Revell 71 GTX

[oldscool]

Here's my second project of the year painted with just what you see in the pic. I looooove Tamiya spray paint. It dries smooth as silk in 15 mins and I have never messed up a paint job using it. Getting too expensive for my shrinking budget though.

Trying to decide whether to go with the traditional black and white muscle car interior or with a shade of tan. Was tan even a choice in 71?

grumpy gus

Edited April 14, 2011 by GrumpyGus

[Keef]

nice looking paint job...in answer to your question on interior colors have a look here

http://www.hamtramck-historical.com/dealerships/1971ColorAndTrimPlymouth-04.shtml

[diymirage]

looks great

(tempted to tell you slap a confederate flag on there)

as for the interior, what are you planning on building ?

stock retro build ?

pro touring ?

personally i dont pay too much mind to building stuff factory correct

as far as im concerned, if it looks good, build it

(lemme see if i can find a charger pic i can show)

found those pics, not factory correct BUT i thought it looked good with the paintjob so why not?

Edited March 9, 2011 by diymirage

[oldscool]

Yep Eelco, that's pretty much the way I build em. I don't worry a whole lot about factory correctness either. As for the confederate flag I could go for a window decal but not the full General Lee treatment.

Your Charger looks great by the way.

grumpy gus

Edited March 9, 2011 by GrumpyGus

[Tony T]

That orange is cool...I used that on a VW Beetle a while back!

What do you want the interior to be? I think tan would be good. Would go well with the orange.

[Iron Fist]

Nice paint work, is that straight out of the can or did you run in through an airbrush?

Edited March 9, 2011 by Iron Fist

[diymirage]

thanks gus

i build that model for my boy, my brother in law used the apple green paint for a shelf in his room and i used the leftover paint on the charger

[Greg Pugh]

Wow, that's going to look sharp. I dig the orange. Nice job on the paint!!

[mrmike]

For the interior, I'd with black with orange seat panels. I've seen a '71 GTX at the local cruise night like that...orange with a black/orange interior.

Edited March 9, 2011 by mrmike

[oldscool]

Nice paint work, is that straight out of the can or did you run in through an airbrush?

Hey Justin, it's straight from the spray can.

grumpy gus

[oldscool]

For the interior, I'd with black with orange seat panels. I've seen a '71 GTX at the local cruise night like that...orange with a black/orange interior.

The orange seat panels did cross my mind Mike. I might just go with it.

grumpy gus

[cruz]

Very cool, love the orange. I like the traditional interior colors for these Mopars, I would choose either the black or white....

[oldscool]

nice looking paint job...in answer to your question on interior colors have a look here

http://www.hamtramck...ymouth-04.shtml

Thanks for the link Keith and I now have it bookmarked. I see that the orange and black was a factory option. Hmmmm

grumpy gus

[oldscool]

I've got the day off today so I got some more painting done.

The front subframe will be black as will the rear axle. I shot the rear end assembly in silver just to get the exhaust done.

These are the wheels I am going with :

They are from the Revell 55 Chevy street machine kit so they are the correct 1/24 scale. All the other wheels in my parts box are 1/25.

grumpy gus

[diymirage]

those wheels look killer

im digging this build

[Lunajammer]

An easy kill Gus. I think federally funded research corroborated by independent studies have confirmed that five slot mags look awesome on almost anything. And yes, "awesome" was the scientific descriptor.

[oldscool]

An easy kill Gus. I think federally funded research corroborated by independent studies have confirmed that five slot mags look awesome on almost anything. And yes, "awesome" was the scientific descriptor.

I think yer on ta sumthin there Mike. My favorite wheels have always been 5 slot aluminum of any make and Cragar SS. I also love Mopar Rally wheels.

grumpy gus

[oldscool]

Well the interior painting isn't going so good. The orange will need about five coats to cover because I painted the whole interior black first. She's getting stripped and will be classic black and white instead.

grumpy gus

[george 53]

looks great

(tempted to tell you slap a confederate flag on there)

as for the interior, what are you planning on building ?

stock retro build ?

pro touring ?

personally i dont pay too much mind to building stuff factory correct

as far as im concerned, if it looks good, build it

(lemme see if i can find a charger pic i can show)

found those pics, not factory correct BUT i thought it looked good with the paintjob so why not?

HOLY CRIPES!!! WHY are the pics SOOOOOO ginormous??? I can't see the whole pic it's so big!!! WHAT causes this???

[george 53]

Ok, I just reveiwed my reply, and NOW their NORMAL sized. Or at least they fit my screen now. Wat gives???? Oh, an your Charger came out VERY nice D. :lol:

[diymirage]

Well the interior painting isn't going so good. The orange will need about five coats to cover because I painted the whole interior black first. She's getting stripped and will be classic black and white instead.

grumpy gus

gotta tell you gus, that reminds me of my B5.5 passat i used to have

it had a tan cloth interior and i was working as a machine operator at the time

i got so dirty working with machines so old you could still see where they used to put the coals in that my seats actually liked like that

(the drivers side at least)

@ George,

im thinking it has something to do with the way i upload them

here is the kicker though, when i look at mine they say "resized to 55%"

when i look at you qouting mine it says "resized to 99%"

and thanks, i like that one too

[philo426]

THe ;71 GTX rocks!

[oldscool]

Yes it does philo. I only wish it were a Roadrunner instead. I like the RR grille better.

grumpy gus

[george 53]

THANKS D and Joe!!! This isn't the only place I've had this problem. But now ,thanks to you guys i can FIX it!!! I LOVE this place!!!!! :D

[oldscool]

Here is the interior after stripping it and painting the orange first and then the black. Should have done it this way the first time. The orange has been covered with some flat coat to tone down the shine. I like the looks of the orange console although it will be painted black later.

The engine is also done except for the distributor.

The engine isn't red, it just looks that way in the pic.

grumpy gus

Edited March 20, 2011 by GrumpyGus