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Well, sorry to report. I don't have any spares, actually don't have enough glass for the few builder kits I do have

I'm restoring a 1/1 1968 Charger RT for a good friend of mine. And on his visit yesterday to ck out the car . He gave me this. 100% completely untouched original in a near mint box and a flawless decal sheet. I asked how much I owed him all I got is ' its yours ' Its nice to have good friends to watch out for me at flea markets.

Ps, anyone make a nice resin replica of the MPC 69 hardtop kit ?

Making the hood fit would be the easy part. I still think cutting the tail panel to fit wouldn't be all that difficult. then replace the DODGE with photo etch. My MPC 69 R/T is a drop top or I would consider doing one myself .

Well done. Love the color choices .

Very nice, Really like the color combo. the Tri tone interiors these cars had were just the icing on the cake

Let me ck this weekend. I may have an extra glass. You need windshield - back glass or both ?

Drop the tires and wheel in a bowl of hot water for about 5 minutes they'll pop right off I do it all the time with old annuals tires / wheels

I like it. I just picked up 2 of these over the weekend still sealed ........ Might have to pull one out and get it painted for a winter time build

ps, I've seen resin parts to convert the Monogram Bee kit to an RT. But nothing for the MPC kit to go the other way

If hes like me, I avoid 1.24th scale stuff,,,just looks weird next to the rest in my case. I've thought about trying to take the tail light panel out of the Monogram kit and cut it down to fit the MPC body. then use photo etched to put the DODGE lettering back in place. I've never done it though but I think its possible. ...... I have a 69 RT kit,,but its WAAAAAAAY down my to do list.

Nice....especially the color combination. Ive been looking for a clean 63 convertible for myself

Agreed. Its not that important to me if its not 100% dead on perfect scale to a 1/1 .

I think I've got at least 10 now of Lindberg Color Me Gone Dodge kits . Actually I have at least 4 or 5 of EACH of the Lindberg 1964 Dodge or Plymouth kits. Just last week I bought 4 of the Polar Lights Candies + Hughes Cuda funnycars at Ollies,,,,, For $8 each I couldn't pass them up as parts kits

this type photo ccomparison works only if the subject is the exact same distance away from the lens. Taking into scale differences obviously

Keep the info coming. I just picked up 2 builder 1961 Vette kits this past weekend . Both have a damaged windshield frame . But between the 2 and my spare sock it to me corvette kit I can fix one of them. Once I know i can make a complete 61 ,,,,, I'll probably off the 2nd one . The worst one has some pretty heavy glue marks in the drivers side cove. My sole purpose is to replicate Big John Mazmanians 1961 Vette gasser

I just did a quick side by side by side comparison between the 61 NY a 1959 Edsel Corsair and a Johan 1970 Plymouth Superbird. all marked as 1/25th scale . Side by side they look right next to each other. No single car looks out of proportion to any of the other 2 In the 1/1 world is as ' 61 New Yorker - wheelbase 126" and an overall length of 219.8" 59 Edsel - wheel base of 120" - overall 218.9" Superbird wheelbase is 115.8" , overall 221" If I put the 3 kits side by side in the order they should be next to each other. They are right. The NY is MAYBE an 1/8" longer ( if that ) in OAL compared to the Edsel , And yet the Bird is over half a nose longer. so maybe 3/8" longer in OAL compared to the NY body Bill , I understand your picky about details and I highly commend you to do as you wish. But I agree with Steve on this one. I don't see correcting nearly 5 scale inches disparity in any one location without cutting the hole kit in dozens of pieces to correct the overall body proportions. AND have it look correct next to any other same scale kit . I'm not saying to make said corrections is beyond MY skills ( ok it probably is ) ,,but its most definitely beyond my patience or interests to do so . If I spend that kind of time on one single kit,,, I loose interest REAL fast.

I just measured the wheelbase on this kit. Looks like 4.825" How do you translate that to 1/1 ?

shoot a semi wet coat. ,,,wait a few minutes ,,basically just enough to let the paint flash off and not absorb the next coats,,,, then a couple short light bursts from a pretty good distance away so its nearly dry when it hits the subject at hand . but the base coat is still wet enough that these short bursts stick to it yet dry enough that it doesn't allow the paint to level out ( your basically trying to intentionally produce over spray ) Might take a few tests on scrap plastics first to get it down with timing

Not to be harsh,,,but is there that much of a difference in the color of the seats compared to the door panels? On the 1/1 they should be nearly a dead on match

Very nice, I just finished one. and have another one for maybe someday down the road project

Very nice, I just finished one. and have another one for maybe someday down the road project

Was in my mail box yesterday. Original issue 1962 Chrysler 300 convertible

Well, what do you know. There was an original issue 62 300 interior tub on ebay last nite. I hit it at the last minute with full intention to win it

Thanks for the insight as to the wheelbase differences. But for my own case I'm not that worried about it. As for the side trim and emblem ,,I'm thinking I'll try to do a foil cast off the 62 kit for the badge . And some half round for the side trim. Use the 55 or 56 300 kits decals to get the 300 lettering for the trunk lid . I have a mint re-issue 62 kit I have zero qualms to cut up if I absolulety have to . But it has the wrong interior in it so that's not likely. I would rather just find someone parting one out and snag the grille/front bumper off it . Hint hint hint , anyone have one. ????? And the 61 New Yorker builtup I have was already pretty badly damaged so a drop top is a no brainer to me to fix it. Plus it was cheap by comparison ,,,I think I paid about $20 for it last year off a buddy of mine. Like I said the roof was already gone. So collector value didn't exist . Why I didn't think of it sooner baffles me. For me personally the 1961 300 is the Pinnacle of the finned Mopars. It just doesn't get ANY better than this. Just something about those mile long fins and the canted headlights makes me smile.