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Thank you gents! I do think that the wheel centers painted with the secondary color of Light Gunmetal will look great! I haven't had much time available to work on the Duster. So far, I have half the engine wired, the coil has a wire but needs to be painted.

Charlie, the plug boots are from a piece of wire that I had hanging around in the shop. I stripped a piece of the insulation off just to see if it would go over the plugs wires that I used and they fit! I'm sorry to hear that you will be unable to attend this years CMPC Show. I do hope to see you at one of our meetings before long. this car's owner does prefer Accel wires on this car! Thanks Darrick! It's getting there! This afternoon I painted the wheels with Testors gloss black, waited about 15 minutes and then sprayed Alclad II chrome paint with my airbrush. I think they came out great! I am thinking about painting the wheel centers with my secondary color Tamiya TS-42 Light Gunmetal. Since the booth was up and running, I also painted the body with Tamiya TS-31 Bright Orange. The hood didn't fare as well with a lot of dust particles in the paint. It is now residing at the bottom of the purple pond. I'll clean it up and repaint it. I also painted the floor pan and the front sub-frame. More to come...

OK Charlie, see you in September. Hey, that could be used in a song! Oh, never mind...it already was used in a song by the Four Seasons...and yes, my age is showing!!! I haven't wired an engine in a while so this was an opportunity to do so. I drilled out the distributor and added the wires from Precision Model Works cut into lengths from 1 1/2 to 2 inches long and glued them into the cap. I fanned out the wires and added my plug boots. I glued the distributor to the intake manifold with the wires crossed over the cap. Since I am not using the A/C unit for this build, I searched the parts box for a single belt fan belt an pulley assembly. I also found a alternator with a mounting bracket so the alternator won't be left hanging in the air. More to come...

Thanks guys! Ah shucks Charlie! Such high praise. Thanks. The engine is not painted with Bright Orange, it is painted with actual Mopar Hemi Orange Engine Paint. I like using this paint on my Mopar motors when it is called for. I also have a can of Mopar Chrysler Turquoise Engine Paint for certain Mopar projects.

I did a quicky mockup to help get an idea of how the Duster is going to look. I also checked the body for flaws and found a few...nothing major. Another coat of primer, a quick and light sanding and it'll be ready for it's tu-tone paint scheme. I fitted the carbs onto the manifold and painted it all with Aluminium Metalizer. I'll start detailing the carbs later with paint and maybe fuel lines. I dredged the wheels out of the purple pond after a couple days of soaking. A good washing with some Dawn detergent and hot water and the wheels are ready for some gloss black and Alclad paints. More to come...

If anyone recognizes the man in my avatar, they would know that it is the late actor Robert Urich in one of his greatest roles, as the late author Robert B. Parker's Spenser of Spenser For Hire. I spent a lot of time researching Spenser's '65 Mustang, especially since there is very little known about the car so my model is based on the first season version which happens to be my favorite. I used the Revell '66 Mustang 2+2 for my build which is painted with MCW Ivy Green Metallic lacquer. This is my favorite model.

Thanks Bart! James, no offense, but I have tried to read you posting three times and it seems to be one long sentence that has to be read in one breath. Some of it doesn't seem to make any sense to me. Please slow down and use some capital letters and punctuation marks so I can be able to read it. If you could type and spell in conversational English, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks and again, no offense.

I didn't have any fitment issues with mine either.

Thanks James! Sorry to hear about your collection. This morning, I started painting the engine and air cleaner parts with Mopar Hemi Orange Engine Enamel. I drilled out the heads for spark plug wires before I painted the engine. I usually do that after I paint so I guess I am changing my ways for the better! I prepped the hood for scoops. If you look at the scoops, they are shorter on one side versus the other and I have notice this on 1:1 Mopars with this type of hood scoop, too. The higher side would be towards the center of the hood. To me, the scoops should be swapped with the high side towards the outside edge of the hood, But then, that's just me. More to come...

