Ceaser_Salad Posted June 10, 2021 Posted June 10, 2021 On 6/7/2021 at 2:57 AM, TooOld said: Neat video , I think you've found something new to do with all of that spare time you have ! Totally off topic, but I love your name ?
StevenGuthmiller Posted June 10, 2021 Author Posted June 10, 2021 43 minutes ago, FLHCAHZ said: Looks great. Did u do that with a knife, or sand or from underneath? Your skills are amazing! Yes, I ground out what I could from the backside with a Dremel tool and then finished with some scraping with a flat X-acto blade, sand paper and sanding sticks. Steve
TooOld Posted June 10, 2021 Posted June 10, 2021 I've always wanted to open the cowl vents but never attempted it , but after seeing how nice they look I'll definitely give it a shot !
Zippi Posted June 10, 2021 Posted June 10, 2021 Steven your work and skills are outstanding. After following this thread and looking at your finished models I just wonder why I even bother.
StevenGuthmiller Posted June 11, 2021 Author Posted June 11, 2021 Thanks guys! I think I've finished up the vinyl top work. Installed the chrome strips on the C-pillars and the roof seams using 0.01 x 0.03 evergreen strip. This time I decided to fill the roof side of the seam strips to make them look a little more correct. Steve
beeRS Posted June 11, 2021 Posted June 11, 2021 This is outstanding! I’m particularly blown away with the open cowl vents. Great skills. Looking forward to seeing more.
gtx6970 Posted June 11, 2021 Posted June 11, 2021 If I can make a suggestion. Add stryene strips to the edges of the roof along the roof drain gutters. If you are doing a vinyl top the original trim on the kits is / gets far to shallow compared to the added trim at the base of the C pillar area
StevenGuthmiller Posted June 12, 2021 Author Posted June 12, 2021 22 hours ago, gtx6970 said: If I can make a suggestion. Add stryene strips to the edges of the roof along the roof drain gutters. If you are doing a vinyl top the original trim on the kits is / gets far to shallow compared to the added trim at the base of the C pillar area I think I'm good. I always try to sand the C-pillar trim down to about the same thickness as the drip rail trim. Steve
StevenGuthmiller Posted June 13, 2021 Author Posted June 13, 2021 Here's my latest distraction. It was obvious to me that the extremely faint wiring on the Revell Charger firewall was going to be extremely difficult, if not entirely impossible to detail once the firewall was covered in a couple of coats of primer and paint. So I began some experimenting with creating a wiring harness from very thin copper wire. Once I got it to the configuration I needed, I coated the twisted portions of the wire with 5 minute epoxy to hold everything in place. Once cured, I can begin painting the wires and get them routed for installation. Steve
OldNYJim Posted June 13, 2021 Posted June 13, 2021 Oh wow, you’re always raising the bar with cool little “why didn’t I think of that?!” ideas Steve. Way cool!
Dragonhawk1066 Posted June 13, 2021 Posted June 13, 2021 You're blowing my mind on this one, Steven! These details are crazy, especially the wiring harness. I'm half expecting some shrunken down 3" guy to get in, start it up and drive it away when you're done!
TooOld Posted June 14, 2021 Posted June 14, 2021 Great idea making the harness ! I've done the same thing and after painting it black you can paint the individual wires different colors where they attach to the components . Test your paint first . I used some craft paint and it made the wires much thicker than I planned .
