mrmike

I've been painting today and I'm not done yet! There are a lot of parts to this kit. I still have to add the dark blue paint to the seat inserts, detail paint the dash, semi gloss the gloss parts since I ran out of Tamiya Semi Gloss Black paint and add embossing powder to the interior floor and paint that with Dupli-Color Light Metallic Blue. Oh, and assemble the darn thing! I still have a ways to go... More Satellite to come...

Thanks Dave!

I have been doing some painting on the Satellite. I painted the Hemi engine with Mopar Street Hemi Orange engine paint. The Hemi valve covers got a coat of Tamiya TS-29 Semi Gloss Black. The body, hood and dog house got a coat of Tamiya White Fine Surface primer. More Satellite to come...

My new project is the '65 Hemi Satellite. This is a phantom car as I have never heard or seen one that was ever made. But, you never know. I am using the Moebius 1965 Plymouth Satellite kit #1215. I will be using the Pegasus 19" Hellas and 23" Hollis wheels and tires and the model will be painted with Tamiya TS-50 Mica Blue with a two-tone blue interior. I converted the kit 426 CI Wedge engine into a Hemi engine with some pieces from my parts box and it will be wired. This Satellite will look similar to the '64 Plymouth Belvedere that I built several years ago that was based on the '64 Fury that was built on TV's Overhaulin'. More Satellite to come...

Thanks Dave! I appreciate the answer and I hope you have good success with the pin method.

Thanks Keith! I like doing this since the decals are flat and 2 dimensional (height and width) versus the 3 dimensional (height, width and depth) effect of adding the pins. Any 1968 Mopar can benefit from this procedure if the fenders don't have the appropriate detail to them or you can sand off that detail and add the pin heads. You can also find some styrene tubing with the hole in the tubing the same size as the pin head. Just cut off a sliver of tubing and place it over the pin head on the fender and create the outer edge of the marker bezel. The AMT '68 Hemi Road Runner has the side marker detail, but the detail is flat and below the fender surface. I added the pin heads and I changed the look of the fenders.

Thanks Keith and Steve! I raided my wife's sewing box tonight for 4 pins. These pins have a round, smooth head. I drilled 4 holes in the centerline of the front and rear fenders. I have been told that I am a brave sole for drilling into a freshly painted body. Thank you very much! I added a touch of Superglue to the hole on the inside of the fender and inserted the pins. I cut off the shaft of the pin and painted the heads with a drop of Tamiya Clear Orange and Clear Red paint. Now, I have round side markers for my '68 Charger R/T. They have a 3 dimensional look to them instead of a flat decal. More Charger to come...

More work done on the Charger today. I added the pie plate decal to the air cleaner after I painted the air cleaner. I cut the decal just above the Magnum lettering to help it snug down around the air cleaner. I painted the rear panel Tamiya X-18 Semi Gloss Black and trimmed the edges with my 1 mm Molotow Chrome Pen. I added the torque boxes and painted them with Tamiya TS-54 Light Metallic Blue and a small brush. More Charger to come...

Thanks Dave! Extension rails?!!! What extension rails? Are these subframe connectors for a unibody car? If that is what you are referring to, no. This is probably more of a "Day 2" car than anything else.

I have been reading about torque boxes for Mopars lately and the current issue of Scale Auto has an article about the torque boxes on the Revell '70 Charger R/T and how the Revell '68/'69 Chargers don't have them. I decided to see if I could make a set of torque boxes for my '68 Charger R/T. I looked (actually stared) at the picture in Scale Auto of a '70 Charger R/T for a while and tried to design one out of .020" sheet styrene. Some cutting here, clipping there and a little bending and I think I have the beginnings of a torque box. What do you guys think? More Charger to come...

Thanks Geoff! It does help. I will look into maybe making a mount for the hood mounted spare tire.

My spare tire will go on the hood (bonnet) even if the hood is not part of the deluxe package. I figure no one will really notice the lack of the deluxe hood unless they know about that package.

Some progress on the '68 Charger R/T! I finished the chassis and interior save for a few touchups and the air cleaner. More Charger to come...

This is looking good, GeeBee! Looking forward to more on this Land Rover. I have this kit and I am making plans for it now including mounting the spare tire on the hood . The majority of my research picutres show the spare mounted on the hood and hardly any with the spare mounted on the roof.

I think that lighting has a lot to do with it. In some light, Airwolf looks black and in other light, she looks dark grey.

I started on the Charger interior this morning. I added the dark inserts to the seats and inserted the seats and shifter into the interior pan. I'll let the interior side panels dry a bit before I add them to the interior pan. More Charger to come...

IMHO, no other actress had the sexiness that Anne Francis possessed. There are actresses today that look sexy, but they just don't come near the attractiveness that Anne had. May she rest in peace! Bill, your AC Cobra is coming along! Keep up the good work!

I have started some assembly of Airwolf. Now I need to start the arduous task of masking and painting the white underbelly of the Lady. More Airwolf to come...

Another couple of coats of Tamiya TS-54 Light Blue Metallic has been applied to the Charger. I applied a coat of Tamiya White Surface Primer to the center cushion to cover the grey plastic. When I paint the center cushion with Tamiya TS-54 Light Blue Metallic, it should match the rest of the interior. I also painted a set of Hemi valve covers Testors Flat Black Lacquer for another 426 CI Hemi I am building. More Charger R/T to come...

I fired up the paint booth this morning and painted "The Lady" with Tamiya TS-94 Metallic Grey. Came out a touch lighter than I thought, but this looks like the perfect color. I like it! More Airwolf to come...

Looks great Stephen! I like it!

It's nice to see those '69 Chargers done like that instead of another DoH Charger. Good job!

I finally got Airwolf out of the Easy-Off bath and gave her a good scrubbing with an old toothbrush and Dawn Dish Detergent. Ready for primer and paint! More Airwolf to come...

I had used some old white lettered Goodyear decals and they had turned brown on the tires. I peeled them off and found a partial sheet of Shabo Graphics transfers in the decal drawer that I had forgotten about. I used these and then added a coat of Model Master Acryl Semi Gloss Clear over the transfers. I may clear over these with Model Master Acryl Flat Clear instead as these are a bit too glossy. This is where I am at with the chassis. It is minus the 440 CID 4-bbl. engine and 4-speed transmission and the driveshaft. I need to finish the engine before installing it into the chassis. I couldn't resist a mockup with the Cragar SS wheels and Goodyear tires. More Charger R/T to come...

Mopar engine colors vary with the engine size and model year. Try this...http://www.mymopar.com/enginecolors.htm