'67 Plymouth Belvedere GTX

[Bluzboy66]

Another one from last year.......

Mike

[Ray]

One of my favorite kits. Great color on this one too.

[Harry P.]

One of all-time favorite cars. You did a nice job on this...very clean build.

[Gary66]

That's a sharp one!

What paint is that?

[Bluzboy66]

Thanks for the compliments guys. I've always loved those 60's B-body Mopars. That GTX kit is really an awesome kit - nice detail, perfect proportions. They should all be that nice, right?

I'm no photographer, and I can assure you, the car looks MUCH better in person......very smooth with the perfect amount of gloss. I definitely spend more time painting and polishing than I do building!

For paint I used Testors Model Master 'Custom Lacquer System' Dark Bronze Metallic #28111 (to closely match '67 Chrysler Turbine Bronze), followed by Testors 1814 High Gloss Enamel Overcoat. I spray the 1814 into an airbrush jar and then airbrush thin coats. The 1814 takes a while to set up well enough to polish, but I really like the way it flows and polishes. I also like the Model Master and Tamiya clear lacquers, but lacquer is very brittle by nature and I've been getting fine microscopic cracks in it while polishing.......the type of cracks that only show when the light hits the surface a certain way. Sucks. I just bought a can of the House of Kolor clear that I'm going to try on my next project. I've been hearing good stuff about it. I've tried acrylic urethane clearcoats in the past, but I'm not crazy about the way the detail gets lost in the film thickness.

I'm not the monster builder some of you guys are. I'm incredibly impressed! I just enjoy building clean, simple and accurate renditions of my favorite old cars once in a while. My eyes aren't the best these days, and I don't foresee a scratchbuilt 1:25 scale Carter AFB throttle linkage in my near future, so I'll probably just stick to the basics.

Oh, and those are MRC wheels and tires on the GTX. REAL Nice quality - deep chrome plating and soft rubber tires. I was going for the early 80's look (class of '84 here!), and the Keystones seemed appropriate.

Keep up the incredible work guys.

Mike

[Bluzboy66]

An engine shot, and a couple taken outside.......

Mike

[cruz]

I can vouch for Mike, pictures don't do it justice, very clean and smooth 8) 8)