mrmike

Thanks John! Yes, the Six Barrel air cleaner decal is correct, but Revell left off the decal for the 440 4-bbl engine which is included in the kit! We will never know if the Wilwood decals fit since I did glue the wheels on and they were not mentioned in the instructions.

Well, chock up another screw up to Revell. I went and looked at the decal sheet and the decals don't fit the hood since they are a little on the short side. Then I looked at decal no. 6 and then I went to the instruction sheet and there is no mention of no. 6 decals or decals for the caliphers. I wonder what the decals and the instruction sheet for the Revell of Germany kit looks like. I heard that the decal sheet is bigger! I painted the dash and the radiator. The radiator has be detailed and the dash is next. More Plymouth to come...

Thanks Jim and David! I must admit that the paint did come on rather nicely. Better than some of my past paint jobs!

Thank you John! I appreciate the nice words and I am looking forward to seeing your '29 Model A!

This afternoon, I wired the engine, added exhaust manifolds, heater hoses and decals. I need to add an ignition coil. Then I painted the bench seat, steering column, radiator, dash and the body. More Plymouth to come...

Thanks David! i used Model Master Green-Go (aka Sassy Grass Green) for my paint. I had a partial can that started to leak and I tossed it in favor of a new can that I bought a few years ago and it hadn't started to leak yet. I need to get the body and interior painted!

Looks good! I like the color.

Thanks Mike! I used this color on a Revell 1970 'Cuda years ago and I was told that the color was wrong for the model year. I told that person that this color was added at mid year and it sold rather well. He never replied back.

Lookin' good! You also appear to be farther along than I am with my '71 GTX (Roadrunner). But, then I am doing more to mine than you. Keep up the good work!

Thanks Carl! I finished the chassis this afternoon. I found a set of extended shocks from the Revell '68 Charger kit. I cut them down to fit and painted them red for contrast. The rear wheels and tires are a very tight fit! More Plymouth to come...

While the paintbooth was up and running, I painted a few more parts including the engine, front and rear bumpers and the body. I noticed some mold lines on the front fenders and I removed those and reprimered the body which produced a large paint run. I used a piece of paper towel to stop the run and in the back of my mind I heard, "Don't!", but it was too late and I made a mess out of the primer. I'll sand the primer and then I'll paint the body later. More Plymouth to come...

I held off long enough and I started painting today. I painted the wheels with Alclad II Gloss Black and then I painted them with Alclad II Chrome with my Badger 150 airbrush. The wheel centers will be painted with Tamiya TS-29 Semi Gloss Black. Then I painted and detailed the disc brakes. I spent some time on the bench seat and added headrests using the tops of the bucket seat headrests. More Plymouth to come...

Thanks for the tip, Pat! I have spent the last two days (a few minutes here and there) removing the GTX from the grille. The GTX scripts where removed from the body rather easily, but I wasn't sure if I wanted to attempt removing the script from the grille. I used a No. 11 blade, an angle blade and a pick to remove the scripts. It's not perfect, but it does look decent and it will be painted flat black. The wheels have been cleaned and now to painted them with Alclad II Gloss Black Base followed by Alclad II Chrome. Them to paint the wheel centers with Tamiya TS-29 Semi Gloss Black. More Plymouth to come...

I sprayed the chassis and the interior bottom with Tamiya Grey Surface Primer and the body, hood, engine, valances and exhaust system with Tamiya White Surface Primer. I decided to leave the front and rear bumpers in oven cleaner a while longer to be sure that all of the plating and undercoat was removed. They have been removed from the cleaner and washed and will be primered when they are dry. More Plymouth to come...

Does that mean that it will leak if the hole is in the engine block?

I have been looking at Sassy Grass Green '71 Roadrunners on Google Images and pictures of Roadrunners with painted bumpers are starting to appeal to me. I have a '71 GTX and a '71 Satellite on the shelf without the painted bumpers and painting the bumpers will give me a different "Fuselage" body style. I clipped the front and rear bumpers from the chrome sprue and covered them with Easy-Off Oven Cleaner and the chrome disappeared in 10 minutes. Now to paint them and the rest of the body parts! More Plymouth to come...

Looks great John! Geat color!

Thank you Benton and Oliver!

I don't know if you know this, but the first issues of that ProModeler kit had the shallow roof line, one of which I got. Revell had notice this and stopped production to re-engineer the body to the correct roof height. Check your roof height before you proceed any further.

I will put aside the notion of the strips for the seat for now and concentrate on the rest of the build. I may try to add something for the strips before the model is painted and assembled, but no guarantees...

I'm not sure if I will try to replicate those lines. I don't think I would want to try to figure it out. Maybe some thin styrene strips or something. Now you have me wondering how I can replicate them!

Thanks Michael and John! If we don't try something new every now and then, what's the point of having something and not using it? Do you mean the split backs for the front seat? I'll add that after I have finished sanding the bench seat. I have been looking at the engine in this kit and it has a hole in the oil filter. I covered the hole with a piece of rounded styrene. The hole might not be seen once the model is assembled, but I know that the hole is there and covered. I have also been sanding the trunk lid to remove the mounts for the rear spoiler that I am not going to use. More Plymouth to come...

I fitted a piece of sheet styrene to the interior, but more sanding will be required. The plastic interior tub is much thicker than the sheet styrene I'm using and the seat will need to be raised slightly so it doesn't rock back and forth. My patch will need to be blended into the tub further. More Plymouth to come...

Okay Stu. Please understand that this is a Day 2 car and the pleated bucket seats are not a concern for me. If I was to change out the seats for factory correct pattern, I would have to change the back seat as well, and I am not about to do that. Adding the seat pattern to a bare bench seat is something I have never done before. This is a new challenge for me and one that I hope to be worthwhile! Very good Tom! I couldn't have said it better myself! Thanks guys!

Thanks guys! This was a different kind of build for me and I haven't done a hot rod build in a while. If I had to do this all over again, I would have made sure not to have any glue on my fingers which necessitated me to repaint the body a third time.