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About 5 or so years ago I bought a bunch of old drag car built ups off Ebay. Originally I had plans to take them all apart and redo them to my standards. Unfortunately, during some moving around this summer I dropped the Schartman car and it went everywhere. So while I had a little time yesterday morning I decided its sat on a box in pieces long enough. I put the Comet back nearly the exact same way I got it. ( the thread for spark plug wiring didnt survive the crash . ) And I had my chance to rebuild the Comet to my standards after it was scattered all over the basement floor. But I just couldn't do it. I even reinstalled those ugly green headers back as originally built. I'd love to find another one to build to my tastes. But alas its eluded me so far. Otherwise I've done nothing but give them a good cleaning and waxing then back in the case as is . Lord knows how long they've been built but my guess is a since the kits first came out. They have knicks and scuffs in them and the decals are far from perfect. And to be honest these pics make them look better then they actually are. These 2 are probably the best of the lot. ,,,,the others need more work and will most likely get stripped and redone at some point. Thanks for looking in

Thanks all. Its probably one of my favorite builds to date. Definitely in my top 5 . And the my 1st truly successful attempt at foil under paint on the emblems. Thanks again, I truly appreciate it

Bud, Mine is an AMT kit, I built maybe 20 years ago or more. If you want/ need a Johan 69 Roadrunner .,,,,, just ask. I just ck'd I have 2 mint in box , another one in the box but tinkered with and 2 builders ( one is an original ,,which is going no where ) Just say the word ,,,,, I'm sure we can work out something.

wow

We could be twins,,,,, from a different mother......and father

I'll bet within 6 months ( if that long ) we'll see a complete yet stock 1970 Charger . So I doubt its cost effective for a caster to do.

Oh man, thats just plain wicked cool. Love the stance, the wheels , color ,, all of it

Been prepping and painting bodies the past month or so. getting ready for winter months assembling . I've got 2 or 3 painted for winter projects and another 2 maybe 3 that I want to paint. . Painted one but I like it and cant put it up till winter so have been building it now.

Love it, all of it. And the overall color scheme nails it bigtime for me. My only flaw is like Ron said the emblems are to low. . I know you can do better. So send this one to me and I'll dispose of it properly . Yep, I'm such a nice guy

Decals are done. I thought about all the lettering but think it looks right as it sits. Actually body is done. Working on engine and chassis next

same as yours the twin blower. Started of as a just paint the body and put it away for a winter time build. But I cant leave it alone. I think I'll have it done by the weekend . Thanks for the note about the rear tires. On a test fit I thought the chassis was going up to high inside the body and the rear tires hit the wheel openings . So I added some shims to the top of the rear wheel houses to bring it down a smidge. Also trimmed the inner wheel halves just a bit to bring the the tires inside the body for a cleaner look ( IMO )

Thanks, I found it. Doesn't sit to bad. So I think I'll use the kits straight axle .

Btw. Anyone built one of these with the straight axle setup....am womdering how high it sits that way

Agreed, I really like the white accents,,,its the orange I'm not crazy about . And in person the orange interior isn't even close to the orange exterior of the car. ( its my camera ) I'm thinking I might pull the interior from a spare kit and try a light tan , or light tan and white. Not a fan of black interior especially in a convertible. Then again...once the top is on it reaaly subdues the interior down quite a bit. Decisions decisions

Picked up a 1963 Oldsmobile convertible this week off a facebook group i belong to

Im not a corvette guy so dont laugh. But whats the difference between a 61 and a 62 Vette

Went with an orange and white interior. Not 100% sure I like it. Its duplicolor hemi orange and duplicolor white. with a mist coat of testors clear pearl on top of it. I want something bold ,,,but I'm not 100% sure this is it . Wondering it maybe a black with white ( or orange ? ) insert would be better ?

Impressive is huge understatement

Darn, Its one of those kits thats not real high on my want list. But I could be talked into it if in the old looking box. I like the box art for my toy room / family room downstairs. Plus I was made in 59 so its a given

if u have an unbuilt 59 in the reissue small box. Id be interested

2 coats color over bare white plastic. one coat Testors wet look clear , then decals. then 2 more coats clear. I hope when fully dry its looks this shiny,,because right now after just about an hour of dry time it looks like glass.

I think I've mentioned this before. But last year I was at a local model swap / show and I bought a sealed 71 RR kit for a whopping $20 . When a buddy of mine whom has industry connections seen what I had . He told me the tooling for the MPC 1971 RR kit was damaged ( how extensive he didnt know ) . And he said the chances that particular kit would be reissued is extremely unlikely . At least not without a major tooling costs to Round 2 ,,,again not likely ( my 2cents)

Snake, the color is a testors one coat lacquer . Called flaming orange. #1840 The actual color has A LOT more metallic than what the cap suggests. I bought it to use on a Lawman 64 Plymouth build. But once I did a spray out / spoon test I knew its obviously not going to work for that. So I thought it would fit this build perfectly.

i bought this one off ebay. I was the only bidder. Got it for the opening bid of 29.95 . i know the 63 is a little harder to find compared to the 64 version. So i was a little suprised it went so cheap for as complete it is. I like the 60 - 61 models much better and they will get done long before this one .But at least i have it

Ive been wanting to build one of these since the kit was re-issued a few years ago. I just never broke down and bought one. But at $8 each at Ollies ,,,I bought 2 ,,,just for giggles . And I think this color fits the theme of the car itself really really well. These are indoors and trust me dont do the color ANY justice.