Rob Z Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 It's nearly invisible. I only have inside pics of the car, and just about everyone you can barely see the stripe, making it that much cooler, in my opinion. That's what I figured... I like the idea of the ghost effect striping, it really sets the mood for the ride... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W-409 Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 (edited) Nice work with it so far! I like how you did cut the top off. You are into Convertibles? They are nice, I have to say and I like '70 Cuda a lot, it's thousands of times better than the '71. Very nice and interesting project you have there, I'm watching! Edited January 22, 2011 by W-409 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie8575 Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 That car must've gotten into an awful fight...all that black and blue! I don't know how I missed this before, but it's going to look great when you're done, that I have no question of. Charlie Larkin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian ashton Posted January 22, 2011 Author Share Posted January 22, 2011 Nice work with it so far! I like how you did cut the top off. You are into Convertibles? They are nice, I have to say and I like '70 Cuda a lot, it's thousands of times better than the '71. Very nice and interesting project you have there, I'm watching! Yea, I agree about '70 vs. '71 I love Mopar convertibles, and with models I especially like drop tops, because you can see interior details mug better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian ashton Posted January 22, 2011 Author Share Posted January 22, 2011 This project is rapidly getting much more involved than I had initially planned; I'm glad I started with this stuff now, and not after I started painting stuff, haha. The more I steal parts from the Revell Chargers, the more I like 'em! I've decided to use the 440 from the '68 Charger, along with several other parts, because the detail is just so nice. Because the Revell Charger engine is not a 6 pack, I am using the AMT Challenger intake, to make it work with the windage tray (or whatever that piece is called under the intake) I had to trim quite a bit of material away; Engine shaping up: On the left, the AMT Challenger fron suspension, and on the right the Revell Charger suspension. Same size, different detail: AMT always drops the ball with their Mopar upper control arms, so I decided to use the Revell parts there as well. Here is a comparisson: Test fitting the suspension pieces: You can also see in this pic how I opened up the K member Upper control arms installed: I needed that piece of the chassis for my Challenger build, so I replaced what I cut out with Evergreen, works perfect, and you can't really see it when the K member is installed. I also got the AMT Challenger cowel installed: The exhaust tips are going to be a bit of a P.I.T.A. so I figured I should get cracking on them. I am using the Challenger pipes and tips for now, but will end up changing out the tips to something AL during final assembly. To start, I dry built everything and marked where the cuts were needed for the tips: Very roughly cut, I've got a lot of sanding to do. The tips will sit nearly flush with the top edge of the cut, I just didn't have enough hands to hold them in place for the picture. I still need to sand them so they are straight. Once thats done I'll use Evergreen to fill in the area under the exhaust tips, as the real car has them fully surrounded: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf75 Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 looking awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilone Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Dang bro this is looking good. its gonna be a sharp build when its done . What color are you gonna do factory or custom? if factory what color will that be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian ashton Posted January 24, 2011 Author Share Posted January 24, 2011 Thanks! Paint will be just like the pic in the first post, black with a blue interior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian ashton Posted January 26, 2011 Author Share Posted January 26, 2011 More work to the tail panel: More shaping up in the front end, filled in the fog light buckets: Fender wells glued into place: Also got a chance to spray some color on the engine and misc. chassis parts: And some detail painting started: Engine & Trans: I'm using a M.A.D. Modeling distributor (which is beautiful, by the way). I added the vacuum advance thing from the Revell '68 Charger dizzy: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reliable Resin Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 With my Challenger convertible finished up I'm ready to go full swing into the Cuda project. I've given up on converting the grille myself, and as luck would have it my Reliable Resin pieces showed up yesterday. The accuracy with respect to the 1:1 scale is great, there was a lot of flash, sanding, and trimming required - more than I'd expect given the cost, but whatever, they are still very nice pieces. I'm not sure if I'll use their hood and SHAKER, or if I'll continue with making my own - the hood is like .125" too wide, not a big deal - I'll probably work both pieces and use whichever looks best in paint. The Reliable parts (I started trimming the hood before I took this pic): Test fit of the hood, a little narrowing to be done, not too bad though: Getting the grille to fit just right is a bit of a process, as it required the removal of a lot of material from the body. Sand, fit, sand, fit, sand, fit, lol; Same thing with the tail panel - the joys of doing conversions! Giving a test fit with the lower valence and bumper - note, this bumper is warped, I've got another that I'll use for the final build: Front lower valence installed, ready for some filling and lots more sanding: (The gap looks weird, but its an optical illusion, its pretty symetrical) Last night I ordered the Model Car Garage photo etched detail kit (actuall 1:24 scale for the RM '71 kits) from Scale Dreams, I figure its worth checking out, I can probably use the hood pins, door handles, PE emblems, and some of the other goodies. If not no big loss. Ian , looking good , I have a couple TIP'S that'll help you w/ the front Grille fit , I don't recall having that gap w/ the rear valance , then again , I was working w/ the 71 Johan ... converting to a 70 S&M P/S Hope you got those other items we shipped as well ..... The revised 1/25 MPC 70 cuda that we offer , prob. would have saved you a lil' time there big guy I have the misc components for that 70 cuda i.e. rear valance / bumper & frt grille / bumper, etc...I'll try to hit you up on FB later on BTW , "Tom" the owner of that car , is a good buddy of mine & has quite the Rare Collection of 'cudas Build ON Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian ashton Posted January 27, 2011 Author Share Posted January 27, 2011 (edited) Ian , looking good , I have a couple TIP'S that'll help you w/ the front Grille fit , I don't recall having that gap w/ the rear valance , then again , I was working w/ the 71 Johan ... converting to a 70 S&M P/S Hope you got those other items we shipped as well ..... The revised 1/25 MPC 70 cuda that we offer , prob. would have saved you a lil' time there big guy I have the misc components for