Snake45 Posted September 16, 2018 Posted September 16, 2018 Started this one in the early '90s, when MCW paint first became available. I got MCW Hemi Orange paint for it and shot it, and it came out so nice I decided to do this as a full “A-list” build. The paint was Synthol, shot over MCW's primer, and it was so smooth and shiny that I could have just left it alone. And SHOULD have. But I routinely clear-coated everything in those days, and in this case I got the bright idea to do all the chrome trim and decals before clear coating, so they'd all be nice and shiny, too. BAD idea! The clear coat melted into the silver paint in a number of places, just dissolving it some places and in others, causing it to run and give a “silver halo” around several of the lower edges. Disgusted, I threw the whole mess back into the box. Every few years I'd dig it out and take a look at it to see if there were any way to fix it that didn't involve stripping it and starting over, which I didn't want to do for two reasons: One, 98% of the finish was spectacular, and Two, I didn't have another black tail stripe decal. There were other problems along the way, too. The box was the victim of a basement flood some years ago, and many of the kit pieces turned up in random odd corners of the basement for years. Last year when I got in the mood to take it out for its periodical inspection, I couldn't find the box (with the kit in it) at all! And then a couple weeks later it magically reappeared, more or less exactly where it should have been the whole time. (I gather I'm not the only one this happens to.) This time around, I looked at it in a different way. With about a dozen “glue bomb rescues” of Other Builders' less-than-stellar work in my Win Column, I decided to approach this model with the same “rescue” eye. Perfection be damned, just fix it up to the level of “marginally presentable” and get the stupid thing on the shelf. I discovered several nasty runs in the clearcoat that were bad enough to require wet-sanding with #1200 before I could even begin polishing. But that all worked out. I re-did all the chrome trim with my beloved Silver Sharpie, and covered up the areas where the clearcoat had melted and run the silver chrome paint with decanted Model Master Hemi Orange and a brush. So, it ain't perfect, but it is DONE! As always, comments welcome. And here it is with the '69 DOH Glue Bomb I rescued last year. Oh yeah, sorry as it is, mine's better.
Silver Foxx Posted September 16, 2018 Posted September 16, 2018 This turned out real nice , well done .
Bucky Posted September 17, 2018 Posted September 17, 2018 Great save! And the blue one looks nice, too. In fact, they look great together!!!
Hard_2_Handle_454 Posted September 17, 2018 Posted September 17, 2018 Matches the one I did awhile back and never posted. I really thought they could have done a better job with the kit.
BKF Posted September 17, 2018 Posted September 17, 2018 Turned out great and it is a great looking paint job. Nice save on the blue one also.
om617 Posted September 17, 2018 Posted September 17, 2018 Great looking Charger(s). Not meant as critique,but i keep seeing this with the GoodYear Polyglas white letter.
donb Posted September 18, 2018 Posted September 18, 2018 On 9/16/2018 at 9:13 PM, BKF said: Turned out great and it is a great looking paint job. Nice save on the blue one also. I agree! Very nice work Snake.
mustang1989 Posted September 18, 2018 Posted September 18, 2018 Man what a story Rich! I enjoyed the story just as much as the photo shots. Glad to see you brought 'er back man.
Snake45 Posted September 18, 2018 Author Posted September 18, 2018 1 hour ago, Hmann68 said: Looking sharp! Love that Hemi Orange! I'm amazed that no Mopar fan has called me on it, but Hemi Orange wasn't available on '69 Charger. Didn't know that at the time I painted it. I was working from pics in a magazine of an orange Charger 500 and I just assumed it was Hemi Orange. Apparently this was a spring '69 special order color called Code 999 Omaha Orange. (I've seen one source that says this color became Go Mango in 1970. Maybe Tim Boyd would know more.) But as I said, I liked the color so much, I didn't want to strip it and start over.
Hmann68 Posted September 18, 2018 Posted September 18, 2018 3 hours ago, Snake45 said: I'm amazed that no Mopar fan has called me on it, but Hemi Orange wasn't available on '69 Charger. Didn't know that at the time I painted it. I was working from pics in a magazine of an orange Charger 500 and I just assumed it was Hemi Orange. Apparently this was a spring '69 special order color called Code 999 Omaha Orange. (I've seen one source that says this color became Go Mango in 1970. Maybe Tim Boyd would know more.) But as I said, I liked the color so much, I didn't want to strip it and start over. I believe you're correct on that, but sure looks good anyway!
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