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On 2/23/2025 at 10:03 PM, deuces wild said:

Dick Landy????.....🤔🧐

Yep, 

Ive found and ordered a decal sheet for the roof / upper body stripes.

So hopefully I'll be able to move forward with this one next week 

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The Blue is too dark I think.

It's tamiya TS51 I believe 

It has maybe 3 light coats over the silver

 

I'll look this weekend and if i fid a lighter blue .....ill  maybe tape it back up respray the blue 

 

The Dart is all decals btw

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I just did a quick on-line review of period color pictures of the Landy Coronet, and the dark blue looks good. :) 

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Well.

Decision made.

I couldn't live with it

Plus I want to widen the hood stripes 

So....Taped It back up.

And will Reshoot it later today. 

 

 

 

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Well, Today was an experimental day

 

After some spoons color tests. with various Blues. 

I sprayed out the TS54 ( on the left ) and it was far too light....SO,,,,, I tried it directly over the darker TS51 on a spoon test ( on the right )  And . BINGO,,,,Its not a huge changed from straight TS54, But just enough I think It nailed the color I was after

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Looking great! Man I don’t think there’s anything cooler than Landys cars, especially the 68’s 👍

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On 3/20/2025 at 5:52 PM, M W Elky said:

I really think you’re going to need to complete this landy collection and build the hauler truck IMG_4670.jpeg.6db5f32badda1a9af71a5d426348e519.jpeg

Thanks, I have a couple different versions of the ramp body , but Sadly no one makes the Cab for this truck in the configuration required. A few make the right era,,,,,,, but all are half ton trucks

 

 

I recently bought a decal sheet for the stripes. And they all but disappear on the body they are so thin.

So , unfortunately this one is going back in the box until better decals become avail or I get up the nerve to paint them on

 

 

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35 minutes ago, gtx6970 said:

Thanks, I have a couple different versions of the ramp body , but Sadly no one makes the Cab for this truck in the configuration required. A few make the right era,,,,,,, but all are half ton trucks

 

 

I recently bought a decal sheet for the stripes. And they all but disappear on the body they are so thin.

So , unfortunately this one is going back in the box until better decals become avail or I get up the nerve to paint them on

 

 

We can only hope slixx will reprint the decals and mabe make improvements.  As for the truck bodies we’ll have to keep our eyes out for a 3-d printed version. The big job dodge trucks of this era are a big missing link . I would like to build the Sox & Martin hauler along with snake & mongoose haulers.  I would think that the snake & mongoose haulers would sell very well and warrant the cost of new tooling. They could also be used for the NASCAR contingent ie : petty 

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