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Met up with a buddy of mine last night and picked up a clean builder MPC 1969 Coronet RT drop top . I had made an offer on it some time ago and he finally cut it loose. This gives me both of the mpc RT convertibles .

Been tinkering with this one off and on the past few weeks. It had some pretty good glue marks on the hood and decklid from the custom add ons back in the day but was otherwise completely unpainted and overall pretty nice and complete I thought I had the interior done the end of last week but had an epic failure with paint ,,so in the pond it went to strip it and start over. While doing my somewhat regular browsing online for old car pictures I stumbled on this picture and knew instantly I found my inspiration. Pinkish red Color is called Geranium with white accents. Interior will be tri-toned pink, white and black .

A friend of mines car

I have my Mopar dealership promotional collection sold as of late last nite. Ive been thinking about this for some time Ive decided to thin the stash in a big way ,,,and to just really get it down to what I think I want to build ,,both now and in the future. None of my old annuals will go away but a lot of $10 to $20 models made in the past 25 - 30 years will. We are planning a move to Arizona in the next 16-18 months and I really don't want to have to haul all this across country only to just be 're-stored' there. Plus,,,we're looking into the possible purchase of a vintage 1/1 car ,,,and / or maybe AZ investment property purchases over the next 12 to 18 months . ( retirement income )

Impressive is an understatement Whats your plans with this. If ths is a master for resin casting...keep me in mind

Did a trade with ToyLvr ( aka Mike Adams ) And got in a pretty decent 1962 Imperial hardtop. This one might stay here with me and go fairly close to the front of the line

I can relate. It was a high yesterday of about 15. It was 9 friday nite when the wife and i went out for dinner My brother in law in southern Az sent me a pic yesterday of his thermometer .....at 73. We are already planning a move there in 2018.....but these temps makes me want to move NOW

Mail man dropped this one off a day or so ago. This gives me all 3 of the original Color Me Gone kits

Thats why I've been more selective on my purchases for old annuals. The more complete they are ,,the more I'm interested. I dont mind one or 2 missing pieces. but a complete mess I just pass right by and look for a better car to start

Im not 100% positive. But I think they were 1961 and 1962 . Sorry, but the oldest Mopar parts book I have is 1963,,,and it doesn't show pictures of avail hubcaps/ wheel covers for individual applications. Just as an fyi. I use Nicks Garage sometimes for misc Mopar related reference. But it has its limitations for years. http://nicksgarage.com/toolbox.htm

Steve, reason was . I painted the tub white, masked off the seat inserts to retain the white. And then sprayed the primary color. Reason the multiple clear coats was while painting the door panel inserts the black was dragging the base color up causing streaks in both the black and the dark silver accents. The flat clear help this,,but didnt totally eliminate the issue,,but it helped. So next time I'll just really let the paint dry and deal with streaks at that time if get them again My plan next time is start out the same - base white primer ( its duplicolor I think ) . tape it off for the white seat inserts again, and spray the Geranium. Then just sit it aside and leave it alone for a week or two to fully cure. THEN do my hand painting of the door panel accents and the black seat inserts. Then a light coat of flat clear to take the shine off the color. I'll work in the garage 1/1 and on my SuperBird project in the meantime. My problem was I just couldn't get excited or really motivated to work on the Bird. Its a long way from an out of the box build and to be honest. Ive gotten away from such detailed builds just because they take so long. and I loose interest in the project. As for the quality. I like it. And I'm not ready to give up on it just yet. This is the same paint - Testors flat clear lacquer on the boot cover and semi-gloss clear lacquer on the dash . I had to take maybe 5 or 6 pics of this to get what I feel truly represents the actual color of the parts i have in my hand to show on my monitor.

