DoctorLarry

Very nice build.

A colleague of mine just retired and when he was younger he had two Challengers. For a retirement gift I thought I would build replicas of his cars. He had sent me some pictures so I tried to replicate them. The T/A was unusual: dark green metallic exterior with green interior. I got a Revell Streetburner kit open box and a Challenger R/T glue bomb on EBAY. I built the kit OOB and modified the R/T by filling in the hood hole, repainting it and making a single four barrel intake. I detailed both and put heater hoses, battery cables and plug wires on the T/A. I also added an Accell coil because his car had one. The pink car is what I started with.

440 six pack

Got major work done on both. The orange car rebuild is complete. It was not a Challenger R/T so I had to fill in the hood opening for the shaker. The rest was just masking, repaint and detail. The pink car in the photo was the glue bomb I started with. It was a 44 six pack so I had to fab up a single 4 barrel intake and air cleaner. The green car is awaiting mirrors and tire decals to be complete. I added a resin distributor, plug wires, Accell Super Coil, heater hoses and battery cables.

A colleague of mine is retiring soon. He had two Challengers at the same time: a 1970 Challenger T/A and a 1970 Challenger convertible. The T/A was rather unique: dark green with a green interior and the convertible was orange. Quite a pair! He once remarked that if I ever built one he would buy it from me so I thought doing them would be a nice send off. I found a T/A kit and a resto candidate on Ebay. The kit was a first for me-styrene, no resin, no handmade parts. His car was mildly modified with M/T valve covers and an Accel Super coil. I found the coil in resin but no luck on the valve covers so I painted them black. The kit has good interior detail bout minimal engine detail and a flat firewall. I added heater hoses, a distributor and plug wires and battery cables, For the firewall I made a blower motor, wiper motor and ignition amplifier. I used craft paints for the interior-a first. It turned out okay. I used embossing powder for the carpet. Exterior paint PPG acrylic enamel in the factory color. I need to foil the body and do decals. Tires and decals are from Fireball in correct E-60 and F-60 sizes. His car had Pro-Trac 60's so I ordered the decals from Fireball. The resto candidate was a Challenger convertible that had been badly painted pink. I carefully masked and repainted the pink bomber and am just detailing it. I still have to do the engine compartment. Pictures above in the post. I read through those posts and still could not fix it. First time for me.

Trying to get around the "page not found" problem. I have text but it won't go through so this is a test. Bear with me. I can explain the pictures.

It says "that page can't be found".

Just tried it again and no go. Is it something I'm doing that they are catching? It is a long post.

I tried submitting a new topic to WIP and got an error page. Problems?

Do you sell them?

This looks like a hot rod that would have existed when I was in high school or college. It has a great vibe! Well done.

Thanks!

I was kidding about the graffiti. Just wrecks the looks of train cars but I see it everywhere. Yor detail is really sharp.

Beautiful train cars and thanks for the info. However, there's no graffiti on them! (Just kidding). We have a train track a block away from the house and one right next to the university I work at. I see trains all the time and it irks me to see them covered in graffiti.

So you use 20-30% 4030 and reducer both?

I had a note I made from somewhere: 3 parts distilled water, one part isopropyl alcohol and 4-5 drops of glycerin to thin acrylics. I used that and as you said it was very watery and did not seem to have much pigment in it. I have heard of using washer fluid as well so I'll try that tonight. I thought of I could get it to cover I would hit it with matte clear or Dullcote. Would those work? Thanks!

In working on a new project, i thought about using acrylic paints for the interior, because they matched pretty well (green). I know some folks use these on a more regular basis so my question is how do you get these to a sprayable consistency, or it that a lost cause? Thanks!

Very nice, Tim.

Looks great. Thanks!

Thanks, all. Very Helpful!

Thanks!

I'm building a 70 Challenger for a friend. What color was the undercarriage floor pans? If I remember right the front inner fenders are body color. Is this right? Thanks!

They are nice-but out of stock. There is a seller on EBAY but 25 day delayed shipping. I need them sooner. Thanks!

Anybody 3D or resin cast Mickey Thompson or Mopar Performance valve covers for a 340? I'm doing a retro build of a friend's Challenger T/A. Thanks!

Great job on the body and overall build. Definitely not something you find out there.