doorsovdoon Posted February 21, 2022 Posted February 21, 2022 Why do I keep buying this kit? It's awful, fit issues are on another level, Lol! ..but, I really enjoy this type of model building. I like fixing the problem areas and doing a bit of kit bashing using more detailed parts from other kits. After I sorted all the fit issues I decided to open the trunk lid. The panel gap had widened after sanding, so I just added some styrene to the trunk to close up the gaps. 1
doorsovdoon Posted February 21, 2022 Author Posted February 21, 2022 Centre console and wheels are from the Revell '68 Charger. 1
slusher Posted February 21, 2022 Posted February 21, 2022 I always enjoy following your builds Gareth. Looking forward to more…
doorsovdoon Posted February 22, 2022 Author Posted February 22, 2022 Thanks guys. For such a bad kit, oddly it's one of my favourites. I've started building a trunk floor and rebuilding the wheel wells. It's nothing close to accurate but you're not really going to see much in there. 1
doorsovdoon Posted February 23, 2022 Author Posted February 23, 2022 Scrapped my first attempt, lets do a better job.
doorsovdoon Posted February 23, 2022 Author Posted February 23, 2022 Not great, but better. At least there's something in there now rather than a hollowed out fuel tank as a floor! 1
doorsovdoon Posted February 24, 2022 Author Posted February 24, 2022 The good thing about having built this kit before is I know what needs to be done to fix it. One big issue is the chassis. It sinks too far in at the front of the body, annoyingly at a point where using either of the front axle holes will leave the car sitting too high or too low. Bringing it down leaves large gaps around the engine bay. I added some styrene along the firewall and under the front fenders and this had the chassis sitting nice and level in the body. Using the upper axle holes will now give the correct ride height. The lower axle holes aren't needed now, so I chopped those off leaving room for some scratch built lower control arms.
doorsovdoon Posted February 24, 2022 Author Posted February 24, 2022 The chassis has a big cut out around the gearbox, so I rebuilt the transmission tunnel and part of the floor.
Bainford Posted February 24, 2022 Posted February 24, 2022 Looking good, Gareth. You've got a good handle on what this kit needs. Curiously, despite its problems, it is one of my favourites, too. Though I haven't built one in many years now, I have built more MPC Chargers than any other kit. Of course, many of them were in my youth, before we realised how bad these kits were. Back then, they were just models.
bisc63 Posted February 25, 2022 Posted February 25, 2022 Nice work happening here. It can be very satisfying to whip an old kit into shape, just to challenge yourself and your skills.
rightrudder Posted February 25, 2022 Posted February 25, 2022 Very nice detail work. Nailing the ride height is one of the biggest things that makes a model look right, so kudos for sweating it.
doorsovdoon Posted February 26, 2022 Author Posted February 26, 2022 Thanks guys. Yeah, quite a challenging kit to make it look right but is well worth the effort. I've said before, it's how you approach these particular kits. Anyone can put together a Revell, but these old butchered MPC tools are for real builders Lol! 1
doorsovdoon Posted February 26, 2022 Author Posted February 26, 2022 I'm thinking of doing the front with exposed headlights. Here's a quick mock-up.
doorsovdoon Posted February 26, 2022 Author Posted February 26, 2022 I have a couple of spare hoods from the Revell '68 Charger which are much closer in detail to the real thing. It's the custom option hood so I need to fill in the air intake hole to turn it back into the stock version. It's little wider than the MPC hood so was just a matter of sanding the edges to fit the MPC body.
doorsovdoon Posted February 26, 2022 Author Posted February 26, 2022 Made a bit of an upgrade to the kits steering and suspension. 1
bisc63 Posted February 27, 2022 Posted February 27, 2022 Nice attention to much-needed details underneath. I like the exposed headlight idea, it looks good mocked up, and it makes the model more unique.
doorsovdoon Posted February 27, 2022 Author Posted February 27, 2022 11 hours ago, bisc63 said: Nice attention to much-needed details underneath. I like the exposed headlight idea, it looks good mocked up, and it makes the model more unique. Thanks mate. Am I right in thinking these grille inserts are from the '71 Charger?
doorsovdoon Posted February 27, 2022 Author Posted February 27, 2022 Hood is shaped and smoothed ready for primer. No filler needed, just some filler primer and a lot of carful sanding. 1
doorsovdoon Posted February 27, 2022 Author Posted February 27, 2022 On 2/25/2022 at 3:56 AM, slusher said: Really nice scratch building.. Cheers mate. I really enjoy this stuff, I can see why Round2 still release these old dogs.
bisc63 Posted February 27, 2022 Posted February 27, 2022 5 hours ago, doorsovdoon said: Am I right in thinking these grille inserts are from the '71 Charger? I think you may be right. They look right at home as you've used them!
doorsovdoon Posted February 28, 2022 Author Posted February 28, 2022 Grille finished up. I'm surprised how well it turned out.
FLHCAHZ Posted February 28, 2022 Posted February 28, 2022 The grill looks great! Nice work on all the mods.
doorsovdoon Posted March 1, 2022 Author Posted March 1, 2022 On 2/28/2022 at 12:22 PM, FLHCAHZ said: The grill looks great! Nice work on all the mods. Thanks. These old kits can be a lot of fun.
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