The 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona

[Falcon Ranchero]

Finally completed last night. My build table was occupied by school work for a bunch of weeks but this past weekend I had finished that so I could finally focus on my Daytona kit. Not a bad one to build, but my only caution would be to trim the bottom of the windshield as it will hit the dash otherwise and the body of the car will keep popping out. The silver paint job is a little more aggressive than I had anticipated, but a coat of clearcoat kinda calmed it down. Next up is a '66 Chevelle-not sure when that'll happen.

[Musclecarbuilder]

Nice build! I really like the silver/red combo!

[Shark]

Fine job, that's not the easiest kit to put together body wise.

[JohnH1973]

Very nice

[XYHARRY]

Nice colour combo on your Daytona there Nathan, I attempted one of these back when I first started building model cars and it almost put me off the hobby. I couldn't get that nose section to fit properly. Yours looks great, well done. 

Cheers, 

David. ??

[Falcon Ranchero]

1 hour ago, XYHARRY said:

I couldn't get that nose section to fit properly.

I was a little skeptical about how the nose would fit, especially after cutting the fenders to put the extentions on, but I was surprised about how it went on. The fact that putting the nose on the one you tried to build almost put you off the hobby is crazy. I know this kit is fairly new; part of AMT's auto stamp series as it came in the tin box, so maybe they re-assesed how the nose fits, 'cause I really had no trouble with it. ?  

[Tim W. SoCal]

On 10/23/2024 at 5:02 AM, Falcon Ranchero said:

The silver paint job is a little more aggressive than I had anticipated

I am looking for an aggressive silver metal flake for a base coat of KIA Deep Sea Blue, which is very transparent. This silver looks like it may work. Can you give me the specifics of this paint, please?...

[PappyD340]

Real nice Daytona!

[STU111]

These winged Mopars are awesome. I want to build one up eventually. Silver with red wing and Daytona stripe is a nice combo. Well done. ?? 

[ncbuckeye67]

Very nice! I think that's the first one I've seen in silver.

[slusher]

Great looking Daytona!

[Keef]

That color combo looks awesome! But I may be a little bit biased ?

[Falcon Ranchero]

On 10/24/2024 at 5:37 PM, Tim W. SoCal said:

I am looking for an aggressive silver metal flake for a base coat of KIA Deep Sea Blue, which is very transparent. This silver looks like it may work. Can you give me the specifics of this paint, please?...

It’s testors silver extreme lacquer, the cap looks like a nice gloss silver but it comes out pretty sparkly.

[Falcon Ranchero]

15 hours ago, Keef said:

That color combo looks awesome! But I may be a little bit biased ?

That’s a real nice GTX ?