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I acquired a 68 roadrunner model and would like to know if anyone knows of a place I can buy a 68 gtx grille for my rr it is 1/25 if anyone knows anything or has some information it would be greatly appreciated

Another patina style. I really enjoy and have so much fun with this type of build. Just a good way to remain constructive and productive with my spare time at the work bench. Same technique I have used on the previous rusty builds. Dremeled out the molded in headlight lenses and replaced with clear lenses from my spare parts stash. I 3D printed the wheels, file is from Z Force Model Worx. Tyres are from Slowys Models Scratch built a half roll cage. Aluminum tube for the exhaust. Scratch built inlet super charger manifold, I 3D printed the super charger and file is from Scale Auto Model Works , I 3D printed the pulleys, which are a special one of design from Slowys Models, scratch built idler puller bracket. Carburetors and air cleaners are from Morries Kustoms. The belt was made from masking tape and painted with AK paint marker rubber black. I 3D printed the Accel Super Coil which is a file from Scale Auto Model Works also used his Willwood master cylinder. I 3D printed the Distributor file is from Slowys Models Radiator was moved forward to gain clearance from the blower belt and lower pulley.

Hello, as I mentioned in my intro thread, these are the first models that I've done in nearly 100yrs, so I'm considering them to be my first models (plus the one I did when I was nine-ish was the USS Missouri, so it mos def was not 1:24). I'm posting here to help motivate myself to keep working on these two models *rubs hands together looking at a Thunderbird that I haven't started*. After an acetone mishap, the Ford (1969 Torino Cobra Fastback 1:25), became a junker model, so I started the Plymouth which I got in the clearance section for like $15. Many mistakes have been made along the way. I was originally going with a bronze spray paint for the body, but it never really dried, so I found this amazing flat black by Colorshot "blackout", it's soooo smooth. After I hit it with a gray primer, the flat black is the main body color. I also shaved off the door handles. I've been scribing (inscribing? 🤔) door edges and vents and seams with a metal dental pick. I wanted the hood to contrast the body, so I made it a gloss, I started with a flat red, then kept hitting it with a clear gloss iridescent flake by Colorshot called "pixie dust", sanded, paint, sand, paint, sand, paint, ad infinitum. The stripe is painted not a decal. Went with Montana Gold (low pressure line, not color) flat "red orange" for the engine. Anywhere the instructions said "flat silk black" or whatever, I went with several coats of Plutonium translucent "Detroit Sky black" to give it depth. Fun fact, Plutonium spray paints have air freshener in their propellant! *inhales deeply* mmmmm I'm using Tamiya Weathering Master C (orange rust, gun metal, silver) to weather the wheels and the undercarriage (I haven't weathered the engine yet, so don't judge ). I think that I covered everything on the Plymouth so far. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Now the ford has about eight thousand different rust and patina effects on it. Ironically, not the Tamiya weathering lol. I honestly forgot some of the things that I've done to it. In the shots pictured the rust is a Dang (spray paint brand) purple named "bruise" mixed with a Dang brown called "fossil". I hit it with some masking fluid, then Montana "butta" (yellow), then rubbed the masking fluid off and sanded it. Ive done this plenty of times then redid it, because I was unsatisfied. This adds to the uneven surface which lends itself to a rusting under the paint look. Not pictured is the 'glass'. I put clear packing tape on it and dropped a pair of linesman 9" pliers on it from about a foot. Instant shattered windshield accomplished. The ford has a lot of sanding and contemplation about in its future, although I am going to make at least one tire flat. In lieu of Tamiya Weathering kits, I think that I'm going to go to the discount store and get some eye shadow in tans and browns for tire treads or mud effects as I heard Jun from his "Jun's Mini Garage" YouTube channel say that they're interchangeable and vastly less expensive. He's the only model car person that I follow because he started out doing the show pristine cars but has moved to doing junkers and wrecks and I love the work. Thank you for stopping by and reading my ramblings.

Here’s my build of the AMT/ERTL Plymouth Prowler with Trailer. Painted in Extreme Lacquer Purplelicious with Krylon matte gray interior and top. Fit and finish on this kit was tricky: the headlight pods don’t fit in the body with the chrome inner headlight buckets mounted, the front suspension is incredibly fragile, and the rear tires don’t fit in the wheel wells. I had to crudely grind out the chassis and remove the rear sway bar and upper dual shocks to get the wheels in. I managed to get it together and looking ok. At final assembly, I realized that I assembled one of the front wheels with the tire tread backwards. This kit has those hard solid rubber tires that you have to assemble the rim halves around, so no chance of fixing the tread direction. These Prowlers are such cool looking cars; it’s kind of a shame they were panned by enthusiasts since they were “only” v6 automatics (and wildly impractical). It’s shocking Chrysler even built these cars in the first place!

