Revell 1968 Dodge Charger R/T

[jTorge]

I'm pretty excited about the progress I made today.  Finished up the interior and I was able to do some dry-fitting to the not-yet-painted body.  I had been trying to imagine whether it was better to attach the interior to the body first - or to the chassis first.  Getting to try it for real made it apparent - I'll be attaching it to the body first, then adding the chassis after.  Everything lines up really well.  I was especially glad to have the front of the body (inner fender wells) mate up tight to the chassis.

[STU111]

Nice work, interior looks great. The Revell Chargers are good kits.👍🏻

[johnyrotten]

Great work so far,Jim. I went with the same color combination for my 70 roadrunner. Nice job on that engine as well.

[jTorge]

2 hours ago, STU111 said:

Nice work, interior looks great. The Revell Chargers are good kits.👍🏻

Thanks Stuart - Yeah, so far so good.  I am hopeful things will go well the rest of the way.

[jTorge]

1 hour ago, johnyrotten said:

Great work so far,Jim. I went with the same color combination for my 70 roadrunner. Nice job on that engine as well.

Hi John - Thanks for your kind words.  It will eventually get sprayed with Testors Extreme Lacquer Bronze Metallic.  And a Satin Black "vinyl" roof.  If you have a snapshot of your 70 road runner, I would like to see it.  I have built that kit twice and enjoyed it.  It is a long story why I built a second one, and have a third one in the box.  Here we go...  (Don't feel obligated to read on.)

The first 70 RR - I bought at the local hobby store as a practice kit.  My Marine buddy (of long ago) saw it and said, "Do you remember my '70 RR?  (1:1)  Oh dang, yes I did, so I had to get a second kit and build a replica of his.  But none were to be had as that kit was in short supply last spring.  I ordered one from the local hobby store and after several weeks they said they couldn't get it.  So I ordered one on-line.  Got that one - then the one I had on order that the local store couldn't get, came in and I bought it anyway.  I will either do a triple black with that one, or silver paint and red interior.

[johnyrotten]

14 minutes ago, jTorge said:

If you have a snapshot of your 70 road runner

There's a few post in the "what did you accomplish" thread here. I chose not to do a w.i.p. on this one,as it's box stock and a recreation of a local car from my childhood. And I don't want to hijack your thread. Beautiful work on your road runner, those cars have a special spot for me, I grew up racing in a mostly Mopar garage.