Darrick, I suppose I could scratch a ducktail spoiler, but the desire to do so is not there. I mocked up the kit spoiled unpainted on the unpainted Duster body and imagine it painted in the main body color and in my mind, it looks better than if it was painted flat black. This build will not be factory stock or OOB. I suppose it could be more of a street machine than anything else. I haven't wire an engine in a while so that is on the agenda as well.

Thanks Darrick! I have decided on the Dragstar type of wheels for this build. I wasn't sure if I wanted to use a rear deck spoiler or not. I prefer a ducktail spoiler versus a wing spoiler. My reasoning is this...the wing spoiler generally looks like a tack-on accessory versus the ducktail spoiler which, for the most part, looks like a part of the car. A search through my parts box produced nothing that I could use on the Duster so I am going to use the kit wing spoiler, but it'll be painted the main body color instead of flat black as it came from the factory. First, I had to fill a couple of injector marks on the underside of the spoiler. When the Bondo was dry, I sanded it smooth and mounted the stanchions. I started assembling the engine which will be painted Hemi Orange. I didn't glue the intake manifold on as I may paint it aluminium. More to come...

Not a problem Bart! I'm hoping to get the body painted sometime this weekend. I have decided on a tu-tone paint scheme. Tamiya Bright Orange for the main body color and Tamiya Light Gunmetal for the hood, door and fender tops instead of factory flat black scheme.

Outstanding build Jim! I wanted to get this kit, but I passed on the price tag alone. I thought it was a little too pricey for my blood.

OK guys! Before I have to get out the baseball bat and start knocking some heads to calm y'all down, I did say that they are similar to Cragar Dragstar wheels. I didn't say that they were. I know that they do look similar, but I don't really know what kind or brand they are. I'm still not 100% sure what kit they came out of! I do appreciate the information being posted here and I certainly don't want any mis-information going around. Thanks DoubleD! Thanks for the offer of the wheels Bart, but I'll be using the wheels that I have.

Thanks Bart! I hope you won't be disappointed.

Thanks Rickey and Nick! Nick, I have had these wheels in the parts box for a very long time. I think they came from an '84 Corvette that was molded in a tannish-gold colored plastic. MPC, AMT maybe? I don't know. Anyways, the plating will have to be stripped, wheels will be painted in gloss black enamel and painted will Alclad II Chrome paint. I think I have choosen my wheels!

I bought this kit from a fellow Classic Plastic Model Club member over a month ago. It's AMT's '71 Duster 340. I wasn't sure how I was going to build it, but I wanted it different from the '70 Duster 340 conversion I built almost 3 years ago. After some thought, I decided to build it as a hotted up version with different paint, graphics, induction, and wheels and tires. My paint will be Tamiya TS-31 Bright Orange with 1970 'Cuda 340 Hockey Stick stripes from Keith Marks. I am undecided on which wheels to use. The wheels at the top of the picture are simular to Cragar Dragstars or the American Racing Torque Thrusts at the bottom. I am leaning towards the Dragstars though. We shall see... More to come...

I decided to dig the A100 out and work on the body some more. Bodywork has to be one of my least favorite things to do in the world of model building. I keep plugging away at it so with time, I may become more experienced at it. I worked on the tailgate as I am trying to get the contours correct. I am still working on the sink marks on the bedsides. I need to get this really smooth! More to come...

Yes Jon, it's a curbside now. How do you "read for paint?"

My '10 Mustang GT Coupe is finished. The paint is Model Master Citrus Yellow Metallic.

My '10 Mustang GT Coupe is finished and posted in Under Glass. I would like to thank all those who took the time to view and to comment on my WIP.

My '10 Mustang GT Coupe is finished. The paint is Model Master Citrus Yellow Metallic.

Interesting project Darrick! I'm looking forward to more.

Thanks Dirk and Tom! I haven't had much of a chance to work on the GT Coupe this week, but the weekend is here and the forecast is calling for rain. I won't be doing much work outside this weekend!

Thank you Jeff!