So ugly, Its plain cool. Blairs Speed Shop 1962 Dodge Dart

[gtx6970]

Another FINALLY out of the box, finished and in the case after far far too many years in storage

 

Painted this one I think at least 10 years ago with Dupli color rattle can lacquer. It crazed the surface just enough I was not happy and put it away. Until a few months ago. 

What was supposed to be a simple out of the box / curbside build turned into an upgrade with the modern Lindberg chassis swap.

 

The finish is A LONG WAY from perfect . But dang it  if it didnt turn into a cool looking car on the shelf 

 

Comments or criticisms are very much appreciated and  more than welcome.  Thanks for looking in

 

 

Edited 22 hours ago by gtx6970

[gtx6970]

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[gtx6970]

They say its a fine line between bravery and stupidity.

 

Well, I decided to see just how fine. And made , and glued in some quarter windows to make it a sedan body.

Using a spare body I have, took some tape to the inside of the body and drew out the shape and transferred that to some clear acetate sheet. Painted some small sprue pieces in a color pretty close to the body. 

 

I do NOT recommend this to anyone

I held my breath the entire time . Good thing I used clear Elmers glue JUST in case I screwed it up I felt like I had a chance to correct it.  So, with Fingers crossed dove in. 

 

NOW its done and up in my case 

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[Trainwreck]

Nice to see this one cross the finish line, Bill.

So what's next?

Edited 17 hours ago by Trainwreck

[M W Elky]

It really captured the early super stock look just right . It makes me wish I would have stashed a few johan  62 dodges away when they were cheap. 

[gtx6970]

14 hours ago, Trainwreck said:

Nice to see this one cross the finish line, Bill.

So what's next?

Who knows

 

All depends on what i find in the pile i guess.  

I do have a couple started . Just not sure which ones gonna end up back on the bench 1st

 

 

This is most likely my last finished one for this year 

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[Ace-Garageguy]

Looks real good.  

Funny...I used to think that was one of the ugliest cars anybody ever put on wheels. I bought a decent one with some big 2bbl V8 lump for $65 way back in about '1977, traded it even for a clean '67 VW Westphalia camper.

Sure would like to have it now...

[dphipps]

Looks great, I think the side glass and pillar was a good choice.

I used to see a 4 door one of these daily driving around here, lavender with lime green outlines. Gross!

 

 

[gtx6970]

Thanks gents. They definitely have a face only a mother would love. Its not my favorite body style. But the more I worked on this one. The more I liked it. And it's definitely one of my favorites in the case .

 

Doing that quarter glass and trim was done with the car completely assembled. ( I dont  recommended that method btw , tedious is an understatement )

I should have done it while building the car. But sadly, wasn't paying close enough attention to the photos of the actual car I have.  All's well that ends well I guess. 

[Mike 1017]

I LUV IT. I do have a soft spot for FUGLY

[papajohn97]

Fabulous outcome on this one and that last-minute quarter windows/ column sedan conversion looks pretty much perfect to me. Sure wish I had this build in my door slammer collection to add an early Mopar SS'er.🤞 that we someday see an injection molded kit of these "ugly duckling" '62 Darts/ Fury's (I read the Jo-Han molds are no longer so it would require new tooling by our friends at Moebius/ AMT R2/ Revell). Thank you Bill for posting the WIP as well as this UG result. Cool build!

[bytownshaker]

Turned out great.