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Thank you so much to everybody for the warm comments. This was one of my favorite builds. Monty that was an awesome color. With a polished Duplicolor clear over the top I liked it so much I emptied the can on two other builds, then yes, SAVED the empty can. Keep in mind this was completed in the mid 90's. Code: DS-CC 295, 1977-78 Chrysler.
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Yeah, and a neighbor of mine back in the 80's owned one of them. He told me the same story, I just didn't believe that fact. One day he no longer had it and he told me some "guido" he'd never heard of from New Jersey called him at home offering $45-thousand, which at that time was the price of his house. He got spooked at the idea strangers knew who he was and where he lived and what he had in his garage, that he felt it was too hot to keep when all he really wanted was a nice Mopar. He sold it at auction. That's an excellent clean build Dom, nice work. If it was white on blue it would've been exactly like my neighbor's.
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Paint, paint, glue, glue and viola'. Sorry, I didn't have more photos of the conventional assembly but you know the drill. This is how we ended up. I invite you to view more photos in the Under Glass section. Thanks to all for your interest. http://www.modelcars...18 Here's the final vinyl top result. Not too convincing.
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This is the result of a glue bomb restoration from some years ago but it's never been posted. I invite you to view the WIP in the Glue Bomb Invitational Community Build section. Thanks for your interest. http://www.modelcars...ic=45487&st=100
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The '70 Olds Toronado was primed with Plasti-kote. It's a little thin but I don't like heavy, filler primers that soften details. Color coat was Dupli-color from the parts store. I used a 70's era color but I don't think it's a true Toronado color, I just wanted something regal. I attempted to create a vinyl roof effect by sanding the top with 60-80 grit sandpaper in a cross hatch pattern of short strokes, then sanded off the crumbs with fine grit. Seemed like a good idea but by the end of the build I didn't care for the result. The bumper was broken so I ended up removing the chrome, repairing and sending out to Chrome-Tech. Remember, this was before Alclad II.
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The seat was a write-off. There was no back and was glued so heavily at the front I broke the plastic of the interior floor trying to get it out. At least I was able to salvage the interior bucket. The Eldorado seat would have to be used but the Eldo has a taller roof and the seats wouldn't fit into the Toro so I had to cut off the headrests and fill the gap with Evergreen. I also had to sand off some of the base to get it to sit down a little too.
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Glue buildup on the rocker panels was so dense I couldn't determine where the body ended and the frame began. I needed to guess at its proper contour by measuring the thickness of the plastic as I cut. I smoothed the hardened fingerprints, a dozen glue drops on fenders and doors and the cut area first with used 180, 220 and 360 grit sandpaper. I like the efficiency of the course grit but sandpaaper that's used doesn't leave the deep gashes the new, sharp sandpaper does. Low spots created by warpage from heavy glue were filled with Testors contour putty.
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I'm afraid I'd have to include the Magnum in the category of 70's dark ages. It may have been a great car but to me it was a last gasp of unrequited muscle car glory. As a NASCAR it did look hot, as much as it looked bulky. A sad replacement for the early 70's Chargers and with the aerodymamics of a brick, was abandoned by most Dodge teams halfway through its first season. The Cordoba rode like a dream but it wasn't pretty. The Magnum, to me, just seemed like a Cordoba with tilted headlights and bulgy fenders. Another on a list of overly large, aesthetically disproportional 70's homages to excess. My bias was forged from culture shock a lot of us suffered when Detroit took us from the muscle car era to the age of ambiguity and as mentioned in previous posts, the clunky 5mph bumpers sort of symbolize that change.
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I'm in with a Johan 1970 Olds Toronado. This is actually an older restoration that I documented with film but never posted anywhere. I'll add photos as I get them scanned. I found this at a show in a vendor bin labeled "Free" It was the end of the day and the remains of the picked over box were going to get tossed. The story goes it was built by a handicapped person who built models as therapy. No paint but the glue was abominable. This is what I started with. It was clear the chassis was ruined and the 1970 Cadillac Eldorado would have to donate running gear and engine. A club member helped out with the missing chrome. The interior wasn't bad but it was incomplete. Surprisingly, there was no glue at all on the glass, in fact it wasn't even glued in. By the time I decided to take photos I'd already sanded and smoothed many of the glue blobs from the body as you can see by the scuffs. The engine was missing parts and was glued in sideways. It was bonded to the chassis with so much glue there was little detail left at the base and trying to remove it would destroy the whole area. Great gobs of glue mixed with paper towel created a sort of putty. I'm clueless to what was trying to be accomplished.
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1969 - Phantom Dodge Magnum - Need Assistance!
Lunajammer replied to Drake69's topic in WIP: Model Cars
Looks to me like it should work pretty slick with some careful eyeballing. The AMT '65 Lincoln custom roof compliments the lines pretty good. That'll look cool. -
Beautiful wagon. Thanks for posting.
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Now that's what I call a "BUSINESS" coupe.
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Thanks to everybody for the warm and encouraging responses. Johnny, if I'm not mistaken it's a Modelhaus body. Most of the fit is pretty good. I think my interior tub had a slight warp so it bent down toward the back of the cargo area a bit. Nothing I bothered to correct and it didn't disrupt the fit of any major components. The rear vacuformed glass piece was fussy but it always is. This was my first resin attempt and it was a pretty cooperative.
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I don't recall if I've posted this one to this site before so if I did, lash me with a wet noodle. Resin body on El Camino chassis. Paint is factory correct and mixed at the paint supplier, put into a rattle can. It's a nod to the 4-door Bel Air wagon we had when I was kid. I did this at least ten years ago and before I had internet so at the time I wasn't aware of a resin Bel Air or Impala. Favorite memory is older siblings sitting me on the fin to keep an eye on me while they washed the car.
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The excitement of driving dads car
Lunajammer replied to Sam Cates's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
I'll never forget when I got to drive my dad's Pinto... again and again and again. God help me I'll never forget. -
Plymouth Pickup
Lunajammer replied to Chuck Most's topic in WIP: Model Trucks: Pickups, Vans, SUVs, Light Commercial
I'll bet the short '65 El Camino Camper might look funky. -
The Cars of Rock 'n' Roll and Country Music
Lunajammer replied to CorvairJim's topic in Community Builds
Geez Nick, are you sure that's a car song? The lyrics seem a little obscure (heh!) -
Tomi, this must be the day for Ramblers. I got both of these for $30 at a flea market today. Not a run away steal but a dang good price on two kits I haven't seen locally for years. No shipping.
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Thanks Skip, a good chuckle. Harry, I'm not sure I know specifically what you're asking but the background is I did this probably ten years using Illustrator 9. It's all vector art. I don't recall the source of the base photo I used as template but it was probably a stock photo. If you think there's a chance that might infringe on the policies here I'd be okay if you need to remove it.
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Well actually I can't take full credit. This is my Illustrator redraw of a photo.
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Your kids should be proud. Those kits CAN be hard for kids but more importantly than how well they did is how their perseverance paid off. That's one of those little life lessons that the hobby can contribute to personal growth of the growing.
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Andy you have nothing to be ashamed of. Rather you should be proud. Your build was lovely and you should consider your honorable mention as an enthusiastic welcome back to the hobby. This discussion here is just train-of-thought opinions. If we were all sitting around a table everything said here would be done in ten minutes. A forum just makes it feel more permanent.