Moparman18064

Beautiful turn around on this build. It takes me back to ‘76. Well done indeed.

This build is a replica of the 72 Demon I owned for about 15 years. It was born a 340, 4 speed, B5 Blue car. That did not last as seen. It was custom painted black with Candy Tangerine panels with ghost stripes / images with blue, red, yellow designs. The original 340 went bye bye, in its place was a .030 over 68 340 with higher compression pistons, professionally balanced, custom wild ported X heads, Comp cams 292 duration cam, Edelbrock Victor, NOS nitrous system, tweaked 750 double pumper fed by 1/2” aluminum fuel line with twin black Carter pumps through a Fram HPG1 fuel filter. A Lakewood scatter shield, slick shift modified 833 trans, 4:10 sure grip. The springs were Superstock and moved inboard 3” and had an adjustable pinion snubber. All interior panels were aluminum, rear seat removed, 6 point cage. The seats were from a Fiero GT. On to the build: I started with a resin body I bought on EBay many years ago. The chassis is from the AMT 71 Duster. The engine, trans, carb, nitrous bottle are VCG Resins. The seats are from a Fiero kit I found on EBay. The shifter is from Harts Parts. The hood scoop is from the Monogram Camaro. Much of this kit was scratch built using styrene sheet, rod, aluminum sheet, tubing. All the braided stuff is from Ted’s Modeling Marketplace. I cut out the trunk to make access to battery, nitrous, cage. Designing the hinges drove me nuts, as there was no solid place to mount them. The paint was another story all together, as I had a Candy Tangerine disaster the first time. I still have to paint the marker lights, the Moroso air cleaner once it gets here, and do the rear hood pins on the hood. Edit, second set of pictures are with mirrors, hood pins, marker lights installed. It is also pictured with the strip tires and rims I forgot, grille and marker lights are the new Few Sprues Loose items.

On to under glass, finished product there. Thanks for following

I used it in my 72 Demon, as well as my 72 Charger Rallye kit bash, both on here. I have 3 more on order, and he is making M/T valve covers for me also.

I already have the build on here, 72 Demon street/strip- I did use the VCG engine in it

Your color choice was perfect in my opinion. The root beer dazzles, but at the same time, does not make the huge fins stand out like other colors. Great foil work as well.

The VCG Resins small block fits in there very nicely. Great subject matter on this post.

My 72 Demon build that is almost done is based on it. You do end up cutting a little bit off the rear of chassis for bumper to fit. You also end up making little inner front fender splash shields to cover firewall/ chassis/ body gap. Otherwise, wheelbase turns out perfectly.

Wow, so shiny! Looks great Roger. You can do it! I’m just about there with mine , also. I’ll be here to cheer you on.By the way, where did you find the nuts for your fuel lines?

Exhaust fabricated, fuel lines done, brake lines attached to backing plates, installed rear shocks

Terribly sorry about that. I had posts mixed up, was thinking about that Lambo build

A little help before you do repaint, try to get as much of that red off of there by sanding with really fine grits as possible. Any of that red is still the same enamel base that you had on there. If you left it as is, if you spray anything that is lacquer over it, could cause it to lift in those areas. It will save you a bunch of headaches.Edit: I’m sorry about that, I had posts mixed up.

Nice color!

Plumbed fuel system with braided line, fittings, installed grille, front bumper, valence. I have to redo the BMF on fender lip

Looks great. I agree, MCW paints are awesome.

Installed rear bumper, scratch built fuel pumps, filter, driveshaft safety loop. Next: plumbing from tank to pumps, filter, then backing plates.

Coming along nicely

That was the one I meant. It does work, I used it in my 72 Demon build that is ongoing. On a resin body like I am using, it took a good bit of file work for good fit.

Do yourself a favor, give that Rustoleum to a friend to use on his outdoor furniture. If you insist on using enamel paint, you can only use enamel based clear. With a hardener in it you could probably go with a urethane clear. If you go with what you were using previously, you will continue to have epic fails. Honestly, I would look for a lacquer paint that matches your color. Lacquer dries quicker, is easier to fix mistakes and handles all the clears. By the way, another option for paint removal that works really well is 91% isopropyl alcohol. I hope this helps you

Outstanding build. The paint is fantastic. Great detailing, love the six!

Beautiful build. Great paint, foil work and detailing.

Outstanding! It looks so realistic.

It really pops with the decals, brings it together nicely. Lookin awesome.

There is a very good tutorial on this in the main index. You can look up door and trunk hinges

Nice! Nice application of that gold, not the easiest of colors. Looks great