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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.

It looks bigger than the Ranger and smaller than the F150. Front end sheet metal looks like the new Bronco. So, where would this truck fit in?

Thanks David! Using my Dremel, I hollowed out the seating surfaces to the new inserts. I added the new seating surfaces and filled the edges with Bondo Glazing & Spot Putty. I'll sand this when the putty has set and dried. More Plymouth to come...

Thanks Carl, Bob, Michael and David! Sorry Michael, but no McNally for this one. He's gonna sit this one out. David, I plan on using the kit stripe decals and I will have to search my decal stash for some other Roadrunner decals. I have never done this before. I'm changing the seat pattern on a Jo-Han bench seat from a long departed '68 Plymouth Fury Patrol Car. The Fury seat has no pattern to it at all and cutting up the bucket seats to get the GTX pattern only took a few minutes. So now I have to get the seat patterns down to the size of the Fury seat. I saved the head rests and will cut them down for the Fury seat. I drew a line on the center of the seat back so I can slice it into two seat backs for a 2-door. More Plymouth to come...

My new project is converting the Fast & Furious Dom's '71 GTX into a '71 Roadrunner. I plan on a 440 powered, 3-speed automatic shifting, bench seat car painted with Testors Green Go aka Sassy Grass Green with a black interior. I plan on using a bench seat from my parts box, column mounted automatic shifter, and the kit wheels and wide tires from Dom's GTX. Let's see what I can do with this... More Plymouth to come...

This is my '29 Model A Roadster painted with Tamiya TS-18 Metallic Red and Tamiya TS-86 Pure Red with a supercharged Chevy small block.

The Story McNally stops at Paul's apartment and knocks on the door. Paul throws a towel over the stuff on the table and he answers it. McNally walks in and he asks Paul if he still wants him to find his trophy and Paul says no. He has no more money to give him. Paul has McNally's money for the two days work he has done and he goes to his bedroom to get it while McNally walks into the kitchen and he sees the towel-covered goods on the table which he uncoversand Paul sees when he walks out of the bedroom. McNally asks him about the drugs and the trophy on the table and Paul gets mad and he tries to take a swing at the Boston PI and he gets knocked down to the floor by McNally kicking his feet out from under him. He cuffs him and he calls Narcotics to come for Paul. Dave Mustoni is next since he was the one who gave the trophy to Paul. With warrants drawn up, the Police descend upon his house and they find his stash hidden behind a brick in the garage. Dave is arrested and taken away to Boston Police Headquarters while his family watches in horror. McNally will return... The Build I have finished my '29 Model A Roadster and it is posted in Under Glass. Thanks to all who have taken the time to view and comment on my WIP.

If I had to venture a guess, the engine size is probably 283 or 327 unless the owner rebuilt the engine and increased its size by boring it over to 383. But, we may never know...

I am using part # 174 which the instructions call for. Also, there is only the '29 radiator shell in 2 different heights in this kit. There is no '32 shell. Your Revell 1930 hot rod is a very different kit from the Revell '29 Ford Model A Roadster. I have decided to go with the kit instructions and if they are wrong, so be it. I am almost done with this kit and I do want to get it off the bench. Thanks Bob, Bob and David!

The Story McNally is home in his office doing a deep web search on Paul Resnick when his phone rings and it's Pail on the line. Paul was looking for an update and McNally tells him what he has been doing, talking to and looking. Paul says that he can afford one more day of McNally investigating and then he has to stop as the money will run out. He says that he understands and he will stop looking tomorrow night and Paul ends the call just as the front doorbell rings. McNally answers the door and he finds Lt. Det. Adam Troy. Adam has copies of the arrest records for Paul Resnick and Dave Mustoni. He pulls two bottles of Sam Adams Light from the fridge and hands one to Adam who was heading home from work. Adam downs the beer and he says thanks and he leaves for home. McNally decides to visit Narcotics in the morning and ask them some questions. The Build Is this an oversight on Revell's behalf since the changed the engines? The upper radiator hose doesn't want to go into the hole in the radiator, but into the hole for the radiator support above it. And, yes. I need to detail the radiator hose clamps! McNally will return...

Thanks Carl!