My third AA/SA. Another 1964 Dodge A864.

[R. Thorne]

Bad chest cold delayed me a few weeks on this one, but doing better now and back at it.  Airbrushed Testors gold on the chassis.  Thought about adding Caltracs, but changed my mind.  Questions and comments (good and bad) always invited.  

[R. Thorne]

More chassis pics and the Ramchargers kit used.

[bytownshaker]

Looking good Ron. I liked the Cat trac's

[R. Thorne]

On 12/11/2022 at 11:19 AM, bytownshaker said:

Looking good Ron. I liked the Cat trac's

Thanks, maybe on the next build.

[R. Thorne]

Some body work and sub frame connectors modifications.

[R. Thorne]

Eeny, meeny, Miny, .  Got some more bodies painted.  Leaning towards the black one for this build.

[jphillips1970]

nice paint jobs - all of them would be a good fit with the gold - good job 

[R. Thorne]

6 hours ago, jphillips1970 said:

nice paint jobs - all of them would be a good fit with the gold - good job 

Thank you.

[R. Thorne]

Made the subframe connectors flush with frame as most current cars are.  “Welded on” with old Testors tube cement.  

[R. Thorne]

Tried a couple of things different.  Scratch built a chiller valve, installed in the upper hose, used for cooling down cars between class eliminations.  Made it from a front stabilizer bar.  Also, built a shift lite, installed on dash.  Some guys use these in lieu of a tachometer.  Last thing was a head rest, installed under the top of the roll bar on driver’s side, of course.  Also, perhaps most importantly, discovered something that may help with installing bare metal foil.  Initial tests are promising. More on that next time.

[Tortuga Kustomz]

nice detail

[M W Elky]

Looks good so far I like the shift light ? on the dash . I’m with you on not using the cal tracs these mopars always got it done with super stock springs and a pinion snubber 

[R. Thorne]

On 12/20/2022 at 1:51 AM, Tortuga Kustomz said:

nice detail

Thanks.

[R. Thorne]

Thank you.

[jphillips1970]

You do some amazing work with your model building -

Joe 

[R. Thorne]

On 12/20/2022 at 9:35 PM, M W Elky said:

Looks good so far I like the shift light ? on the dash . I’m with you on not using the cal tracs these mopars always got it done with super stock springs and a pinion snubber 

Thanks

[R. Thorne]

11 hours ago, jphillips1970 said:

You do some amazing work with your model building -

Joe 

Thank you.  Much appreciated.

[R. Thorne]

Put class letters/numbers on yesterday.  Goofed up on first back window, as I put them on facing towards the inside.  I was able to salvage some of the numbers by soaking them with decal solution and reapplying.  Much easier to apply them before installing the windows, but have to be alert as to how they are installed.

[R. Thorne]

Blasted bare metal foil adhesive.  About ready to make my own like I used to.   Anyway, picture doesn’t really show how much adhesive was left on the body.  Tried wd-40 (spray it in an old paint bottle and dip a qtip in it to apply), then wash off with Dawn and warm water.  After 2 applications and baths afterwards, there was still some residue left.  Took that off with Tamiya fine polish which is what I should have tried in the first place.  Enhanced the shine some also, but probably not worth the effort, if not for removing the adhesive.  Lots of lint on the car in the pics.  Keep in mind this is Tamiya ts14 only, no primer, no gloss coat, just a quick Earl Shieb (old guys will know what I mean) type of paint job.

[R. Thorne]

Put the windows in with clear double side tape (always experimenting).  I had 1/8” and 1/4” to work with.  Hardest part was taking the top covering off the tape.  I used a hobby knife and kept poking on it to separate it from the adhesive.  That worked ok, but was a bit tedious.  The 1/4 “ was easier to remove.  Anybody know a better way to release it?  Overall, I like the way it turned out.      

[R. Thorne]

[R. Thorne]

Tried to calm down the “shinyness” of the grill scrubbing with tooth paste and then applying Tamiya black then gray wash.  Well, it looks a little better, anyway.  Tried out a new Dspiae pen applying the wash and painting the tailights.  Doesn’t flood as much as the Tamiya brush and allows more pin point painting.  Will also use it for applying wash to door and trunk panel lines.

Edited December 30, 2022 by R. Thorne
Dspiae pen

[R. Thorne]

Did the headlights and front turn signals. Used testors turn signal amber.  Tried to narrow the thickness of the rear turn signals for a more accurate appearance.  It was a complete failure (tried sanding first, then cutting with my nippers).  Gave up on that painted some spare ones (this time with Mr. Color clear red, not Testors stop light red).  Trial fit of body.

[slusher]

really nice work!

[Tortuga Kustomz]

nice, one thing, when you going to merge the front grill to the body, make sure fits well, i really did had a bad time doing to on my project, i'm not saying yours is going to be the same, but check where you are going to need to hold the parts and try to not add to much glue to it, for me i had to hold it for a long time to make sure that looks ok, looking forward to see yours