It was August 1963 and Richard Petty had a bundle of cash burning a hole in his pocket. He wanted to do something nice for his mother Elizabeth as he missed her birthday on the 12th of May as he had been too busy driving in circles and needed to make up for it. He decided he would order her a new car. But you see there was one big problem, as I said at the top it was August, Plymouth was between production years, they have shut down the line to convert over the 1964 models. So, he decided he would go see the president of Chrysler, Lynn Townsend. He walked in to Chrysler's main headquarters in Auburn Hills, MI. After all, he was Richard Petty and he could do these kinds of things. He walked into the president’s suite, past Suzie the receptionist on the floor (who had just been hired the week before) and pushed open Lynn’s door. With Suzie hot on his tails as she had no idea who he was. After they got Suzie to clam down and go back to her little corner, Rich (that’s what Lynn called him) and Lynn got down to brass tacks. Together they sketched out a plan to come up with a special model just for Mrs. Petty. As I said, the production line was shut down and the front sheet metal was already updated to 1964 specifications. And even if he was Richard Petty there was no going back. Between the two of them, plus a couple of engineers they pulled off their lunch break at McDonald's, they came up with a 1963 ½ Plymouth Fury, front half 1964 and rear 1963. Maybe the car had an identity crisis but at least Richard got his way and his mother her belated birthday gift. What? You’re not buying that one. Well then how about this one. It was August 1975 and I had a $10 bill burning a hole in my pocket. Sunday morning, into the car and off to West Hempstead Long Island, that’s in New York y’all. East on Sunrise Highway and a right turn one block past the ice-cream stand. Tiny hall filled with vendors selling models and die-cast and well...umm you get the picture. There was a dealer who I’ve bought from before. To me he looked as old as the hills, the reality is I’m probably older now then he was then. On his table he had a JoHan 1963 Plymouth Fury kit, mint in the box. I had built several JoHan 1964 Fury’s as well as some 64 Dodge’s. So, this looked like a good candidate. The box was marked $11, remember, I only had $10. But I, the master of the deal, had worked with this guy before. I made my pitch…and he turned me down. How could he turn me down, he never did before, was I off my game. I turned away rejected. I continued down that row and then turned to go up the next. Then I hear a whisper. It was the dealer, leaning over across the row telling me to come back later. I wasn’t going to argue with that and so 15 minutes, maybe it was 10 as I was a bit impatient, I returned. He told me I caught him in the middle of a big negotiation with someone else and he didn’t want them to see him bargain. True or not, I don’t know. But I handed over my ten spot and walked away with the Plymouth. When I got home and examined my purchase, I wasn’t entirely happy with what I saw. I did not like the front grill one little bit. In my parts stash I had a junk 1964 Plymouth so with that Plymouth and an X-Acto saw I went to work and the two became one. Sadly thought, that is as far as I ever got with the kit. It went back in the box where it has sat for almost 40 years. I think it is high time to get my butt in gear and make something of this crazy mixed-up kit. So, are you buying that one?

Got the new Revell kit. Not bad, came out pretty nice. SAM_1374 by Eric Lucas, on Flickr SAM_1375 by Eric Lucas, on Flickr SAM_1376 by Eric Lucas, on Flickr SAM_1377 by Eric Lucas, on Flickr

The first model car I ever tried to make when I began building as an adult was the Revell 1971 Cuda kit. I made it in Plum Crazy Purple, not really knowing what I was doing yet. It came out alright, but I always felt like I could have done better. I got this kit as a Christmas present and set out to make a good looking build. I think it looks great in Sublime. [url=https://flic.kr/p/2kYQFwc][img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51182693235_7c4d03386a_k.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2kYQFwc]SAM_0491[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/152855016@N06/]Eric Lucas[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2kYQFvL][img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51182693210_5c91030a6a_k.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2kYQFvL]SAM_0492[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/152855016@N06/]Eric Lucas[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2kYFACE][img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51180920782_54bf2bfa06_k.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2kYFACE]SAM_0493[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/152855016@N06/]Eric Lucas[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2kYFAC9][img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51180920752_b475ef94c2_k.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2kYFAC9]SAM_0494[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/152855016@N06/]Eric Lucas[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2kYFABc][img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51180920697_6b0d4e744f_k.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2kYFABc]SAM_0495[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/152855016@N06/]Eric Lucas[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2kYFAG2][img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51180920977_59a584ca0a_k.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2kYFAG2]SAM_0489[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/152855016@N06/]Eric Lucas[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/2kYFAEZ][img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51180920917_6fdbdc7145_k.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2kYFAEZ]SAM_0490[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/152855016@N06/]Eric Lucas[/url], on Flickr Having trouble with the links, so I had to attach a few photos.

Hi everyone I've been building and scrapping this build for going on 3 years. This is my first model build I've ever done. I would love to get ideas, help, or any other feedback to help me move this baby along. I have a bunch of ideas I want to incorporate into it from some of my favorite builds. So far I'm going to be making a efi itb dodge NASCAR engine. I made the wide 5 wheels from some wheels off of eBay. I think I definitely need some kind of flares to widen the stance (I think it looks too narrow under the stock fenders). I'll post some quick mock up pics below. Thanks for looking and look forward to see what you all think.