that 70 cuda i.e. rear valance / bumper & frt grille / bumper, etc...I'll try to hit you up on FB later on BTW , "Tom" the owner of that car , is a good buddy of mine & has quite the Rare Collection of 'cudas Build ON Don Yea, I noticed you made the '70 body after I already started chopping the Johan, no worries. Tom's collection is NUTS! I can't believe he sold the white '70 Hemi Cuda, that car was amazing, and I still cant believe I was able to drive it! My dads been to his storage area and seen all the toys, I've only seen the cars he broght to our show. Super nice and unassuming guy for sure - people like him give me goals and encouragement to rock out at the career, to fund the hobby. Edited January 27, 2011 by ian ashton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reliable Resin Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Ian , yea... "Tom L" is 1 of a kind & really fun guy, who w/ all the $'s keeps it real tossing back a few cold ones like the rest of us $ challenged LOL One of his most amazing cudas' is that French Export car ! Shot ya a mesg via FB *note that I simply pulled those items outta the molds > straight into the pkg & to the post ( that day ) Cause I new you needed them FAST , hence the rough edges & flash Ya want it fast or pretty .... I figured FAST Ck your FB & get back w/ me , we'll tighten you up & looking fwd to seeing what you do w/ those "other" conversion pkgs I sent ya Build ON ! Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Rogers Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 (edited) so Don what your saying is it went FAST? Edited January 27, 2011 by Blake Rogers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian ashton Posted January 28, 2011 Author Share Posted January 28, 2011 Got some work done on the engine: I'm kinda disappointed with the 6 Pack carbs from AMT, not a ton of detail. I tried to jazz 'em up a little, good enough I guess: I also got the AMT '74 Cuda interior from a member here, which will be worlds better than using the Challenger stuff. Test fitting: Removing the trans tunnel, since this car does not have a center console: Fitting the colsole-less tunnel into the interior: A little rough filling - not super picky on this since it will all be Fuzzy Fur'd: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Moparman Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 What happened to this build man? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian ashton Posted February 4, 2011 Author Share Posted February 4, 2011 Working on it, slowly but surely. Nearly every aspect is giving me trouble it seems - I found that the black Testors One Coat is metallic I had purchased for this project is metallic, I found this out by spraying it on the chassis. I figured I'd just prime over it and spray the Tamiya TS-Whatever Black over top, but it looked terrible, so I stripped it down to bare plastic to start over. Prime is drying on the chassis right now. I'm not sure if the interior is going how I'd like or not - right now it is drying, I used a Testors One Coat light blue (don't recall the name) which is also heavy metallic, however I plan to spray everything with Dull Coat, so I think that the metallic will actually add a cool dimension to it, sort of like the factory vinyl actually looked, I'll know for sure when I get the dull coat on. On the up side, I won the Small Letter Polyglas tire decals on eBay, and they are absolutely amazing! I am considering trying to get the guy to do a single size run for me that I will package and sell in sets, rather than complete sheets (for those working on a budget) - more to come on that at a later date. So, here are some pics of the tires: After a good layer of Testors Dull Coat: I've found that they look much better if I bury them in dull coat, rather than just "dusting" it on. I also got a little more done on the engine, basically just have to put the belts and fan on, and do a little more detail painting: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Winter Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 The tire decals are amazing looking, so is the level of detail on that Big Block. Ahhh E Bodies and Big Blocks, is there anything sweeter. Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Cranky Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 I'm enjoying this build. Keep it going. Interesting work going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie8575 Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 All looking good, Ian. Charlie Larkin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Moparman Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 What happened to this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisPflug Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 (edited) A bit late now and not meaning to nit-pick but on the Plymouth 440 six barrel had the carbs mounted with the float bowls facing forward- your nicely detailed carburetors are backwards The AMT '71 Duster has a really nice two piece carb setup with nicely detailed vacuum pots for the secondary carbs- these are usually pretty easy to find and make a nice upgrade for future projects The 340 out of the Duster kit might also be a good basis for afuture, popular aftermarket resin part/kit Edited March 15, 2011 by ChrisPflug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W117monte Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 The engine looks awesome on this. Also the tires look great! What company did you get the tire decals from. I am looking for somthing like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisPflug Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 (edited) I've seen those decal sheets on eBay, not sure about a "regular retail" source Edited March 15, 2011 by ChrisPflug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spkgibson Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 I've seen those decal sheets on eBay, not sure about a "regular retail" source the retail place to find all Cady decals is Model Empire, They have 3 or 4 pages of them in there catalog, You can find them on wwww.rocketfin.com , The prices are way lower then e-bay prices. I would look them up there, Get there phone number and call and place an order. Thats how I buy all my Cady decals, The prices are around $7 a sheet. They do have the ones for both the 1970, And the 1971 Cudas, Another person that makes the 70 Decals is Keith Marks, He also can be found on Rocetfin. Leave a comment on his Fotki page with your e-mail, And he will get back with you with all the information to order. I personally would get his decals, As they are much more detailed, Don't buy them off of e-bay, You will spend a fortune on them, That happened to me when I was bidding on the Dirty Mary ,Crazy Larry decals for my MPC 69 Charger Annual, I ended up spending $20 plus shipping for them, Contact him directly, If that is the decals you want to use. Also Duplicolor makes a Metallic Black in the touch up paint line, The metalflake is more to scale also. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisPflug Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 I think he was talking about just the tire lettering rather than the decals for the car Hadn't researched them much- to me that "flat" looks seems to give a "die cast" look to the model Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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