mrmike

I haven't done a truck in a little while and I thought that it was time to build this one. I got this when the kit first came out as evident by the one-piece box design and the thick looking plastic. And, there will be a few changes made. A set of Pegasus 19" Chrome T's and disc brakes, a resin K&N air filter from Scale Dreams, a hood scoop from the AMT '87 Mustang kit, stripe decals from three '06 Mustang GT kits, and a hard cover for the pick up bed. My paint will be Tamiya TS-8 Italian Red with a gray interior. More to come.....

Rob, this is true, but I want to do the Performance Hood Treatment and part of the hood has the body color on it. Give me a day or two so I can restart with a fresh approach.

As my parts box grows in size and capacity, I am starting to forget where certain parts came from. I guess I can just give up and be happy with the fact that what I need might be in there. :)

Thank you guys for the support and the suggestions. I really appreciate it. I think I need to push this on aside for a day or two to consider my options on how I want to proceed. This is where a second project comes in handy and I can keep my hands busy until I am ready to resume this project. To have the paint on the hood go south on me like this has taken my enthusiasm away for this project, so I'll come back to it later. Thanks again!

I sat down yesterday afternoon and started sanding the hood as sort of an exploratory surgery to see how smooth I could get the hood and to see just how deep the paint burned it's way into the plastic. I got the hood quite smooth and judging by the outline, the paint pretty much went through the thin plastic. I held up the hood in front of my shop light to see just how thin this plastic is. This hood came in a '69 GTX kit I bought years ago for the chassis on my '69 Charger 500 project. You can see just how much of the score line shows on top of the hood. This was how my hood for the RR was before I sanded and added primer. I am contemplating carefully filling in the score line underneath the hood. I am also thinking of putting this one aside and moving on to another project until I feel like continuing working on the RR. We shall see... More to come.....maybe.

The best thing you can do is to read your owners manual on all the various settings and decide which ones you'll need. For closeups, you definitely need a macro setting. This setting and allows you to be able to get close to your subject and take a clear picture.

Well guys, I have my suspicions as to what may have happened. I might have not had a good enough coating of primer on the hood and the hot paint ate it's way through the thin plastic on the score line underneath. I'll sand down the hood and remove any damage and reprime and repaint. I had planned on adding the Performance Hood Treatment which is not a decal, but flat black paint. BTW, I am still using the same paintbooth that I always have. I recently replaced the filter which I buy in a 3-Pack at Home Depot for around $5.00 a pack. I gve the booth a really good cleaning and check the fan for proper operation.

Well Brandon, I have said this before and I have to say it again. Your paint detailing of the body is sloppy and I hope that you can clean this up easily. The body paint looks good, but the detail painting distracks from it. This critique is not meant to hurt you, but to encourage you to do better.

Thanks guys! Thursday afternoon, I painted the body parts of the Road Runner. Then I looked at the hood this morning and was not happy with it. The heat of the lacquer paint got through the thin plastic that is scored for removal and melted the plastic on top. This is going to take more than just wet sanding to fix. More to come.....

Is that how you describe yourself? Scary?!! I thought you were different, just like me and everyone else!

I can't imagine taking that Hummer off-road!

Thanks George! I did notice the lack of molding around 3/4 of the rear window and I took steps to add something for molding. A little more progress! I have reshaped the fender openings. I added a thin strip of styrene around the rest of the window to act as a molding and to aid me when I BMF the rear window. I got the engine into a coat of paint this morning. Mopar Street Hemi Orange Engine Enamel. More to come.....

Thanks Bill! The whole body seems to be "off", especially when compared to the Johan '69 Road Runner. To me, the simplest fix is with the rear fender openings and that is one I am willing to do. But as for the rest of the body, I can live with it as is.

Thanks Richard! I have transferred the new fender opening line onto the RR body. I'll start grinding and sanding soon. I clipped these parts from the chrome tree for a bath in the purple pond. I have assembled the Hemi and it is ready for paint. More to come.....

Thanks guys! Erik, I glued the interior into the body before I added the chassis. Since there are no really mounting points on the chassis for the interior, mounting it to the body was the logical way to go.

I'll be there!

I have finished my '64 Dodge 330 and it is posted in Under Glass. My thanks to all who took the time to view and to comment on my WIP.

This is my '64 Dodge 330 with a 426 Max Wedge engine. Paint is Tamiya TS-30 Silver Leaf with a Russet interior.

Thanks guys! Chris, it's OK! It has always bothered me when someone will come along and tell me something is not correct, offer no thoughts or suggestions on a correction and sometimes sprouting manufacturing codes that have absolutely no meaning to me what-so-ever. I can only do what I can do with whatever information is available to me at any given time. The wheels I have shown are the kit wheels along with the rear axle. Can I correct it? Probably not since I am so far along with this build. My goal is to build a good looking model that is built cleanly. I am not striving for 100% accuracy, just a cleanly built model. As I said before, thank you for the information you have offered!

Thanks guys for the support! Charlie, the rear wheel arches are more rounded than they should. On the left is the AMT body and on the right is a '69 Johan Roadrunner I built about 20 years ago. I traced the more accurate wheel opening of the Johan body onto a piece of cardstock and will transfer this line to the AMT body. Along with removing mold lines and excess flash, I must contend with this mold line and the sharp crease on the edge of the trunk lid. More to come.....

That is what the decals include, new taillights! I'll sand the kit taillights smooth and apply the decals. I once saw someone on eBay selling resin taillights for this kit and I forgot the write down their name. I guess I'll be using the Keith Marks decals.

Brad, the steelies have been painted silver to match the body of the car. They have been detailed and inserted into the tires.

I have long been a fan of the Plymouth Road Runner. I loved the bare-bones muscle this car represents and, of course, the beep-beep horn! I built a 383 Road Runner a few years ago and have been wanting to build a Hemi version since. Then, I found my inspiration, listed on eBay last year at $99,000! It never sold and the seller, a dealership, still has the car and is for sale at $89,000. This car is not perfect and IMHO, not worth the asking price. But, that is just me. I've been planning this build for some time now and I have gotten all the items I need to start building. I am starting with the AMT/Ertl '68 Road Runner kit. My paint is MCW #6853 Electric Blue Metallic and the decals are from Keith Marks. I am using the steel wheels and hub caps from Scale Equipment Limited. I also plan on correcting the mis-shaped rear fender openings. More to come.....

Thanks Brad! Some people like to point out errors, but offer nothing in the way of fixing the error. I agree that my error would be hard to detect especially once the body has been installed. I finished the interior this morning. I found what appears to be an underdash gauge set, so I detailed it and installed it. I found a picture of a red 330 interior with horizontal stripes on the seatbacks. I applied those stripes using silver paint. Although it might be hard to tell, I foiled the body. It doesn't show up to well with the silver paint. More to come.....

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