1970 Plymouth ´Cuda

[Andy Oldenburg]

I wanted to turn this Revell AAR `Cuda into a real racer and tried out some new things. The base color is Aero Color Airbrush acrylic covered with 2 layers of crystal clear by AK. The baby blue fades into a darker turquoise to the bottom half. Next I applied the black stripe (bare metal black) and the chrome bare metal. After that I sprayed 2 more layers of crystal clear over the bare metal. First time I did this and the result is stunning: The bare metal is unremovable! I can grab the body in any way and no foil edges will peal off again. I can highly recommend this method. And, the shine still remains.

For the racer looks I beefed up the hood with a bigger intake and added spoilers to the front and the back, all made of 0,5 and 1mm styrene. The sidepipes are homemade out of styrene tubes, wrapped with thin aluminum grid. This grid material I also used for the front grill.

The engine is not the kit version. I had enough parts on hand to build a hemi. The air filters are styrene tube material wrapped with a fine mesh. For this engine I employed a different technique for the pulleys. I cut the wheels out of sheet and tube styrene and stacked them to resemble the real thing. The belt is cut from 1mm rubber mat. I found this at my crafts store, but in the meantime I´ve found a 0.8mm mat, actually a placemat which I "borrowed" from a restaurant.

 

 

The interior is designed for racing too. The rear seats gave way to a rollbar (4mm styrene). The buckets are fitted with 4-point racing belts.

Here you can see the sidepipes a bit better. 

I built this ´Cuda about 2 years ago and it still remains one of my favorites. Thanks for watching! You can see the video with this link:

https://youtu.be/dGDqUmWWpro

 

[70 Sting]

A lot of work went into this build and it shows. ?

[Zippi]

Nice looking Cuda.  

[happy grumpy]

One of my all time favorite mopar. You did it great justice. Awesome paint job.

[espo]

Great looking paint color and finish. Well detailed engine and chassis. 

[michelle]

Awesome work this custom looks great I surprised they did not go this route with the aar cars like the cudas challengers camaros mustangs and amxs 

[slusher]

Very sharp Cuda!

[Andy Oldenburg]

Thanks everyone for watching and your friendly response!?

[Rattlecan Dan]

Nice detailing, and great paint. Cool build.

[Erock]

Wait....You put a "68 Z-28" license plate on a '70 Cuda???

[Leica007]

Great paint/finish (hope I get to your level), the interior looks very detailed and clean, and the engine bay really sets off your work on a beautiful Cuda.

[Andy Oldenburg]

Hey, Eric! I can´t stop laughing about the plate? You are the first to notice and I never stumbled over that, good grief.....??

OK, I will put a different decal on this one! Thanks for your keen eye?

[herbian63]

EXTREMELY CLEAN!