Moparman18064

Great work

This one will take a while. I always wanted to build this.

This grille to fit MPC and small block Mopar M/T valve covers

Looking for a pair of Fiero seats for my next project. I had them in my 72 Demon street/ strip car. If you have some, maybe I have something you would like to trade. Also, snorkel scoop like in picture.Thank you

This is so realistic, it almost makes me want to zoom in to see if the last 8 of the VIN are on the support! Awesome!

I was going to recreate my old demon next( pictured), but it certainly won’t be to this immaculate detail

I just can’t get over how realistic this is. Bravo!

Trial fit before final clear coats, Keith Marks decals for AMT kit installed. There is a very slight difference on nose/ fender stripe, but I can live with it.

Thank you for spending all my money?. I reached out to him, we will see what he says. As far as the tires, I was scared to look them up yet. I have some 1/25 cars to get done yet, then I have to get back to my 1/12 Testors Countach that I haven’t touched in 30 years about 1/2 built.

Thank you very much. I had no idea the kit increased in value that much. 1045 euro, WOW! ?I will be ordering the decal set.

I have that kit in line to be done. That was the color combo I was going to do. Now I’ll have to find another color. That is beautiful!

What really worries me is the decal sheet. 50 years old with all that gold pinstriping.?

I was looking at that kit. I have a 1/8 Grip version waiting in line yet, I only hope it looks close to the quality of this build.?

I love this build! I have the Pocher 1932 that I did not start yet, been contemplating a proper color. Bravo

Replicating one of the many Mopars I have owned. This one is a Hemi Orange 72 Charger Rallye 340 727 auto, black gut, black halo top, Dana 60 rear( owner prior to me installed from wrecked Hemi Charger). Started with 72 MPC annual body and interior, AMT 71 R/T Charger for the other parts, 340 from AMT Duster kit. The floor and transmission tunnel of AMT kit and the underside of the MPC interior needed a ton of grinding and reshaping to get body to fit. I cut the inner fenders, radiator support and firewall from the 71 kit, shaped and fitted to 72 kit. I will have to use windshield from 71 kit to fit cowl area, even after thinning area. I did usual filing, sanding, filling and scribing to body before priming and painting in MCW lacquer( no color sand or clear yet) I got a set of decals from Keith Marks in black. I am using the 71 grille, as my car did not have hidden headlights. The grille was too wide, pushing fenders out, so filed inside edges of grille and reshaped outside so that it will not hang out over fenders. I have tried many revisions with styrene strips for the grille bars, but I really am not happy.(Hence the post in the questions section) If it was a manual trans, it might not have had much of an issue, but the auto required more filing to fit inside tunnel area. This is the progress so far

Thanks all. I am working on engine details now. The belt/ alternator/ air pump are completely on opposite side from real car. I’ve been looking through all my kits/ parts for something that is close to no avail. It looks like another fab work session. I am currently fabbing up AIR tubes to the manifolds now.

I am kit bashing the 72 MPC Charger Rallye body/ interior to the 71 AMT R/T chassis to duplicate one of my old cars I owned. My car had the standard grille, not hidden headlights. I have highly modified the 71 grille, but not very happy with it. Is anybody making one yet,, or willing to try casting one?

More: drilled out dash ends, made vents from styrene tube, thinned out and made vent blades from flash pieces cut down. I ground down ‘67 seat patterns, made ‘68 seat patterns, flocked floor and painted over flocking with flat black. My hands are not as steady as they used to be, the seats will have to do, as I don’t plan on competing with it. I just picked this up again after a 30 year hiatus. I still have to order the PE sets for the car for the steering wheel, emblems, marker lights. Next step, working on making A.I.R. Injection lines for engine. I am literally making this as the second day my father owned car with only Torq Thrusts and traction bars added at that time. After warranty expired, he put in L88 cam, headers, exhaust, made his own 442 style ram air.

Some more progress, sanded off lower chrome trim from ‘67 to match ‘68 RS chrome and painted in semi gloss black.

I am in the process of converting the Revell 67 Nickey Camaro to a 68 RS/SS 396 L89 to replicate the Camaro my father special ordered in late 67. I purchased the Nickey, the Revell 67 Camaro SS so I could have proper hood, exhaust, manifolds, the fake intake screens from 69 SS kit for the hood, and after several hours of massaging the door panels in the Nickey kit to match the 68 deluxe interior, purchased the Monogram 69 Pace Car for the door panels and other odds and ends. The Pace Car door panels needed to be modified at the kick panels and rear side panels by cutting them from the Nickey kit, changing the pattern and getting rid of power window switches. I then attached them to the 69 door panels. The seats I am using are from the Nickey kit, as they were the closest to the 68 deluxe. I sanded off the old patterning, measured out new pattern lines and ground them into the seats( It worked out to .070” each space to match pattern). I still have a little more finessing, but just about there. I have drilled spots on both sides of dash for Astro vents that I will put in. As for the body, I made .010x.020 strips to complete top of door trim, eliminating vent windows. The tail panel is terrible for taillight placement, as the openings are slanted high toward quarter panel and low toward gas cap. I filed opposite ends and filled where space was to correct as much as possible. Much more filing would have gone into trunk lid line. I am ordering a photo etch kit for 68/9 Nova to get marker light bezels. I also ordered a set of Keith Marks Sport Stripe decals in white. Hopefully they work, as they were designed for the AMT kit. I painted body in 68 Chevy Matador Red Lacquer from MCW. I assembled and wired the engine, only to find out ignition wires were too tall for hood placement, so I am getting a distributor that will work. That is the progress to this moment

Big shout out to Tarheel Rick. He shipped a console to me lickity split without wanting anything in return. A big thumbs up!

You are quite right, all the newer Revell 69’s I saw were standard door panels. I just bit the bullet and purchased a sealed pace car. It will save a ton of work. I am going to have so many Camaro models, I won’t know what to do with them. Thank you for all you did there.

For those that attempt to do this, it takes a lot of work to convert the interior, especially if going for deluxe interior. I have 1 door panel that just needs a little more finessing( pictured). Keith Marks does not have marker light decals, he also can’t guarantee the fitment of sport stripes, as they were tailored to the AMT unit. I ordered them anyway. I was speaking with my mother about the car, as my father passed in 2008, she says she might have original order sheet yet! Car was $4600 in 68! If she has window sticker it might help me locate car if it still lives, as it probably is a 1 of 1 with all the options it had. I know I spent many thrill rides in it.

The problem is in the tail panel itself, I had to file opposite corners of the openings and fill to correct. Thanks for the heads up.