6bblbird Posted January 22, 2017 Posted January 22, 2017 (edited) Built this one a while ago to represent my very first car that I bought in 1971. I was elated when AMT first produced this model only to be let down when I realized that the quarter panels and tail lamps were so poorly done. Keith Marks decals helped a lot with the tail lamps. I tried to build an accurate 383 using the engine from a Monogram Super Bee. I may have been one of the few builders to realize that the instruction sheet said to put a horn where the wiper motor should be! I found the correct part somewhere! I stared at the incorrectly painted hood patch for a couple of years. It's not supposed to be rectangular. It should have a bit of a peak in the center of the hood. I recently corrected that! The Keith Marks decals helped the rear of the car look so much better. The corrected hood. Major difference! lol! Edited January 22, 2017 by 6bblbird
TarheelRick Posted January 22, 2017 Posted January 22, 2017 I have always loved the first gen Roadrunners. They just look fast, even sitting still (or rusting away in a salvage yard). This one is beautiful, like your attention to detail and the change to the hood. If I may ask, whatever happened to the 1:1 - do you still have it? My first real car was a '65 SS Chevelle and it is long gone.
6bblbird Posted January 22, 2017 Author Posted January 22, 2017 I have always loved the first gen Roadrunners. They just look fast, even sitting still (or rusting away in a salvage yard). This one is beautiful, like your attention to detail and the change to the hood. If I may ask, whatever happened to the 1:1 - do you still have it? My first real car was a '65 SS Chevelle and it is long gone. No, I sold that car in 1975 to buy a new road runner (74). It went through a number of different looks in the time that I had it. Have no idea what happened to it after the next owner. Of course I wish that I still had it, but you can't keep 'em all! I've held on to this one for forty years!: WF
bbowser Posted January 22, 2017 Posted January 22, 2017 Cool! I love it when we recreate cars from our past.
espo Posted January 22, 2017 Posted January 22, 2017 Great looking build. I know what you mean about building a model of cars you have owned. I have started doing the same thing, building one or two a year of different cars from the old days.
6bblbird Posted January 22, 2017 Author Posted January 22, 2017 (edited) Cool! I love it when we recreate cars from our past. I know! I've done a few. Two of them eventually became box art! Edited January 22, 2017 by 6bblbird
donb Posted January 22, 2017 Posted January 22, 2017 Nice Road Runner. Lover these cars. My Uncle had a Satellite w/383. Not quite a Road Runner but close. Really nice work on the Interior too!
c. jackson Posted January 22, 2017 Posted January 22, 2017 very nice, i'll try the decals on mine. the amt taillights are..............
#1 model citizen Posted January 23, 2017 Posted January 23, 2017 I am glad to see some one actually use the correct color engine paint for a '60s big block. Looks great!
rustybill1960 Posted January 23, 2017 Posted January 23, 2017 Beautiful work! Thank You for sharing Later Russ
PARTSMARTY Posted January 23, 2017 Posted January 23, 2017 (edited) Great build -I wish I had a real one-love mopars !!!-do you still have the orange one-it's awesome? Edited January 23, 2017 by PARTSMARTY
caine440 Posted January 23, 2017 Posted January 23, 2017 Very nice work. That kit was indeed a let down but you did great work with it.I still mis my 1970 Roadrunner. Should have never sold it.
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