MoparWoman Jamie

Here is a drawing I did to kind show the impact effect we want the car to have Here is one area that will be cut an replace with tin metal

I know it's been a while since I posted on here. Life has gotten in the way kinda. But anyways I have a few projects going on all at once here. I know the old tread the photos stop working in it so I'm making this new thread. I have an 18 year old son that loves the Dukes of Hazzard series 1979-1985 an loves the General Lee. Now my son is a special needs person an is a grandmas boy. He can't build model cars all that well. So back in 2012 me an the mrs got talking to grandma an we wanted to build him something very special an something that is close to what he likes. Well he loved the Dukes dvd sets an seeing that orange car fly through the air an land. I was told by the mrs an grandma as well he loved the car jumps an how big they was BUT wondered what an aftermath car looked like once it smack the ground. So the wife an grandma asked me if I could maybe build him a very correct an detailed model of one. After setting down with the two ladies an going over detail info. My wife an I set out in 2012 to the local hobby shop to see what we could find in a kit wise. My wife had found back then a model that was already built by someone else an then given to the hobby shop as a trade in. It was perfect for what or how I wanted to start the build for my son. I didn't want a new kit to start with. They model car we got had the General Lee decals already on it. But it had the incorrect rear window. No big deal. I have alot of redoing to do on the build to get it to that model I want him to have. I just needed something to start with was all. So I soak the mpc 1969 Charger General Lee in warm water to get the decals off. Marked some lines for cutting at. I want to make the impacts an damage realistic as much as I can. I will be using alum foil, alum pan, pop cans, brass & soldier an doing alot of rebuilding an scratch building along the way. This model car of a Stunt General Lee I want it to be correct as I can get it to a real one for him to have. I am going to select the photos to post up here up to where I'm at on the build. Good comments on the project are always welcome.

Your build here got me to askly going out an renting the movie an watching it! I'll be following your build here.

Real car

I know how you feel man. I been in that spot myself more then once. You see a kit out there you don't really care about and you leave it there but always pasting it by all the time. Then one day you wake up and for some odd reason you now want the kit that you really didn't care much about before. You go to price check the model kit thinking it's low price because not many people are after them. Just to learn an find out the kit now has a big price tag on it an some folks are now looking for that kit an paying crazy amounts for it an kits like it. I been down that road like you all have. Maybe there was new coverage on the tv about that kind of vehicle or a movie made that used that style or something is all I can really think of. Or it can just be that the kits are getting older and they are more vintage then we thought they was.. or it could also be the demand for them also.

I'm also a metal fabricator myself, plus I also work with plastic alot as well an it's not no walk in the park LOL. BTW, I like your build here. Keep up the good work!

Hi guys, okay the PMs should work now, I had a follow member help me out with info on deleting old PMs.

I have a question guys & gals. How do I delete old PMs out of my inbox? I been looking but have not found a way, maybe I'm over looking it I don't know. Some help would be great. Thank you.

Hi guys, I'm trying to figure out how to delete old PMs on here since the change over, so please bare with me on the PMing par. For the two folks that tried to PM me, I'll get back to ya around midnight here. Thanks for understanding an lettering me know about the PMing issue.

I like to use brass at times over plastic & styrene as brass holds shape better then plastic & styrene. But building with brass can slow ya down at times unlike with styrene where you don't need heat an you can move along at a good pace. Plus with brass, it doesn't warp to much. I like to work both things at times.

I make General Lee parts in 1/16, 1/18, 1/24 & 25th scale. Just PM me on here is all

    I do belive it was used for filler.. but I could be wrong though. BTW, great work going on with this project, keep it up.

I'm not sure what happen to them either. I went back through an I see what you all are talking about with a group of numbers.. that's strange. I only seen one photo that showed up. If you like, I can repost a few of the photos. I also have some new ones to get uploaded as well.

I been working for the last 6 months on some correct rims for on this project. I don't want to go resin or plastic on it. I want to go more correct on the rims. Have about 5 projects on the go right now. I will post some photos maybe over the weekend.

I agree with the others, you should get back to it an finish, you was doing a very great job with all the details

Looking great! I love this kind of stuff

Harry, I might have an idea about the slides, try two pairs of C-Channels?

Bump.. I thought maybe the two threads would help follow builders out.

I mostly use the Dollar Store "Elmers" spray glue which runs around here at 4.50 a can. But I guess you could use any kind of spray glue. I just pick which side I want either dull or shinny an spray the opposite side with the glue, wait about 5 minutes for the glue to get tacky. Cut a chunk big enough for the area I'm working in an start at the center point an work out in both directions with foil with a q-tip or my finger. If the glue on the sheet drys or gets to untacky for you, just give it another light coat is all of spray glue.

I been using spray glue & aluminum foil trick for years for model car builds. To be honest it sure out past hobby bmf stuff I would say by a long shot an looks more real as well. Why worry about a shelf life of bmf sheets when you can make your own very easy plus when you want it or need an have the choice of dull look or shinny look just by a side of a single piece.

I down right love that paint job man.

I love watching your builds John. Always a surprise around each corner. Keep up the good work man

I also like JT's idea as well. BTW I really like the build here

I just saw where someone had mention that Revell has the chassis already. I would like to point something out here. I am in the process of correcting one of there charger chassis so that it be more correct. They have half a correct chassis is all. The trunk area is way incorrect, the trunk frame rails are not even correct even in how they are ran. There rails are more straight then what the real 1:1 rails are. The firewalls are also way way incorrect as well, more of a stright down where as the real charger firewalls has a few curves in them. If I had to pick AMT/MPC or Revell kit, I would go Revell hands down. Even though some of there kits might have incorrect stuff, at least there kits has a lot more detail then AMT/MPC does. I wouldn't even use a AMT/MPC charger kit to make a 1970 Charger, pressingly if you wanted a nice detailed one. I would go the Revell route. The Dukes kit of 1997, and the 2005 Dukes movie package are the same. It wasn't until they did the F&F Vins Charger was where they corrected the rear window, that was somewhere in around 2003ish. Yet it still came with a very incorrect grill, a 1969 grill as well, all the Dukes stuff was still there in the kit with a few extra added items to make the F&F Charger one. Then Round2 came out with the new tooled snaptite General Lee kit as a new charger kit, while that kit might be new, round2 still mess up on the very most recognize pieces of the car, they messed up the rims & did not at all correct that thing they call a push bar. While the kit is a kit I would buy, the rims troughs me a very bad curve ball. Those rims are not 10 spoke Vector rims at all. They don't even come close to them. I would used Round2 new General Lee kit to make a 1970 Charger, it's way better then the other two, even Revell has a nice 1968 & 1969 ones I would use.