GoodbuildNY Posted March 27, 2020 Author Posted March 27, 2020 21 minutes ago, Carmak said: I went back and looked at your pictures again for color (not distracted by the rear panels) and I can see the pearl off white in the door panels. Your build is really outstanding and I look forward to seeing it complete. My father bought the 1:1 Coronet I have now when I was in High School (I took it to prom in the 80's) and I got it from him a few year later after it was wrecked when my younger brother was rear-ended. I have been slowly restoring it (any looking for parts) for 30ish years. I have noticed how many "high detail" builds are done with 68-69 MPC Coronets and most are done in more period common colors and not the high impact colors. That’s a great looking car and even better you were able to restore it. My father also had a coronet convertible, 68 R/T green,green interior ( don’t recall the top color ) . He actually taught my mother how to do burnouts on that car. Unfortunately it was long sold before I was born . Wish I was fortunate enough to have had it as they didn’t make many. I have a soft spot for B-body mopars.
charlie8575 Posted March 27, 2020 Posted March 27, 2020 To me, it's a no-brainer to take the existing 1968-'69 Plymouth moulds and either dig out the MPC bodies/trim/interiors and massage them to fit the newer tooling, or simply tool alternate bodies to work with the newer chassis. The prices the original kits go for would suggest the demand is there. I look forward to seeing what you do with this. Charlie Larkin
Carmak Posted March 28, 2020 Posted March 28, 2020 23 hours ago, GoodbuildNY said: That’s a great looking car and even better you were able to restore it. My father also had a coronet convertible, 68 R/T green,green interior ( don’t recall the top color ) . He actually taught my mother how to do burnouts on that car. Unfortunately it was long sold before I was born . Wish I was fortunate enough to have had it as they didn’t make many. I have a soft spot for B-body mopars. That is great that your dad also had a green 68 convertible! The green top was a one year only option for all Mopar convertibles. I have seen green, yellow and white 68's in junkyards with the remnants of green tops so I think they pushed then fairly hard when new. Since there are no repo tops in green if you see on it is most likely original.
GoodbuildNY Posted March 29, 2020 Author Posted March 29, 2020 Some updates... just mocked up for now, still have detailing and finishing touches to do on motor hard to get good shots of interior but it’s comprised of dash from Missing Link, console,shifter & pedals ( all reworked to some degree) from Revell 69 charger, Armrests from amt 69 Gtx , fabbed turn signal arm. the body...... ugghh. I’m using Automotive Touch-up brand paint ( first time using ) and as it turns out even when applied over duplicolor primer it was way too hot and crazed...soooooo into the purple pond it went. Fortunately the crazing didn’t damage plastic too badly so I started over. After trial and error on test bodies it seems it’s something with the older mpc styrene as the crazing was next to zero on other styrenes but I’ve got a plan so hoping to have color on it by next weekend. Still a ways to go but it’s coming together. Also waiting for chroming to come back from Little Motor car.
GoodbuildNY Posted April 14, 2020 Author Posted April 14, 2020 Quick mock up. Still needs to be polished, taillight panel painted black and foiling. After that just final assembly.
drodg Posted April 15, 2020 Posted April 15, 2020 Love this build. I really like the wsw tires and with the Dodge hubcaps. I have a set of those down in my basement that came off of my 69 R/T hardtop I had years ago. It came with those caps and I put Magnum 500's on it. Great build.
mk11 Posted April 15, 2020 Posted April 15, 2020 Hard to imagine a more beautiful and appealing combination On 3/26/2020 at 9:28 PM, charlie8575 said: To me, it's a no-brainer to take the existing 1968-'69 Plymouth moulds and either dig out the MPC bodies/trim/interiors and massage them to fit the newer tooling, or simply tool alternate bodies to work with the newer chassis. They're already halfway there, Charlie. The flawed quarters (as Mr Geary so painstakingly pointed out) on the amt gtx/roadrunner are closer to the coronet than the plymouth
GoodbuildNY Posted April 17, 2020 Author Posted April 17, 2020 On 4/14/2020 at 7:35 PM, StevenGuthmiller said: That's just downright beautiful!! Steve On 4/14/2020 at 8:01 PM, Geno said: Amazing, I'm diggin' every bit of this one. On 4/15/2020 at 10:41 AM, drodg said: Love this build. I really like the wsw tires and with the Dodge hubcaps. I have a set of those down in my basement that came off of my 69 R/T hardtop I had years ago. It came with those caps and I put Magnum 500's on it. Great build. On 4/15/2020 at 11:40 AM, mk11 said: Hard to imagine a more beautiful and appealing combination They're already halfway there, Charlie. The flawed quarters (as Mr Geary so painstakingly pointed out) on the amt gtx/roadrunner are closer to the coronet than the plymouth On 4/15/2020 at 4:38 PM, kelson said: That color combo you've picked is perfect!! Thanks guys. This is my favorite part when it all starts to come together..... also the part when I’m the most nervous since it’s almost together and I don’t want anything to go wrong lol
Geno Posted April 17, 2020 Posted April 17, 2020 1 minute ago, GoodbuildNY said: Thanks guys. This is my favorite part when it all starts to come together..... also the part when I’m the most nervous since it’s almost together and I don’t want anything to go wrong lol LOL, Dave, I understand that one. Sometimes I get so tense in the homestretch you couldn't jam a toothpick up my arse with a jackhammer.???
GoodbuildNY Posted April 17, 2020 Author Posted April 17, 2020 1 minute ago, Geno said: LOL, Dave, I understand that one. Sometimes I get so tense in the homestretch you couldn't jam a toothpick up my arse with a jackhammer.??? Lol ???glad I’m not the only one Geno
StevenGuthmiller Posted April 17, 2020 Posted April 17, 2020 2 hours ago, GoodbuildNY said: Thanks guys. This is my favorite part when it all starts to come together..... also the part when I’m the most nervous since it’s almost together and I don’t want anything to go wrong lol I have the same phobia! In the beginning, I throw myself into the build with abandon. When I start getting into the painting stages, I get a little more nervous, especially when painting the body. By the time I get to gluing on the last dozen parts or so, I start sweating bullets! Nothing scares me more than a major mishap after investing months of my life on a project. Steve
Geno Posted April 17, 2020 Posted April 17, 2020 1 minute ago, StevenGuthmiller said: I have the same phobia! In the beginning, I throw myself into the build with abandon. When I start getting into the painting stages, I get a little more nervous, especially when painting the body. By the time I get to gluing on the last dozen parts or so, I start sweating bullets! Nothing scares me more than a major mishap after investing months of my life on a project. Steve Amen brother, amen.
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