AMT '68 Roadrunner

[dphipps]

Recently finished the current AMT 68 roadrunner. It went together pretty good with no real issues other than it came with the wrong tail lights. The sprue looks like the back of the box but the "lights" are a bezel for a different mopar maybe? Not too sure.

Built it out of the box other than the face of the wheels. I tried to paint the underside how I figured they'd roll off the line. 

It's intended to be a gift to a family member this christmas. The last pics are the inspiration, and his old car. Ouch!

 

[Shark]

Harts parts resin may have the tail lights you need. Really good people to work with, lots of Mopar stuff.

[Jim B]

Great looking Roadrunner.  Well done.  Yeah, ouch!

[Old Nasty]

                                  The curse of youth & high powered muscle cars.  Ah, those were great days to be alive.

[charger74]

Very nice roadrunner

[Mike 1017]

Most Excellent

[espo]

Great looking paint finish and that Yellow is sure bright. Sad to see what became of the original Road Runner, hope they weren't injured.  

[dphipps]

12 minutes ago, espo said:

Great looking paint finish and that Yellow is sure bright. Sad to see what became of the original Road Runner, hope they weren't injured.  

Thanks for the comments guys! My models usually reflect the 1:1 stuff I'm into, or have going on in the garage but I'm not much of a mopar guy so it was kind of fun for a change of pace. 

I painted it before the pictures and I wish I had used a bit more... egg yolk? yellow, but I am happy with the way it turned out. It is Folkart "Daffodil yellow" airbrushed with Duplicolor clear

If you can believe it he almost lost his big toe. The toe is still around, but it doesn't bend anymore.

Edited 56 minutes ago by dphipps

[espo]

4 minutes ago, dphipps said:

Thanks for the comments guys! My models usually reflect the 1:1 stuff I'm into, or have going on in the garage but I'm not much of a mopar guy so it was kind of fun for a change of pace. 

I painted it before the pictures and I wish I had used a bit more... egg yolk? yellow, but I am happy with the way it turned out. It is Folkart "Daffodil yellow" airbrushed with Duplicolor clear

If you can believe it he almost lost his big toe. The toe is still around, but it doesn't bend anymore.

Limping away from this with only a bent toe had to have made a believer out of him.