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I fell in love with the wheels on that car, so much that I put Champ 500s on the Cuda in my avatar. Cool build, will be watching

Luckily, no avocado in home, but yellows. I had 70 R/T Challenger 440 4 sp F8/ green gut/ top, 71 Challenger F3/ green gut 73 Challenger Rallye 340 F5 green gut, out of over 50 Mopars, they were the only green ones.

I am in awe. Chef’s kiss

Fantastic detailing!

Please delete, I purchased a built Fiero to pull them out of, found scoop on auction site

I definitely understand where you are coming from. This is my first resin build. It got really hairy after I cut out the reinforcement I put in, but is stiffening up with the styrene gutters I have now put in. The thickness of the resin just in the trunk lid varied between .049 and .096, filing it was a very delicate procedure, to be sure. I agree with the Mopar or no car, but appreciate anything nice also.

Growing up in that era, I really disliked all the green cars, there were just so many. I even owned several green Challengers, but this looks awesome.

Thank you for the kind words Francis. As we discussed, I am employing some of your technique on the gutters. I will illustrate later. It definitely does stiffen it up. The widely varying thickness of the resin certainly does add a little more difficulty on this build, but we will get there.

I am enjoying this one! Following

Love it. It reminds me of when I used to sell parts at Carlisle. I had a 67 440 block I sold to a guy, when he picked it up, he put it in the trunk of a really nice red Rambler’s trunk( was powered by a 360 magnum)

Thank you for the great tip. This is only the second build I am doing after being away from it for 30 years. I know this is a bit ambitious, but I want to build my skills back up further than they ever were.

Trimmed away template, this is where we are. The next thing will be to add gutters to strengthen it, and have something for trunk to close against

On to the scary part. I made a cardboard template of rear window area, cut out a piece of .020 styrene sheet to match and glued onto body to stiffen up for the next operation. Then, using the back of a # 11 blade, scribed trunk lines over and over. As a result, I was able to remove trunk lid without breaking window trim, as there is no Dutchman panel.

A little further along, figured out exhaust, made my own decals for the mufflers, painted markers and driving lights, added lenses. I ordered the bazooka tips for exhaust. Once I have them and refinish the driveshaft I shortened, I can permanently mount rear suspension.

Do you know who made the kit? I can’t remember. I’ve been watching your build and the one Francis is doing and am blown away by both.

I really like this, having owned both. A mix of the 2 is crazy. Are you doing the twin turbo?

I hope so, I have 2 of those kits on preorder?

It was all part of the resin kit that I bought years ago on EBay

I got a start on it, lots of filing just to get grille to fit, cleaned up a bunch of flash. While fitting pieces, I (oops) found out how brittle old resin can be by breaking the rear quarter panel while putting chassis in. Just what I wanted, more body work. I started shaping front fender openings. I also started working on engine/ trans/ header fit. I will have to do some work at trans crossmember to clear shifter. I also made the subframe connectors. More to come

I was going to wait to do this one for a bit, but I just signed up for a group build, so I guess it’s time. This is going to be a replica of a 72 Demon that I owned for about 15 years. It was powered by a 68 340 that was heavily worked, nitrous, slick shifted( like a Liberty trans)4 speed, caged, springs moved inboard, battery in trunk, etc.. The paint will be very tricky in 1:25 scale, as the orange is candy tangerine with hidden highlights and silver pinstripe. This is going to be a task to get done in time for a group build, but we all challenge ourselves. I am starting out with a resin kit that I bought years ago and parts from: AMT 71 Duster MPC 74 Cuda MPC 70 Duster MPC 74 Duster VCG Resins 340 and 4 speed trans

Nice!

Great cars, I especially love the GP and the Challenger. I really need to find one of those Challenger bodies to replicate my first car.

Thank you, I missed that on their site. I need to order a Challenger conversion kit from them anyway. It looks like I have more to order

Sweet machine work

Mike, if you were referring to my picture of the Cuda, it was a picture I had saved on my phone from when I did have an account. I thought the Photobucket nonsense was cropped off. Sorry