71 valiant super bee

[michelle]

this is a mexican mopar    in 71 they uses the   71 duster  as the basis for the valiant  super bee  and in  72 the dodge demon as the basis  for the 72 valiant super bee   and then in 73-76 they used a mix of duster and dart sport  in  73-74 it used the duster front end and dart  sport  taillights  75-76  it had the dart  sport front end and the duster tail lights  the added a hood mounted tac on the drivers side next to the hood scoop on all of them and in 77-80 they used the dodge aspen/plymouth volares as the basis for the valiant super bee for those years 

i do not have a engine in this one cause   issues i had with this duster kit  mainly the  chassis did not want  fit right   with the body with the engine  in the  bay  
i used some super bee decals from my decal collection  i have had this model finished being built for a while at least a month now   i was waiting on the valiant  name plate decals  from a friend but due to the hurricane he had to shut down his computers and printers for decal making  and 3d printing  when it was getting close to him  sadly he has to get all new computers and printers  cause  of flooding    and now  i will not get them till   december at the earliest  or january  at the latest  and thats cause of all of the orders ahead  of mine  which were reprints   to begin  with when i  got the original decal order all the name plates  for  various cars that were on the decal pages  were much to big for 1/25th or 1/24th they would work nicly on those big die cast cars  you can buy at stores 

i painted the body in testors  arctic blue metallic 

 

 

[drodg]

Cool.  Nice job.

 

[michelle]

6 minutes ago, drodg said:

Cool.  Nice job.

 

thank you 

[ATHU]

Great work Michelle!!

[DonW]

It's good. Worth putting more time into the stance, and the wing would cause the back to lift and slow the car down at that angle. It needs to be lower at the front edge so the air passing over pushes it downwards.

Cheers,

-Don.

[michelle]

3 hours ago, ATHU said:

Great work Michelle!!

thank you 

 

1 hour ago, DonW said:

It's good. Worth putting more time into the stance, and the wing would cause the back to lift and slow the car down at that angle. It needs to be lower at the front edge so the air passing over pushes it downwards.

Cheers,

-Don.

thank you  the  trunk spoiler   is  mounted how it is supose to be   and the stance is just how the wheels attach  to  the  wheel  hookups  

[doorsovdoon]

Looks great. Nice paintwork and clean looking interior. Nearly all newer builds I've done, the wheels are always wonky or loose fitting. For some reason this is one area model companies can't seem to get right. Most of my builds have the wheels glued solid to the hubs because they never ever sit straight.

[michelle]

14 minutes ago, doorsovdoon said:

Looks great. Nice paintwork and clean looking interior. Nearly all newer builds I've done, the wheels are always wonky or loose fitting. For some reason this is one area model companies can't seem to get right. Most of my builds have the wheels glued solid to the hubs because they never ever sit straight.

yeah  i have had issues like that more with round 2  kits that  have been repoped  for years   i not found this issue with   revell and monogram  kits 

 

 

[doorsovdoon]

1 minute ago, michelle said:

yeah  i have had issues like that more with round 2  kits that  have been repoped  for years   i not found this issue with   revell and monogram  kits 

 

 

Yes, Revell I've had no issue with, though I've only done two, the '69 Mustang Boss and the '76 Torino, the wheels fit ok on them. Most of my builds are MPC or AMT from Round2 where some have been updated from solid axles.

[michelle]

23 minutes ago, doorsovdoon said:

Yes, Revell I've had no issue with, though I've only done two, the '69 Mustang Boss and the '76 Torino, the wheels fit ok on them. Most of my builds are MPC or AMT from Round2 where some have been updated from solid axles.

the solid metal axles i perfer in amt and mpc  i don't like the multi peice  chassises and suspension  build ups i  always think about this quote  from a perticual scottish  engineer " the more they overthink the plumbing the easier it is to stop up the drain "

[DonW]

12 hours ago, michelle said:

thank you 

 

thank you  the  trunk spoiler   is  mounted how it is supose to be   and the stance is just how the wheels attach  to  the  wheel  hookups  

Yes, I suspect the same thing is on the 1:1 with the wing on the trunk. It's still a good model, I always enjoy seeing your work!

[PappyD340]

Looks great Michelle!

[David G.]

Nicely done!

I like your interior detailing.

There was something special about those vintage Chryslers. "Mopar - MoPower!"

David G.

[michelle]

4 hours ago, PappyD340 said:

Looks great Michelle!

thank you 

3 hours ago, David G. said:

Nicely done!

I like your interior detailing.

There was something special about those vintage Chryslers. "Mopar - MoPower!"

David G.

thank you and very true 

4 hours ago, DonW said:

Yes, I suspect the same thing is on the 1:1 with the wing on the trunk. It's still a good model, I always enjoy seeing your work!

thank you 

[doorsovdoon]

17 hours ago, michelle said:

the solid metal axles i perfer in amt and mpc  i don't like the multi peice  chassises and suspension  build ups i  always think about this quote  from a perticual scottish  engineer " the more they overthink the plumbing the easier it is to stop up the drain "

I can agree with that, true words indeed.

[slusher]

Nice Michelle!

[michelle]

2 minutes ago, slusher said:

Nice Michelle!

thank you