JoHan '64 Dodge Toy Show Rescue

[Snake45]

Bought this very cleanly built JoHan '64 Dodge at this month's local toy show for $25 from a fellow modeler. Much too nice to call it a “glue bomb”--it was actually nicer than most of my rescues after I've rescued them—but I thought it could still stand a little minor Snake-Fu.

The chrome spokes of the wheels had to be painted, of course. The comically jacked rear end could have been left alone as a period-correct '70s street bomber, but I decided to see if I could get it down to a more timeless (and sensible) stance. The rear tires/wheels were much too wide to fit into the fenderwells, so I replaced them with wheels and tires I took off a recently rescued glue bomb Cobra. Wheel spokes were painted with Folk Art acrylic Brushed Dark Gray Metallic from Walmart. The rear tires got the lettering detailed with Folk Art acrylic flat white and the point of a toothpick, one of my best tire-lettering attempts ever. Sanded all the tire treads, of course.

Wasn't much to do elsewhere. I painted the backup lights with acrylic Pearl White, touched up the grille a little, then went around and cleaned up a few slight overages of the foil with a new Xacto blade (it wasn't bad, but now it's just better). And that was pretty much it. Only had about 4-6 hours total in the whole thing, including finding the new wheels & tires. I didn't even have to take it apart. Back on the shelf! Thanks for looking and, as always, comments welcome.

[SfanGoch]

Good work, Rich. Dropping the rear improves the look.

Edited October 15, 2021 by SfanGoch

[Zippi]

Nice job Snake.

[1972coronet]

Nice save !  It seems like it was built in the early-mid 80's  , judging by the stance , Bare Metal Foil , paint , and painted lettering on the tyres . 

[Can-Con]

Looks much better like that Snake. 

BTW, IF you want to get a pair of rear wheels that match the front, look in the MPC/AMT '69 Charger Daytona.

They put 2 slightly different styles of wheel in some of the kits but I don't know as to which kit has which wheels. Possibly the older kits with the red car have one design and the gold car kits have the other but??

Edited October 16, 2021 by Can-Con

[Snake45]

1 hour ago, Can-Con said:

Looks much better like that Snake. 

BTW, IF you want to get a pair of rear wheels that match the front, look in the MPC/AMT '69 Charger Daytona.

They put 2 slightly different styles of wheel in some of the kits but I don't know as to which kit has which wheels. Possibly the older kits with the red car have one design and the gold car kits have the other but??

According to Mark, the super-deep Americans originally on the rear were from the AMT '69 Daytona. They're now destined to be used on a '66 Nova pro street. The slight mismatch between the wheels on this one doesn't bother me, all things considered. Thanks for the kind words! 

[grodudulle77]

Awesome look !! ??

[Classicgas]

Nice work. 

[Steve H]

Snake, you sir are the king of rescues. Every time I see one of your rescues I think, hmmmmm, I should rebuild one of my old glue bombs. Although it is fun to look back and realize that I actually am getting a bit better!! Nice work.

Cheers, Steve

[FLHCAHZ]

The stance is a huge improvement!   Really nice work making a cool model better. 

[Sam I Am]

Nice find, and nice save.

[NOBLNG]

Nice! I agree, it looks a lot better with the new stance.?

[David G.]

Nicely Done!

Boy, it did have quite a rake, didn't it?

David G.

[Scott8950]

Looks much better! Great job

[Snake45]

On 10/15/2021 at 11:32 AM, SfanGoch said:

Good work, Rich. Dropping the rear improves the look.

 

On 10/15/2021 at 7:08 PM, Zippi said:

Nice job Snake.

 

On 10/15/2021 at 8:29 PM, 1972coronet said:

Nice save !  It seems like it was built in the early-mid 80's  , judging by the stance , Bare Metal Foil , paint , and painted lettering on the tyres . 

Thanks for the nice comments guys! Model on! 

[Snake45]

On 10/16/2021 at 6:08 PM, grodudulle77 said:

Awesome look !! ??

 

On 10/16/2021 at 6:29 PM, Classicgas said:

Nice work. 

 

On 10/17/2021 at 8:42 PM, Steve H said:

Snake, you sir are the king of rescues. Every time I see one of your rescues I think, hmmmmm, I should rebuild one of my old glue bombs. Although it is fun to look back and realize that I actually am getting a bit better!! Nice work.

Cheers, Steve

 

On 10/19/2021 at 7:09 AM, FLHCAHZ said:

The stance is a huge improvement!   Really nice work making a cool model better. 

 

On 10/19/2021 at 7:42 PM, Sam I Am said:

Nice find, and nice save.

 

On 10/19/2021 at 10:17 PM, NOBLNG said:

Nice! I agree, it looks a lot better with the new stance.?

 

On 10/20/2021 at 7:31 AM, David G. said:

Nicely Done!

Boy, it did have quite a rake, didn't it?

David G.

 

On 10/20/2021 at 8:30 AM, Scott8950 said:

Looks much better! Great job

Much appreciated, everyone! Model on, and go save some glue bombs of your own. 

[happy grumpy]

A nice recovery, like others have said, it looks much better this way. I sure miss those jo han kits

[spencer1984]

Excellent work as usual, I like your more refined look.

[slusher]

Very nice work Snake, looks so much better..

[ewetwo]

Really nice improvement Snake.  Looks much better lowered. I thought I commented on this before. Was it originally in a different post?

 

[ybsluos]

Very nice Richard.  Much more tasteful.  I really enjoy adding my own touches to a built up or restoring a bomb.- Mark

[yellowsportwagon]

Thank you for losing the Stinkbug stance. That’s just slightly less stupid looking than a squatted pickup