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Making a 5-state move left building pretty much impossible for the last several months.  I had started on this kit back in April, got a lot of the basic spray painting done, but then it sat.  As we started slowly working through the renovation of the new house and unpacking in July, I would get a few minutes here and there to do other spray painting, but didn't have a place to sit down and work until 2 weeks ago.  

I've had a WIP thread going on this, so I'll let you check that out if you want more details, (Slowly firing back up... 71 Charger) but I finished it this afternoon.  Great kit... Nice details, fits together beautifully.  Hearing what a good model it was along with the fact it's one of my favorite cars, so it's been on my want list for a long time.  Glad to finally add it to my collection.

I added a few details.... Flocked the carpet, wired the engine, added some extra vacuum hoses.  I did the two-tone interior.  For wheels, I found some Revell steelies and dog dish caps from the 68 Charger, and tires are the L-60 Polyglas up front (from a kit that had only one side pad-printed, so I reversed them since my tears are not lettered).  I was going to use the same in the rear, but wanted a little more beef and rake, as these cars were huge and needed some bigger tires out back so they didn't look too wimpy.  So, I ended up using the fatter rear tires from the Moebius Belvedere kit.  They worked perfectly for what I wanted.  I may have to add some tire decals down the road, though.

What's the GM twist?  I bought a can of Pontiac Verdoro Green from Automotive Touchup, and a can of their spray clear.  I actually bought it for my 70 'Cuda build... So now I have 2 Mopars with this color and no Pontiacs.  Oh, well.... I LOVE this color.  On to pictures... This color HAS to be photographed outside... It's just amazing in the sunlight.

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And one of the best things about this color... Looks different in changing light.  Shade:

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Thanks for looking.

Posted

Very nice!

i'm building the same kit and thought about spraying it green, but went with root beer instead.

Yours looks fantastic!

thanks so much!  Funny, I was going with Root Beer metallic until looking at reference pics and saw a metallic green one that struck me...  Good luck with yours!

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Your build is fantastic. I always liked the AMT 71 Charger and Duster kits. I once saw a real 71 Charger at a car show in the Dodge color that matches your Pontiac color... not sure of the name now, but it was beautiful.

Only thing I don't care for are the rear tires. I think they are meant to look like drag radials, but they look like truck tires. 

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Very nice looking Charger, I'm liking the color also. Engine compartment looks great.

Glad to see you getting some modeling time in, and I can imagine you are too!

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