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Thanks Carl!

Thanks Carl!

While I no longer have any pictures of my 1:1 '70 Plymouth Duster 340, I did build a model of it about ten years ago with the AMT '71 Duster 340 kit. I scratch-built a front bench seat, added a resin grille from Sport Suburban, deleted the A/C and got some side stripes from the late Fury3 aka Dave Greibling.

Since the wheels and tires have been sitting on the bench for a while now, I went and detailed them with Model Master Metalizer and then some Tamiya Panel Line Accent Color. This morning I put the wheels and tires together and mounted them to the chassis. Then I found out that the chassis has a slight twist to it. More NCIS to come...

Thanks Guido!

Thanks Dann! I used some Model Master Acryl Gloss Green with a small brush on Tamiya TS-29 semi gloss black painted plastic.

Thanks Roy! Enthusiasm is great to have, but when someone else builds a model that you also have in the stash or you see something online that inspires to get that kit out and work on it, you got to started on yours as well. That seems to happen to me lately and It is difficult to control! The Story The old man walks out of his house and he opens the gate, walks through it and closes the gate behind him. He has on an old t-shirt, pants with a grease spot around his pockets, dirty white sneakers with velcro straps, an old cardigan sweater, a plaid flat cap on his head and a pair of glasses with thick frames. He walks down to the local convenience store to buy his evening paper and he is walking at a slow pace. At the store he buys his paper, folds it and sticks in his back pocket and walks back home past old houses, some abandoned and some old garages and warehouse-like buildings. He approaches an old house with overgrown bushes in front and a young man jumps out and he tries to strangle and club the old man who flips the young attacker over his shoulder and he starts beating on the young man with blows to the face. Cops come running out of the shadows and up the street as the old man turns the young man over and he handcuffs his attacker. The cops take custody of the attacker as the old man takes off his cap and glasses and it is McNally. He was working uncover with the Police and they all suspected that the attacker would come out again in this area and McNally wanted to draw him out. The Build Some foiling done on the Ranger XLTafter I added a few more pieces to the engine compartment. My foil is old so I used some Micro Metal Foil Adhesive. I added the decals, some of which broke as I removed them from the backing paper. McNally will return...

Thanks David! I think I may be getting that old modelers affliction, Modelers Attention Deficit Disorder! I start on a project and I see something else down the pike and I want to build it right away. It is very hard to control, but I am trying.

Why Tamiya doesn't re-issue these kits is beyond me. Yes, the demand may be there, but who knows why they don't.

The Story The old man is out walking his small dog for the evening and it has gotten dark in Brighton and the street lights have turned on. He cuts through a cemetary that has no lights shining as a short cut back to his house and as he walks through, an figure watches him from behind a large tree. As the old man and his dog approaches, the attacker runs out behind him and the little dog starts barking and the old man is attacked and clubbed. The old man is lying on the ground and his little dog continues to bark and the Police stop on their drive through the cemetary. An ambulance is called and the little dog is taken back to the old man's house to cared for by his daughter. The Build I started on the '71 Ranger again by adding some of the chrome pieces and doing a mockup. The back of the cab seems to sit a little high in the rear of the cab and maybe the cab mount needs to be clearanced a bit. McNally will return...

That would help a lot,, but I just lay my piece of 1 1/2 inch masking tape down the center of the chassis and lightly spray my body color from overhead. This is a lot easier then if I attach the chassis to the body and spray paint it as one unit, and then take it apart to insert the interior, windows and any trim and then add any Bare Metal Foil afterwards.

Thanks Peter, Gareth, Stephen and Charlie! On larger flat surfaces, I take either a black Sharpie or a fine tipped brush and some black paint and add little dots in a irregular pattern to represent the wood better.

David aka Fury3 passed away in February 2019 at the age of 62. He was a member here on MCM, but he didn't like the atmosphere. https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/ohio/obituary.aspx?n=david-l-griebling&pid=191697429&fhid=4513

Just imagine a 1:1 Chrysler being assembled on the production line. The body assembly is quite different from what we get in the form of a model kit. When the body is painted, the chassis is part of the body assembly and the chassis is painted along the edges as the body gets painted. I have seen some models with the entire chassis (bottom of the entire body assembly) painted in one color and either the modeler doesn't care or they don't know how the body and chassis is painted. I have learned a lot from the late Fury3 aka Dave Greibling who once worked for Chrysler Corporation.

Thanks David and Carl! I had painted the lower interior panels with what I thought would be a matching color to the carpet, but when the paint dried, it had changed hue. I masked off the lowers and repainted them with Tamiya TS-29 Semi Gloss Black. I went and painted the steering wheel rim a woodgrain color and assembled the rest of the interior. More Volvo to come...

Thanks Dann! I applied the decals to the dash and I handpainted around the lower stack with Tamiya XF-10 Flat Brown and topped with Tamiya X-26 Clear Orange. I did the same on the side panels and used a fine point nail dipped in Tamiya X-18 Semi Gloss Black and dotted the painted area to replicate the burled wood. I added the decal to the steering wheel and man, this decal is tiny. I almost lost it! I almost painted the steering wheel hub to replicate some wood grain, but I changed my mind at the last minute. More Volvo to come...

Thank you Jeff!

Thanks Guido, Carl and Jeff! Apparently, I have fallen into the "Squirrel" gambit where I would, oh look a flower! Sorry! LOL I had set this on the back of the bench when I decided I had to work on something else that seemed to have had priority at the time.

Been working on the C pillars of the Challenger roof today. Still needs more work. I also primered the hood and front valance. More NCIS to come...

Thanks Dann! I painted the interior with Tamiya TS-29 Semi Gloss Black. I started detailing the interior pieces by adding a woodgrain to the center console. I may add some woodgrain to the interior panels just below the armrests. More Volvo to come...

Thank you Chris!

Thank you Pete!

Thanks Patrick, curtis and Peter! I have lightly sanded the front rub strip and I will remask and repaint the bumper. I need to get to the LHS for more Tamiya TS-86 Pure Red as I have run out.

I painted the door rub strips with Model Master Acryl Gunship Grey. I'm not 100% sure how to fix the front rub strip where the tape was removed before the paint was dried. I touched up the body with Tamiya TS-86 Pure Red after the pictures were taken. More Volvo to come...

Thank you Tony and Christopher!