1964 Dodge D100

[carnut]

It has been quite awhile since I posted any builds so here goes. I picked up this Modelhaus 64 Dodge D100 SWB pickup a few months before they announced their retirement. The resin kit is ok, there will be some cleanup on this. It is inspired by Gas Monkey’s build from a few years ago - I want to keep mine all Mopar, the donor kit is the Lindberg 64 Dodge 330. What do you think? More to follow. Cheers

Edited November 9, 2020 by carnut

[Mopar - D]

Glad to see you back Michael. A few years ago I built mine up with the SST version that Dodge came out with back then. I used the same street engine that you have in your donor kit. I’m going to be following this build. 

[mikemodeler]

Going to be watching this, wish I had grabbed one of these when I had the chance.

[wrenchr]

I will be watching this for sure. someone needs to make a new tool of one of these. 

[carnut]

Update: I have been working on the chassis for a bit and I am surprised as to how well the Dodge 330 chassis fits up in the cab, with a bit of work. I measured the cab space and lined up everything and cut the chassis in half almost. The chassis width is a little smaller than the cab. So I added Evergreen strip styrene around the edges and everything looks good. I also cut out the inside well wells, but I’ll rebuild them later. I did make a goof, I went online and found out that the 330 is a unibody with subframes so I made frame extenders to tie it all in. I forgot about the torsion bars - so I drilled holes for those to mount up in the crossmember. I’ll redo the tranny mount later. Enjoy the photos, and keep smiling.

[AmericanMuscleFan]

Glad to see someone else building a '64 D100, I'm in love with this truck!   I also have this Modelhaus kit but chose to build one entirely from scratch all styrene (maybe you have seen my thread already?).  I made some modifications to the resin hood including the internal brackets but it did not fit my body well so I put it back in its original box, the kit will probably retain its value if no one else is making a new version of it, time will tell...   Keep doing your good work Michael, can't wait to see it finished!

[Mopar - D]

Francis I saw one on eBay for $1000 last month. 

[AmericanMuscleFan]

16 hours ago, Mopar - D said:

Francis I saw one on eBay for $1000 last month. 

Yes, I saw it too!  Pretty unrealistic price... it will probably remain unsold for years to come...

[carnut]

On 11/15/2020 at 4:01 PM, Mopar - D said:

Francis I saw one on eBay for $1000 last month. 

that’s crazy, whoever is selling it can keep it. I do wish that someone would do up one of these 1960’s Dodge pickups. Although I’m a Ford person, I do like building different stuff.

[carnut]

Update: I finally got back to this - been busy the last few days. I got the chassis pan and frame glued up. It looks a bit ugly but it will do the job. It almost looks like something Roadkill would do, Ha ha ha. I’ve lined up a few of the other parts from the Dodge 330 kit. But there is a lack of some detail. I’ll see if I can make this work still. Rind to think of wheels and tires. Cheers.

[Dominik]

On 11/9/2020 at 1:50 PM, mikemodeler said:

Going to be watching this, wish I had grabbed one of these when I had the chance.

agreed. awesome part of casted trucks.

Thank you to share your build and not leave it in the deep holes of collectors stash.

[thatz4u]

Keep it going...

[Chariots of Fire]

I never did get one of the Modelhaus Dodges but I did  a '66 version about 16 years ago.  Made it out of a Ford cab.  Looking forward to seeing how this one builds up.

[thatz4u]

updates??

[carnut]

Update: sorry it’s been awhile but I’ve been rather busy with another few model building projects. As you can see my planning and fabrication is paying off. The first photo is showing the D100 finally up on wheels, I have the stance I want but the wheels don’t really cut it for me. A very good friend of mine is 3D printing a set of wheels to go into a similar set of tires. Photo 2 is the 426 Max Wedge in the engine bay, with the headers from the Dodge 330 kit jut fitted in, they will work out just fine. Time to do a search for where the spark plugs go and drill some holes for plug wires.

yes I do need to also address the missing inside fender wells and lower firewall. Lots more to do.

cheers.

[thatz4u]

really looking great..

[stitchdup]

Cool project,

[wrenchr]

Love those Dodges, very nice progress. 

[carnut]

Update: Sorry to be late on this, I’ve been busy on other things. Some more of the major assemblies are done. The 426 Max Wedge is assembled and spark plug holes drilled, long tube headers are built and yes they will fit. I took  the donor kit’s inside wheel wells and trimmed them to fit inside the engine bay- yes they fit like a glove. Lastly I did have to make some inside fender pieces, the resin body firewall leaves a huge gap. I’ll be gluing these in during the assembly later. Time to start thinking of colors to paint. Hope that y’all like it. Cheers.

[carnut]

It’s been quite awhile, my apologies but I’ve been rather busy on some other projects. I had to spend today making the truck bed floor. I took the resin bed floor and cut it up to fit the tubs and such in the back, next I cut a fresh sheet of Evergreen 040 to size. The fit is okay but not the greatest. I may need to redo it. Got to think it over. Things are moving ahead, soon to start thinking about paint colors.

Edited February 13, 2021 by carnut

[thatz4u]

I like what I'm seeing...

[carnut]

Thanks everyone for the kind comments. I’ve been kind of held up waiting for some custom wheels to come in and they have not yet so I need to contact the person who’s 3-D printing a set for me and see what’s going on. I may have to pick an alternative. I’m kind of anxious to get this going again. Thanks again everyone cheers.

[carnut]

An update on the Dodge D100: I had to do some more work on the chassis frame and so I cut out the donor kit molded in gas tank and I replaced it with some Evergreen sheet styrene cut to fill the hole I cut. The plan is to build a new gas tank. Also what I’ve been waiting for has finally come in. A friend of mine offered to 3-D print some Hillebrand‘s for this project and I can’t wait to put them on. It looks like I’ve got everything now set to finish this off hopefully. The next thing to decide is what color to paint this I’ve been thinking of a two-tone bronze and root beer brown but now I’m starting to think of doing a weathered paint job on it kinda like Roadkill. We’ll see, cheers

Edited August 2, 2021 by carnut

[carnut]

Sorry it has been so long, I’ve been caught up in some other things.

Here is the current status: I’ve got most everything ready but now I’ve had to start scratch building-kit bash an exhaust system.  Them maybe I’ll look at redoing the rear bed insert, I first attempt was a big failure.

Thanks for looking. Cheers 

[carnut]

Update: Fabrication is complete, now it is time to think of paint. I have been thinking of a two-tone root beer and bronze, but now I’m having second thoughts. My brother in-law suggested a Dodge light blue which was popular - maybe a bit faded?

Any ideas??

Edited December 28, 2021 by carnut