, dabbing paint in the bad spot with a brush and wet sand. Hate to have to do anything since the paint is so smooth.

Looks good in red and the seats and belts look great IMO. Love the paint detailing. Did you do anything with the roll bar? in the box art it looks way too low.

For as old as the kit is, problems and inaccuracies can be expected, that being said, you did a wonderful job on it. I am sure your dad will love it. I do.

Tragedy averted..... after having to re-do the body work, I laid some new paint on the Charger. Paint laid down nice. Gonna let it sit a few days because there are a few minor flaws that some wet sanding and touch up should take care of. As can be seen, the tail light panel is gone. Replacing with a Revell panel.

Looking good

Be great to have these again....... I had both... as a kid. Side pipes are in a parts box, the rest is MIA

I like the red over the flames. Looks good

Darn, I should have started with the incorrect 69 before I chopped the top on my MPC..... LOL

Looks great!!! I have a hardtop in the condition of your "before" pics. Maybe I should do something with it

Don't forget the Rambler

Very cool build..... Looks great

And the frustration begins...... I wet sanded again, had a color chosen, sprayed a test piece and all looked good. Few days later decided to spray the body, and the paint came out like I was spraying syrup. A lot of orange peal and thick enough for your pancakes. Let it sit, tried a wet sand and polish, but the paint still looked like it was dipped in a can. Off to the purple bath which took off most of the filler also.... back to body work. Sand, sand, sand. I am trying not to let it get to the "shelf of doom"

Looks great! I really like this kit

Looks great, Love 56's but I would say it needs the headlight bezels.

That build is sweet!!! Accurate or not, I really want to see this kit return.

This goes right along with the Nova..... The box art clearly shows an MPC build but the kit is the AMT. Kind of leads me to believe the MPC tooling exists

Interesting but hard to top the looks of a stock bodied 57 'Bird

As much slack as this kit gets, it isn't all that bad, just old. Glad to see one being built. I have a few and will get another for a Saturday night stock car build. That being said, if the body is too loose, consider gluing in rocker panels. I have done this on quite a few old kits and it helps a lot.