Nick Winter

Sure, and welcome to the build, there's no real deadline or end date yet. Eventually there will be. Looks like an interesting project. Well I just pickep the closest Kit, She Ain't perfect, Just pretty.

Oh ok, well I wasn't sure and couldn't find a decent picture so I guesed.

looks good, and the reason why the '57 Checy parts fit your 409 so well is that it's a direct swap, 409 to 409.

Maybe your thinking of the '79 Trans Am kit, this one has no flaws that I saw. yes but how do you paint clear? And the CB anntenna is in the correct spot just look at the picture from the movie were the T/A is going over the median. And Thanks.

Well my newest build is a certain Plymouth Fury. Well it's from "Christine" Here's some "Christine" info: In 1982 writer Stephen King completed a new horror novel called "Christine". It was about a 1958 Plymouth Fury that possesses its new owner, high school nerd named Arnie Cunningham. In the book Mr. King makes several references to the 1958 Plymouth Fury that were not accurate. We have come up with some errors about the 1958 Fury that appear in the book: Book: Christine is referred to as a four door. Fact: The 1956-58 Furys only came in a two-door hardtop. It was not until 1959 you could get a four door Fury. Book: Christine is red and white. Fact: The 1958 Fury only came in buckskin beige with gold trim. The 1958 Belvedere, the next model down, was available in toreador red and iceberg white, with silver trim. However, it is mentioned that she was a special order. Book: The transmission is called hydramatic. Fact: That was a GM transmission, Plymouth had the TorqueFlite. Book: One line says, "I saw Christine's transmission lever suddenly drop into drive." Fact: The 1958 Plymouths had push button drive. Richard Henley added: In the book, a rented honey dipper truck is used in the final showdown; in the movie, it’s a bulldozer. In the book, Dennis drives a Plymouth Duster; in the movie, a Dodge Charger. These are just a few errors we mention that are found inside the book. If you have a copy of the first issue hard cover with the dust jacket, you will find a picture of Mr. King sitting on the hood of a 1957 Plymouth, not a 1958. In an interview Mr. King was asked, why all the errors? His response was that he wrote the middle first, then a few years later wrote the beginning and end. He needed to come up with a car brand name and found Fury the most fitting. Webster defines Fury as "Violent, intense anger." Need we say more? Due to time and money constraints there were several changes made for the adaptation from paper to film. Here are some major changes made from the book to movie: •Christine now became a two door Fury, like the factory car, with the exception of her color. There is no mention as to why she is “born†red, but the opening scene of her on the assembly line gives an indication she was a special order Fury. •In the book, Christine's previous owner is Ronald LeBay, who sells the car to Arnie, and after his death we meet his brother George. In the movie, Ronald the owner had already passed away and it's George who sells the car to Arnie and later tells the car's history to Dennis. •In the book Arnie unknowingly runs drugs for Darnell, which is why Christine kills him. In the movie, Arnie runs auto parts and Darnell is killed because he sees Christine in her "damaged state." •In the book it is Ronald LeBay who possesses Christine and Arnie. In the movie, it is Christine who is born possessed on the assembly line. •In the book, Arnie fights LeBay's evil spirit, which is inside him. While doing so, LeBay's evil spirit kills Arnie and his mother. In the movie, Christine accidentally kills Arnie as they are doing battle with Dennis and Leigh. (Arnie's mother does not die in the movie.) •The book takes place in Pennsylvania while the movie takes place in California [where else? — ed.]. •The book has Dennis going for a ride with Arnie in Christine. During this ride Arnie starts to turn into LeBay, and Christine takes them back in time to 1958. In the movie, during this ride, neither happens. •[Dave in Seattle added: Ronald LeBay was Roland in the book; and while Arnie was arrested running cigarettes in the book, this was changed to drugs in the movie. Christine kills Darnell to make the case against Arnie go away.] Ads were placed across the country to buy available 1958 Plymouths. A total of 23 1958 Plymouths were purchased and customized to look alike. Only 16 were used for filming, the others for parts. Belvederes and Savoys were used along with Furys for filming. All were painted red and white (as needed) and the gold trim was painted silver or made for the cars that did not have it as an option. The Fury interior was also changed to match the exterior. The opening shot of Christine being assembled shows her as the only red Fury. This scene had to be filmed first so the other cars could be re-painted. If you look closely, the Furys do not have the gold trim or the word "Fury" on the fins. The trim on the movie cars had already been painted silver for the transformation that would take place after this scene was filmed. Production began April 25, 1983; the movie opened fairly quickly afterwards, on December 9, 1983. It was described by Time as "John Carpenter's best film since Halloween." now for some pics

