crazyjim Posted August 6, 2018 Posted August 6, 2018 Got this 1970 Road Runner completed yesterday. Used Tru-Color rasberry pearl covered in a couple coats of Nason 2 part urethane clear. Wheels/tires are from a '58 Corvette kit. I took some aluminum tubing and squashed in a vice to make the oval exhaust pipes. Not bad but need to experiment more.
Classicgas Posted August 6, 2018 Posted August 6, 2018 Very nice. Looks close to mopars burnt orange .
cobraman Posted August 6, 2018 Posted August 6, 2018 Very nice Jim. I did that same thing to a section of aluminum and I put a small pointed flat file in the tube before i pressed it and it held a nice uniform opening.
crazyjim Posted August 6, 2018 Author Posted August 6, 2018 Thanks Ray and Keith. I was thinking maybe a screwdriver, ray, but I'll look at the files I have too. Thanks for the tip.
BigTallDad Posted August 6, 2018 Posted August 6, 2018 15 minutes ago, crazyjim said: I was thinking maybe a screwdriver, ray, but I'll look at the files I have too. Thanks for the tip. First of all, very nice job on the model; I especially like the windshield washer reservoir with fluid in it. If you use the shanks on drill bits, you have a wide variety of diameters.
High octane Posted August 6, 2018 Posted August 6, 2018 Really nice job on that Road Runner Jim and I like the exhaust tips too. I built one of those kits earlier this year and didn't like the kit tips so I just used polished aluminum tubing with a balogna (45 degree) cut on the end. BTW there is no bottle ahead of the windshield washer bottle on the passenger side as one of my good buddies owns a 1:1 '70 Road Runner. I just love dem B-body Mopars!
crazyjim Posted August 6, 2018 Author Posted August 6, 2018 Thank you Ray, Cliff, Janne, Steve, Anders, Nick, and Atin. Drill bits are round, Ray, and I wanted oval like the original pipes. Washer bottle is painted flat white and then flat blue for the fluid. Radiator overflow is flat white and flat zinc chromate. The bottle in front of the windshield washer bottle was molded into the fender, Nick.
Dann Tier Posted August 7, 2018 Posted August 7, 2018 BEAUTIFUL!!, you also did a fantastic black wash on that grille!!!
PARTSMARTY Posted August 7, 2018 Posted August 7, 2018 Absolutely beautiful buddy and of course a mopar !!!
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