Chrysler 300 B - by the book (almost)

[customline]

7 hours ago, bill-e-boy said:

Looking good Jim. You have done a fantastic job on the interior. I think it takes balls to cut open doors, I have tried it and ended up parking it.

I did a 300B a couple of years back and found I had to do a lot of clean up on the body - lots of mould lines to clean up and some a little vague. The 300 and 300B are nice looking cars IMO 

 

Thanks, Bill, but nope- I wouldn't have cut that door if I had spotted the discrepancy of the interior door panel/door jamb/windshield dogleg. The door "card" was not fully nor correctly represented and I cut before I realized this was the case. Lack of experience is the culprit. Never trust the tooling!

I am a fan of these Mopars of the '50s having lived with a couple of them as daily drivers when I was young and foolish. I wish Moebius would take advantage of the work that went into that kit and expand the yield as they did for their much-loved Hudson lineup ?. Just think what they could produce!  Who wouldn't want to build a few of these visually stunning examples?

[chryslerjunkandstuff]

Sorry, not wanting to derail here..

Yer car is coming along real sweet!

Moebius ought to get on it..

I'll add a few more '55-6 beauties to gawk at :

[customline]

3 hours ago, chryslerjunkandstuff said:

Sorry, not wanting to derail here..

Yer car is coming along real sweet!

Moebius ought to get on it..

I'll add a few more '55-6 beauties to gawk at :

Ahhhh...the '55 St. Regis...that lower grille bar shows up on many a leadsled. The New Yorkers were pretty snazzy, ? (haven't heard that word in quite a while, have you?)??

Edited January 25, 2023 by customline

[mustang1989]

Dang it Jjim!! You wanna kitchen sink?? You've thrown about everything else into this thing so I figured I'd offer. lol 

The work you're putting into this car is nothing short of amazing. Truly good work buddy.

[customline]

On 1/28/2023 at 7:48 AM, mustang1989 said:

Dang it Jjim!! You wanna kitchen sink?? You've thrown about everything else into this thing so I figured I'd offer. lol 

The work you're putting into this car is nothing short of amazing. Truly good work buddy.

Those are kind words, Joe, I appreciate the offer but I have no way of connecting a drain to my septic system. There is plenty of room in the back seat though.....?

This one, like my other projects, is in paint limbo. I've decided on black lacquer by airbrush using Alclad II gloss base. Just need a good day. ?. Thanks for your interest!

[charlie8575]

I have a '56 and a bottle of Scale Finishes' Regimental Red, awaiting its turn. I was toying with doing mine in Caribbean Blue, which was a special-order color, and a few cars were built in it.

I would also like to see a non-300 Chrysler, and a few DeSotos spun off of this tooling. I think an Adventurer would be a very good seller.

You're doing a nice job on this so far. If you switch back to white, the instructions suggested Wimbledon White as a decent match to Cloud White. I believe this is the same as Sapphire White on my 1955 Dodge, and Wimbledon White wouldn't be a horrible match for it in scale.

The '55 I have, and need to finish, is in black. The color fits the car well.

Charlie Larkin

[customline]

10 hours ago, charlie8575 said:

I have a '56 and a bottle of Scale Finishes' Regimental Red, awaiting its turn. I was toying with doing mine in Caribbean Blue, which was a special-order color, and a few cars were built in it.

I would also like to see a non-300 Chrysler, and a few DeSotos spun off of this tooling. I think an Adventurer would be a very good seller.

You're doing a nice job on this so far. If you switch back to white, the instructions suggested Wimbledon White as a decent match to Cloud White. I believe this is the same as Sapphire White on my 1955 Dodge, and Wimbledon White wouldn't be a horrible match for it in scale.

The '55 I have, and need to finish, is in black. The color fits the car well.

Charlie Larkin

Thanks for your comments,  Charlie.  I have chosen Black mainly because the chrome shows up a lot better against it and I have this nice big bottle of black lacquer that I know will produce a beautiful gloss without a clear coat. I hope I'm not wrong about that ?.