thanks George, that's real helpful. You got it.

Does anyone know if there was anything special about the underside of the body like the gray primer and paint overspray thing on later unibody Muscle cars built by Plymouth?

Give me a few to snap some pics.

Yeah that was the only Black Wire I had, so I made do. And no I didn't it Came with My Keith Marks Decals sheet. I've got to get my printer working and then do that I have the pics saved to my Desktop. Thanks. Midnight Prowler- Thanks, it's a pretty good kit, and the Keith Marks decals are a very big improvement to the kit decals.

Thanks, LOL I guess it is.

Who really cares, I've been building to TV/Movie vehicle The A Team van and Bandit Trans Am, the Trans Am I painted and decaled after everything else was done, the van I painted and decaled before everything else was done.

And these I couldn't resist

These are some better pics

Now my car. There Blurry and frizzy It's my camera, I'm sorry

Well it's finished. Here's what led up to it being done Here's the link to the UnderGlass post http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.p...mp;#entry234146

After a long wait here She is. Simple, AMT '78 kit Back dated some, added plug wires and battery cables, Keith Marks Decals, Duplicolor sandable primer with clear over it. Still need to add the plates.

Sure do, Hey another Dukefan Go figure.

I actually ended up cutting the scoop out so it was functional, because that's the only way I could get the hood to fit.

Looks good, now for the tubing if you have any aresol cand that you can take the cap off they make good fenderwells, now the chopping the bed part I have no Idea.

now these I took today, so there a bit fuzy, cause my camera is a little messed up

This "WAS" My first model, It's the AMT, and it's had 4 faces over the last 4 1/2 years since it was built. The faces it had were 1. box stock Testors Gloss Yellow gluebomb custom 2. repainted the next day after me and my dad said, well that's just ugly- Testors Gloss Red gluebomb custom 3. Then it was painted as maybe a year later Testors Red Hays #66 stockcar, with custom option engine parts and a single hoop roll bar and hand painted Hays and 66's 4. I think around last december I tore it appart and stripped it, painted it Duplicolor Flat Red, ended up adding a blower, and some cragers in the front, and steelies and slicks out back, but a coupple months later it was wearing a set of red steelies on Polyglas' Well today I finished it off with the lugnuts and dust caps painted silver and painted up some white walls for it, but not wide whites. Only pics I have are of it after I rebuilt it , well after it got it's 4th and final face.

Well It came out the wrong way the first time, so I'm sorry for that. Not neccesarily, now some of the idea of the Build thread is so that were all building on the same subject say someone needs a idea or has a problem, well thats what were here for. what you could do is either post a link from here to the build thread or from the build thread to here.

That's why the first time it was a reminder, not a order

Well unlike some people I got no time it semms and what time I do have tends to get interuped or taken away, Between work, school, family, sleep, meals, ETC. I find myself with extremely limited time to build anything, but I sometimes can take time away from something else and get some building done. and my point of view of this is that in my first post it Says "PLEASE READ THE RULES CAREFULLY" and 1 of the rules is "6. Please post progress here (keeps clutter off the Forum)" Then Diymirage asked "dukefan, do you want me to open a seperate WIP thread once i get this going or do you want me to keep progress updates here ? (personally i always like keeping everything in one place but this is your baby, not mine) " and I answered "We'll run it here keep it all together"