This is the new Revell AAR kit. I bought it with a gift card I got as a bonus from work. I had gotten the old kit when it first cam out, but I bought the wrong paint and did not like the results. This kit is not a bad kit, but it just doesn't look right to me. I like the original kit better. SAM_0047 by Eric Lucas, on Flickr SAM_0048 by Eric Lucas, on Flickr SAM_0049 by Eric Lucas, on Flickr SAM_0050 by Eric Lucas, on Flickr

One of the first car models I ever built was the 1967 GTX. Uncharacteristically of me, I built it as the custom street version. Ever since I have wanted to get another one to build stock. I finally got my chance, as this model was on sale at Hobby Lobby. It's a little different than the one I previously got. I was sad that there were only black stripes, so I had no white stripes to go on my black car. It was also strange it had some of the custom parts, but not the decals or all the modification parts. I made the mistake of using the custom headers as I did not know that the stock were also in the kit, and thought the custom parts were the stock parts. The kit also put together a bit differently than I remember of the old kit. The hood fit isn't that great, but I guess it cam out looking alright. It's a pretty good kit. SAM_0031 by Eric Lucas, on Flickr SAM_0032 by Eric Lucas, on Flickr SAM_0033 by Eric Lucas, on Flickr SAM_0034 by Eric Lucas, on Flickr SAM_0035 by Eric Lucas, on Flickr

Here is my second build of the year a 1974 Road Runner. The wing is from the 71 Cuda kit. Had a slight problem with one of the stripes being broken when I got the kit, but the painted stripe is barely noticable. SAM_0006 by Eric Lucas, on Flickr SAM_0007 by Eric Lucas, on Flickr SAM_0008 by Eric Lucas, on Flickr SAM_0008 by Eric Lucas, on Flickr

Hi, everyone!, this is a custom Road Runner that i built soooo long ago that i cant remember when i built it, lol....i do remember building it for my brother

I am getting ready to start a 1958 Plymouth kit (The Christine one) and realized this interior is a little more accurate for Plymouth Belvederes of that year. Any idea how one could replicate the interior in the first picture? How would one make the white seat background? How could one recreate the black textured part of the seat? Both are slightly different. Thanks

Finally finished the 1965 Plymouth Belvedere I by Moebius Models...known as the Villain. For pics of this build check out the On the bench section here. Here are pics from the final resulting build. Also, you can see more on this build on youtube at https://youtu.be/_oswBSc9HEA

Hi folks, I did another restoration... This is the 1/24 scale Monogram kit. Bought it some time ago from a modelling mate and it looked like this: The hardest part was getting rid of the white stripe decals that had practically "eaten" into the plastic, even after stripping the paint. I may show some WIP photos of that later on. The paint I used is Testors Plum Crazy to replicate the In Violet Plymouth purple. The first time in decades that I used enamel on a car body and I was quite annoyed by the 72 hours plus dry time so for the next step I used a food dehydrator which helped to save a lot of time and patience. I also did my very first tyre lettering on this kit. By the way, no clear coat on this one, just elbow grease...

finished the duster last night

Started way back in 2002, it is painted with some Testors' enamel green metallic that I don't remember the name of, but like the color. I was never happy with the black stripes but you know, it's either get rid of it or complete it, so I'm going to complete it. 440 six pack from the kit. I had to trim the inside of the air cleaner to fit and also trim off some of the transmission where it fits in the crossmember to get it all to fit properly. I've waited so long to get this built, the windshield frame has bowed. I am hoping I can straighten this out when I put the front glass in. Thanks for looking, comments welcomed.

Started it months ago, but never got the chance to post it. Came out OK, but spilt some black paint on the grill, so i just went ahead and made the grill all black after one I saw online. SAM_2551 by Eric Lucas, on Flickr SAM_2552 by Eric Lucas, on Flickr SAM_2553 by Eric Lucas, on Flickr SAM_2554 by Eric Lucas, on Flickr SAM_2555 by Eric Lucas, on Flickr SAM_2556 by Eric Lucas, on Flickr

Decided to do a base hood version of the Cuda. Blue Angels Yellow paint. SAM_0355 by Eric Lucas, on Flickr SAM_0360 by Eric Lucas, on Flickr SAM_0367 by Eric Lucas, on Flickr SAM_0368 by Eric Lucas, on Flickr

AMT's 1/25 scale '71 Plymouth Duster 340, coming in late 2018:

Hey everyone!, this is an exact replica of my REAL Duster just after I finished doing the bodywork on it. Its very special to me because it was my birth year, AND the first model year of it. Since there wasn't an actual 1970 kit, I had to SB a few changes.....the front grille, taillights, and dash, are some of the things. Its totally detailed, and ALL the wiring is laying exactly as it was. The taillights are too reflective for back then, but I will have that corrected when I build it after it came out of the paint shop.

Today I got the 1967ish Plymouth satellite for $50. I have now fulfilled a dream of mine to own a 60s mopar muscle car and I am crazy happy!!!!!!! I will be posting some pics of the car on a local drag race Facebook group in on to see if anyone can identify the car so I can get some more info on it and try and learn some history on it. Unfortunately the hood was used as a trailer for behind a quad/snowmobile. Mid you have any question I will do my best to try and answer them. the car will be called the Satellite that fell out of orbit.

As far as I know it is a Plymouth satellite but would like to know if it is a factory paint job and if so how rare it is.