RACINE ISHRAQUR RAZA

Thanks for the compliment! Much appreciated!

1981 Dodge Diplomat Medallion Four Door Sedan painted in Day Star Blue Poly in 1/24 scale. This is a Motormax die cast that I took apart and detailed. Completely painted engine bay using a combination of spray paint & brush paint, Decals made by Rays Kits based in the Netherlands, a few scratch built brackets, clamps, wiring, and hoses added, all chrome trim that Motormax originally painted silver were covered in Bare Metal Foil, completely painted interior with full carpeting, and hood vents highlighted with dilluted black paint, hood insulation, floor painted and detailed, and finally made brake lines with thin metal wires. Installed roof liner, sun visors, straps, and dome lamp for the interior. The door inserts have plush carpeting at the bottom and I added windshield tint & seat belts. In Canada these were called Plymouth Caravelle Salon. These interiors are nicely crafted by Motormax. You can separate the front and rear door inserts which makes detailing them quite easy. I sprayed on simulated dust on the floor pieces to give the appearance that the car was driven for a while after it left the showroom. With a little bit of work these basic models can be turned into highly detailed models.

Great looking build! I need to get one of these.

Nice build!

Beautiful build! One of my dream cars!

Great looking restoration! I didn't know about this forum all those years ago when you posted this model, so this is the first time I'm seeing this build.

Great model! Love everything that went into this creation!

Nice!

Unique! Those square headlights on your Mustang reminds me of those two custom Mustangs built by George Barris for Bonny & Cher back in the sixties.

Nice build!

Stunning!

Nicely built!

Amazing looking Cadillacs! So cool you built two of them! I'll be happy to have just one on my shelf one day. Also I wish one of those plastic model car companies will mass produce this big Caddy as a kit. Might be a good seller considering there are so many fans of these cars worldwide, especially among the lowrider crowd.

@NYLIBUDI have one of those old Lincoln LSC Pro Street by Revell that needs restoration. Might even get one of those newer reissued LSC to build a stock Bill Blass version.

My Pinto Cruising Wagon with the matching Econoline Cruising Van.

Thank you everyone for the compliment! Much appreciated!

@NYLIBUD Ford made some great cars back then like the new aero Ford Thunderbird and Taurus, Mercury Cougar, and Lincoln Mark VII which were top sellers all over USA and Canada. However that was also the decade Ford planned to replace the much loved Fox Mustang with the new Ford Probe. Good thing that didn't happen and the Probe was launched as a separate car from the Mustang.

@NYLIBUD Would look great in Pro Street form for sure and there are few of those in existence. These die cast LeBarons are limited edition and quite hard to find now so best not to modify these one. However Diolex Production on ebay sells resins kits of this car and one of those can be made into a cool looking Pro Street.

Your amazing model car is always a pleasure to view! Thank you for sharing these new pictures of this great car and they're inspiring.

My 1981 Plymouth Reliant K and the 1981 Dodge Aries K while I was working on both the cars. With a little bit of work both these can be turned into more realistic presentation models.

1981 Plymouth Reliant K painted in Burnished Silver Metallic ...a 1/24 scale die cast by MotorMax. All the chrome trim that Motomax painted with silver paint were covered with Bare Metal Foil. The floor, engine bay, and interior were originally unpainted black plastic. Many Motormax model cars & trucks have engine bay, floor & subframe(or chassis in some other cars), and the interiors are always unpainted black plastic. The Aries & Reliant K cars never came with a black interior from the factory so I painted them to make them more like what they are in real life. I painted the interior with one of those shades available for the K car in 1981 which were Red, Blue, Green, or Cashmere. These cars are front wheel drive and have no driveshaft, but Motormax molded in a driveshaft on the floor. I painted the driveshaft silver so attention is not drawn to it. Any other people attempting to enhance these replicas of important cars that saved Chrysler, you might as well use a Dremel and grind away the driveshaft before painting the floor. 1981 model K cars also didn't have rear window crank so you can grind those out. The window crank returned for '82 and later years. No windshield tint applied on this particular car as this car is a base model with few options(windshield tint however was available as option) and for the tranny it has four speed manual gear shifter lever on the floor with a boot. No floor consoles for these in 1981. The dash had the instrument cluster decal and the radio & HVAC decal, the latter applied on the wrong spot by Motormax. I cut the radio & HVAC decal to size and put it in the middle of the dash where it's supposed to be. I added carpeting, seat belts, dome lamp, and visors. For the floors I dismantled everything and painted them body paint after which they got detailed. Brake lines are made of thin metal wires. The oil pans are end of empty Crazy glue tubes cut, painted flat black and glued to the floor. A few hoses & stuff added for realism. The rear window crank was deleted because 1981 model Aries K & Reliant K had fixed rear window. Only the little vent window popped out if you wanted fresh air or if you wished to light a cigar and keep the smoke out of the car. The engine bay and floor were detailed as best as I could. I'm happy to park this historic car next to my other cars on the shelf because it is one of the cars that saved Chrysler from near bankruptcy.

1981 Dodge Aries K painted in Light Seaspray Green Metallic...a 1/24 scale die cast by MotorMax. All the chrome trim that Motomax painted with silver paint were covered with Bare Metal Foil. The floor, engine bay, and interior were originally unpainted black plastic. Many Motormax model cars & trucks have engine bay, floor & subframe(or chassis in some other cars), and the interiors are always unpainted black plastic. The Aries & Reliant K cars never came with a black interior from the factory so I painted them to make them more like what they are in real life. I painted the interior with one of those shades available for the K car in 1981 which were Red, Blue, Green, or Cashmere. These cars are front wheel drive and have no driveshaft, but Motormax molded in a driveshaft on the floor. I painted the driveshaft silver so attention is not drawn to it. Any other people attempting to enhance these replicas of important cars that saved Chrysler, you might as well use a Dremel and grind away the driveshaft before painting the floor. 1981 model K cars also didn't have rear window crank so you can grind those out. The window crank returned for '82 and later years. The dash had the instrument cluster decal and the radio & HVAC decal, the latter applied on the wrong spot by Motormax. I cut the radio & HVAC decal to size and put it in the middle of the dash where it's supposed to be. I added seat belts, dome lamp, visors, window tint and automatic gear shifter lever. For the floors I dismantled everything and painted them body paint after which they got detailed. Brake lines are made of thin metal wires. The oil pans are end of empty Crazy glue tubes cut, painted flat black and glued to the floor. A few hoses & stuff added for realism. The rear window crank was deleted because 1981 model Aries K & Reliant K had fixed rear window. Only the little vent window popped out if you wanted fresh air or if you wished to light a cigar and keep the smoke out of the car. The engine bay and floor were detailed as best as I could. I'm happy to park this historic car next to my other cars on the shelf because it is one of the cars that saved Chrysler from near bankruptcy.

@Jack COndon Wow! This is super amazing! Thank you for sharing! I'm happy to know you enjoyed my work on restoring that Revell Charlie's Angels van model. Currently I'm working on putting together a model of John Bosley's 1979 Ford Thunderbird Town Landau. It should be ready a few weeks from now.

@slusherThanks! Not my best build and I might replace the bumpers in future with actual bumpers from the kit. The ones I scratch built looks too big.

@Modelbuilder MarkThanks! No worries. Seems like a lot of people missed it when I posted it many months ago.