You mention a '55 Dodge; in 1:25? 2 or 4 doors? I would love to see that one.

 

[mustang1989]

Looking forward to more on this one.

[customline]

1 hour ago, mustang1989 said:

Looking forward to more on this one.

Yup. Me too. Waiting for painting weather days for 5 projects. Missed a few good ones last week. And today! ?

[bill-e-boy]

I am a big fan of the 55-56 Mopars in any form - but then I am biased but as a 55 Dodge was mentioned so here is my 2 cents worth of derailment

I have a real deal 56 Dodge which was originally balck and off white where the pink (salmon) now is. 

And the 1:25 model - a resin kit from Model Car World

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[customline]

14 hours ago, bill-e-boy said:

I am a big fan of the 55-56 Mopars in any form - but then I am biased but as a 55 Dodge was mentioned so here is my 2 cents worth of derailment

I have a real deal 56 Dodge which was originally balck and off white where the pink (salmon) now is. 

And the 1:25 model - a resin kit from Model Car World

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That is absolutely sweet!  In both scales!  I should tell you about the '56 Royal I had back in the '70s but I won't bore you with all the sordid details.

[charlie8575]

On 2/16/2023 at 11:51 AM, customline said:

Thanks for your comments,  Charlie.  I have chosen Black mainly because the chrome shows up a lot better against it and I have this nice big bottle of black lacquer that I know will produce a beautiful gloss without a clear coat. I hope I'm not wrong about that ?.

You mention a '55 Dodge; in 1:25? 2 or 4 doors? I would love to see that one.

 

Oh no, no, no. I have a 1:1 Coronet 4-door. This is it being dropped in my driveway a couple of years ago. Still trying to put money together, but with some luck, I'll actually be able to start doing some real work on it this spring when it starts to warm up a bit. I do have an MCW Custom Royal Lancer to build, and I'll be doing it in the same Jewll Black/Sapphire White/Heather Rose scheme as my car.

Polyhead 270 with overdrive. It'll be a nice highway car once it's back on the road.

Charlie Larkin

 

 

Edited February 23, 2023 by charlie8575

[charlie8575]

On 2/18/2023 at 2:32 AM, bill-e-boy said:

I am a big fan of the 55-56 Mopars in any form - but then I am biased but as a 55 Dodge was mentioned so here is my 2 cents worth of derailment

I have a real deal 56 Dodge which was originally balck and off white where the pink (salmon) now is. 

And the 1:25 model - a resin kit from Model Car World

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nice car. Hoping mine gets to be as nice when it's done.

Charlie Larkin

[customline]

18 hours ago, charlie8575 said:

Nice car. Hoping mine gets to be as nice when it's done.

Charlie Larkin

I hope what happened to my '55 Coronet doesn't happen to yours, Charlie. ?.

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[charlie8575]

2 hours ago, customline said:

I hope what happened to my '55 Coronet doesn't happen to yours, Charlie. ?.

Well, it's plenty rusty, engine seems to be free. Transmission doesn't seem to shift, may need bushings or some linkage pins. My major hope is to have the bulk of the disassembly done this spring, and then get someone who actually know how to weld in to fix the floors, rockers, and the other spots that need fixing.

Whatever happened to your car sounds terrible.

Charlie Larkin

[customline]

8 hours ago, charlie8575 said:

Well, it's plenty rusty, engine seems to be free. Transmission doesn't seem to shift, may need bushings or some linkage pins. My major hope is to have the bulk of the disassembly done this spring, and then get someone who actually know how to weld in to fix the floors, rockers, and the other spots that need fixing.

Whatever happened to your car sounds terrible.

Charlie Larkin

It met an with an Electra,  grille to grille.  (My fault ) ?

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[charlie8575]

1 hour ago, customline said:

It met an with an Electra,  grille to grille.  (My fault ) ?

Oof.

 

[customline]

13 minutes ago, charlie8575 said:

Oof.

 

Yeah. ?