Drake69

Okay... we'll call it a Charger wagon... No worries.. it takes quite a bit to offend me.

Last two pics... I can see that aside from cutting the car's roof top, I'll also have to cut away everything to the tip of the trunk, but the width of the station wagon top in the back is perfect. This may be the determining factor in how much of the front part of the top gets cut, although it will probably sit more flush when I chop it. I'm keeping the entire "bubble" top and will be smoking the glass for tinting, so I know I can't hack into the support part of the top too much. I figure I'll probably have to hack the a-pillars in front a litle bit, but it all depends on how the top sits on the body after it's chopped. Am I heading in the right direction with this, or is there a better way to accomplish what I'm doing?

Okay. I need some assistance from the "chopped" gurus here. I'm using the repopped MPC Dukes of Hazzard General Lee kit so if it gets torn up I won't care. Not sure where the top came from (was given to me by a club member), looks like one of those "Bad News" funny car tops....

This is probably a really stupid question but I'm asking it anyway. Has anyone tried swapping the Revell Superbird body with the Revell '70 Road Runner?

Why yes, it is.... Actually, I had that small window get a little scratched when I was removing some of the Krystal Klear glue off (when it was having trouble mounting with the interior in...), and since I didn't want to disassemble it I took Tamiya Clear Red and painted the inside glass and some at the bottom of the windshield, passenger side. After all, its GOTTA have a victim in there somewhere...

Last ones...

Thanks! Okay. At this point I've taken this one as far as I can get. I still have the rubber duckie coming from Auslowe Models down under so there's no telling how long it will get here. Last set of pix before completion...

I've been averaging about 4~5 hours a day, project was started 08/08, roughly 60~70 hours so far. And all this while looking for IT work! It sucks to be unemployed. If I didn't have this hobby to fall back on I would probably have killed people by now. At least I'm getting some nice models done!

Now have the decals in the engine bay done, chrome trim under the hood lip, and the skull on the hood! Still need to touch up some areas, but it's almost done! Still waiting on the "duck" though...

Next set of pix! Front grill is on the car, Detailer Black in the middle to darken it up some more...

Last pic is the engine bay, still need a few decals and some Detailer Black to roughen it up...

More pix... Body is on the chassis... Couple shots of the interior from outside... Hmmm.... wonder what the "red discoloration" is? Might be.....

Last two pics of the night... Undercarriage and engine dabbed with Detailer Black for a dingy look... And some detail to the side markers and door locks...

Excellent pics George!

Keeping an eye on this one.

Just picked up this kit and wanted to see how it would build. Pretty sweet!

Thanks! Actually, it's not "complete" just yet. Still waiting on a pushbar, CD antenna, and a surprise!

(Emoticon expressing drooling all over the keyboard, clothing, floor, etc...) Not too shabby there.... WANT!

I just completed one in Pactra Competition Orange Lacquer. Looks good!

Well, I went to the IPMS Virginia Shootout and won 2nd Place with this car in the "Reel Models - 1960s" division! My first award! Woo Hoo!!!!

Become unemployed like me. No job = more model cars to build! (And yes, I'm still looking for employment, it's just tech job recovery is something like 2% compared to other corporate jobs right now...)

Interior is complete!!! EDIT: I added a support pillar (strip styrene) to the "plexiglass" panels so that they would be attached together, forming the box. I also added one more area of diamond plate behind the driver's seat for reinforcement.

Pirate captains always wore more garish outfits than the men in their crews. This was to make them more memorable to the ships they attacked, and their flags were just as distinctive. It was a tactic to instill fear into whatever luckless galleon happened to blunder into their gunsights.

I'm going along with a member of our club.