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 11 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 

Edited 5 hours ago by gtx6970

[Trainwreck]

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

So what's next?

Edited 6 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]

45 minutes 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.  

[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...