I think when 1st started it was all red. the Gold came later. But I could be wrong. Ps, I think every picture I have of this car its wearing chrome reverse wheels,,,not torque thrusts

I was concerned about compatibility issues with the 2 paint brands. But like said I did a spray test on a spoon with this exact primer, and both paints just maybe a week ago with ZERO issues. I read on a facebook board I belong to where a lot of people have used this paint with no complaints. I sure hope so,,,as I have about a half dozen cans of it for various projects coming up. I think it was might be a humidity issue ( not likely as I had sprayed the same paint earlier in the day with no issues ) But deep down my gutt tells me it was too much paint overall and/or mostly just too much too quick . I'll find out soon enough. Its in the pond now ,,,and once stripped and I'll start over with it next week just with less paint in a short amount of time ,,,,,,and BEFORE I paint the body of the car with it

Just as an FYI, Here is the bottom side of a typical Mopar from the muscle car years.

its in the pond now. going to try a different process next go around . same paints just a whole lot less clear. sure hope it didnt effect the base plastic. Its as old as i am amd survived all these years .

Nice, ,um wheels !!!!!! , yea thats it Iike the ' wheels'

Glad I'm not the only one. last nite I ,,I just closed up the garage, turned out the light at the bench. took the wife to dinner and had a cold adult beverage and forgot about it all Oh well, today is a new day. Its already swimming in the pond. and my parts in for the Charger so I'll be back to it once the garage warms up

Its enough to just ruin your day I tell ya. Between some not so good events in the garage on the 1/1 1968 Charger R/T I'm restoring for a client and then this happens at the model bench ..Its enought to just ruin your day I say. All was going great. Primary color is Rustoleum2X to replicate the 59 Ford color called Geranium ( a pinkish orange so to speak ) Whole interior was sprayed in Duplicolor white primer. Masked off the white seat inserts with bare metal foil then sprayed the primary color with 2 very light coats . After about an hour or 2 to flash off,,,,then topped it off with one coat of flat clear. And let that dry over night. Yesterday morning it looked killer with no issues. Then yesterday afternoon I then hand painted the door panel accents and the black seat inserts. Then topped off with 2 light coats of testors flat clear. . Again zero paint issues. I had done a spoon test with this same primer , color and clear back before Christmas with no issues. Late yesterday afternoon I had to touch up a couple tiny spots with a brush in the primary color on the back side of the front seat ....so I had to spray one more coat of flat clear on it, ,,,,That's when disaster struck. Some areas turned this weird white color, others crinkled like I sprayed enamel over lacquer. ( its not btw ) . Weird part is I had already sprayed a couple coats of this clear on the interior earlier in the day with zero issues so I don't think its a humidity issue ,,at least I don't think it is . Either way there's no polishing it. In the purple pond it goes I absolutely hate ,,,,yes HATE stripping paint. Especially when all was going so well. I was REALLY excited about this build. Now not so much.

Ok Fomoco people On a 1959 Sunliner convertible.( NOT a retractable btw ) with the top down, what color is the vinyl boot that covers the top in the down position ? Does it match the top of the decklid or the top of the back seat vinyl ? The car in question i'm thinking is a color called Geranium . but I'm not sure if I'm going 2 tone with white or black . The interior is going to be Geranium with white and black accents. Next question is, If I decided not to go with Geranium as an exterior color ,,is this same interior avail on an all black car as an example? Geranium is pretty much a pink and IMO a pink boot looks weird

Gotta ask, who is doing the decals for this car.? I want to do the Knafel 70 GTO myself

I'd sure like to see it. I have a Johan 61 New Yorker that the roof was cut off before I got it. My plans are to turn it into a 61 300 convertible combining it with a Johan 62 300 hardtop that I got simply to use as parts. I also picked up an original issue 62 300 interior tub and seats . The 1961 Chrysler 300 is my holy grail of 1/1 cars I actually was playing around today with making foil impressions off the 62 kits 300 circular side emblems

With Ollies just having this kit on the shelves at $7.99 in just the past 3 or 4 months . Tells me its a SLOOOOOOW seller . I just cant imagine this one being any better. The secondary market is flooded with the 1st issues . and Like mentioned if its going to be $39.95 like the Lawman , these will stay on shelves. I think Ive got at least a half dozen of them myself IMO if Round 2 wants to get more mileage out of the tools, change the decals and do different cars of the period . Golden Commandos 64 Plymouth, Bobby Harrops 64 Dodge , Hayden Proffitts 64 Plymouth ( both versions ) just to name a few .

Cool. Reminds me of a yellow one that i used to see in summer months around here

Wow. Just plain WOW. I dont know what else you have planned for the rest of the year. But this ones going to be tough to top How did you make the front wheels posable ...?