ANovaScotian Posted February 23, 2016 Posted February 23, 2016 Hey All Today I present my second car model and my first "Under the Glass" here on Model Cars. Don't judge too harshly, I'm primarily a military modeller. Without further ado, allow me to put the model where my mouth is... here is Revell's 1/25 '67 Plymouth GTX, enjoy... Unlike my first car build, this one was more or less box stock and therefore I had no real problems aside from the right side A pillar. This had a bit of an outward warp, fortunately it is not all that noticeable... I hope. The engine was given a Morgan Automotive Details distributor and the license plates were printed at home with my laser printer on BMF decal paper. The body was primed with Badger's new Stynylrez primer (Absolutely love this stuff!) and given two good coats of Model Master British Metalllic Green enamel thinned with Tamiya lacquer thinner. Apparently the internet is correct and thinning enamels with lacquer thinner greatly speeds up the drying time. I think the technique would work better with a slightly hotter lacquer thinner. The paint was followed up with two good coats of Tamiya X-22 Gloss and then polished with Novus 1 and 2. The chrome was begrudgingly stripped from the front and rear after some errant superglue drips and were painted with Vallejo's new Metal Color. All the trim work was done with Bare Metal Foil.. This was my first attempt with BMF, therefore its a little rough is some places, mostly around the windows. Regardless, it was not as difficult as I expected. What can I say? I guess I'm hooked on these car things. I makes a nice change of scenery from the usual stuff crowding my workbench and gives me a chance to try different tricks and techniques I wouldn't otherwise use. Like my greeting messages says... not bad for an airplane guy Regards, ANS
louie Posted February 23, 2016 Posted February 23, 2016 I'm glad to hear from you that you are hooked on cars now because you did one fantastic job building that beauty. Really nice build, very, very clean. Wish my first or second build turned out that nice. Thanks for sharing this. Jeff
High octane Posted February 23, 2016 Posted February 23, 2016 Very nice build on that Plymouth, and I know a guy that owns one in maroon in 1:1 scale and wants to trade me. I just love dem Mopars!
ANovaScotian Posted February 23, 2016 Author Posted February 23, 2016 how do you feel about rivets? nice build. I don't mind rivets, I've even counted a few myself. Not nearly to the same extent as some people however. That's one of the things I'm starting to like about cars... no "Rivet Counters" to speak of
charlie8575 Posted February 23, 2016 Posted February 23, 2016 You have nothing to be ashamed of at all. Great job.Charlie Larkin(Descended from Nova Scotians)
disabled modeler Posted February 23, 2016 Posted February 23, 2016 Very nice clean build....I like it..!
vintagercr Posted February 23, 2016 Posted February 23, 2016 Kyle nice looking GTX. How come no Ontario plate?
Kit Basher Posted February 23, 2016 Posted February 23, 2016 Very nice! The lettering/badging is very clean, and the engine detail is good too.
ANovaScotian Posted February 23, 2016 Author Posted February 23, 2016 Kyle nice looking GTX. How come no Ontario plate?Just for you, I'll put Ontario plates on the next street car I do. How's that sound?
bbowser Posted February 23, 2016 Posted February 23, 2016 Well done! Your military backround is evident, nice clean work.
unclescott58 Posted February 23, 2016 Posted February 23, 2016 Looks great. But, a "Gentleman's Muscle Car?" I don't think so. That a pure all out muscle car to me. A "Gentleman' Muscle Car" is more like a Buick Wildcat, Chrysler 300, or in the case of Plymouth, a Sport Fury. GTX may not be the pure muscle in the Road Runner/Super Bee vein. But, it always stacked up to things like the GTO, 442, Torino GT, etc.Now off my soapbox. You did a very good job on your build. You can be proud.
ANovaScotian Posted February 24, 2016 Author Posted February 24, 2016 Looks great. But, a "Gentleman's Muscle Car?" I don't think so. That a pure all out muscle car to me. A "Gentleman' Muscle Car" is more like a Buick Wildcat, Chrysler 300, or in the case of Plymouth, a Sport Fury. GTX may not be the pure muscle in the Road Runner/Super Bee vein. But, it always stacked up to things like the GTO, 442, Torino GT, etc.Now off my soapbox. You did a very good job on your build. You can be proud.Apparently Plymouth advertised the GTX as "The Gentleman's Muscle Car" where it was based off the Belvedere.
Dann Tier Posted February 24, 2016 Posted February 24, 2016 Welcome to cars!, this is an exceptional job! IMO, military modelers are some of the best modelers out there because weathering things is FAR more difficult than doing something clean and brand new looking. Great start!
peter31a Posted February 24, 2016 Posted February 24, 2016 Great build of that GTX, Kyle. Fine job for a fellow just getting into cars but the experience from your other model building certainly shows. Just curious. How did you get Stynylrez? I've not been able to find a Canadian distributor. I would like to try it after number of glowing reports in the YouTube modelling community.
V8 Trucker Posted February 24, 2016 Posted February 24, 2016 black fits wonderfully and the engine room looks very good
ANovaScotian Posted February 24, 2016 Author Posted February 24, 2016 Great build of that GTX, Kyle. Fine job for a fellow just getting into cars but the experience from your other model building certainly shows. Just curious. How did you get Stynylrez? I've not been able to find a Canadian distributor. I would like to try it after number of glowing reports in the YouTube modelling community.Meeplemart in Toronto carry it, although Wheels & Wings Hobbies should be getting it soon.
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