Zippi Posted June 16, 2021 Posted June 16, 2021 That homemade wiring harness is looking top notch Steven. I'm burning that into my memory banks ☺
Steve H Posted June 18, 2021 Posted June 18, 2021 Amazing work Steve! Your builds and techniques are extremely inspiring sir. Love the videos. As for the 8 tracks... Pink Floyd for sure, maybe The Cars first album? Cheers, Steve
StevenGuthmiller Posted June 20, 2021 Author Posted June 20, 2021 Now that my interior has been returned from Ed, I can continue on with some more interior features. The "buddy seat" was the next thing to tackle. Thanks to a '71 Charger front seat assembly that I received from Frank Filosa, (Dodge Driver) I had a good starting point for this seat. I started by cutting the center from the Charger seat front and back and then ground down the sides of both with the Dremel and some sanding. Then I added some side bolsters to the base and back. I'll do a little more refining and then I'll add some piping. Steve
StevenGuthmiller Posted June 20, 2021 Author Posted June 20, 2021 1 hour ago, oldscool said: Those seats look fantastic. Thanks Gerald! I think I have the "buddy seat" pretty much finished. Added the piping all around, and while I was at it, I went ahead and made it positionable. Steve
StevenGuthmiller Posted June 23, 2021 Author Posted June 23, 2021 On 6/20/2021 at 5:48 PM, NOBLNG said: Awesome! Love the wiring harness idea!? Thanks Greg. Painted the wiring harness today. Steve
bisc63 Posted June 23, 2021 Posted June 23, 2021 This has been a really fun and informative build. Echoing others, we really need a reissue of this body, this has one of my favorite tail light/ rear-end views of any car ever. Your color choice is very stylish, and the details are, as always, splendid. Been thinking about doing an under-dash 8-track for a project on the bench, going to try to mimic a factory unit. Yours has that nice after-market vibe; I'm thing Craig, or Realistic (Radio Shack), in which case probably would have a silver face with black accents, maybe even wood grain! A thought on 8-track labels; why bother with decals? Just print on cheap paper and seal down with white glue; remember how quickly the labels would wrinkle and deteriorate in the car? Fun memories. Keep up the great work!
krassandbernie Posted June 25, 2021 Posted June 25, 2021 On 6/23/2021 at 6:20 PM, bisc63 said: This has been a really fun and informative build. Echoing others, we really need a reissue of this body, this has one of my favorite tail light/ rear-end views of any car ever. Your color choice is very stylish, and the details are, as always, splendid. Been thinking about doing an under-dash 8-track for a project on the bench, going to try to mimic a factory unit. Yours has that nice after-market vibe; I'm thing Craig, or Realistic (Radio Shack), in which case probably would have a silver face with black accents, maybe even wood grain! A thought on 8-track labels; why bother with decals? Just print on cheap paper and seal down with white glue; remember how quickly the labels would wrinkle and deteriorate in the car? Fun memories. Keep up the great work! The MPC '68 Coronet will never be reissued.............neither will the '69. The '68 tooling was altered the following year to account for the 1:1 changes in body style for the '69 model; and then again in '70. That is why we are still able to enjoy the reissued '70 Super bee (first reissued by AMT/Ertl). The best you can hope for is an all new tooling from Revell; and that is highly unlikely; but not impossible. Of course, if Revell decides to tool up a '68 Coronet you can almost be certain that the roof line will be off. I have not seen an accurate roof line from Revell in the past 15 years.
Rodent Posted June 25, 2021 Posted June 25, 2021 Since you are making the extra-fancy interior, did you entertain any thoughts of scratching the optional headrests?
StevenGuthmiller Posted June 25, 2021 Author Posted June 25, 2021 6 hours ago, Rodent said: Since you are making the extra-fancy interior, did you entertain any thoughts of scratching the optional headrests? The head rests were brought up a couple of times during discussions between Ed and I while we hashed things out with the reproduction of this interior. I never really had any intention of doing them myself, but they would not be a terribly difficult addition by anyone who cared to add them. Although, it was mentioned by Ed that the tops of these seats are quite thin front to back, so it could be a little bit of a challenge to fit them. Steve
krassandbernie Posted June 25, 2021 Posted June 25, 2021 (edited) Another thing I had mentioned to Steve regarding the headrests was that anyone who is utilizing this interior conversion package is already going to have to source the Revell '68-'69 Charger kits for the donor parts (chassis/drive line, etc.) anyway............and would already have the headrests that come in the kit. These headrests look pretty good to my eye; so there was no need to waste the time and money molding them and add to the cost of the conversion package on top of that. Edited June 26, 2021 by krassandbernie
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