Highly Detailed GENERAL LEE.... finally done...!1yr and 6 days

[Romell R]

Its seems to me that everyone has something to say (me included) but not many have something positive to say. I'd like to say keep up the good work Davin and im looking forward to seeing this one underglass. its a great start to a great finish .

oh and p.s. to all the nah sayers if you have to nit pick , im sure you have some plastic of your own that will work just fine for nit picking.

[mopar01lee]

As always thanks for the comment Rommel .. And mite I add its great seeing you back on the board . Lookin forward to some more greatness from you ..

Later days my friend ..... Davin

[LAone]

hey davin. progress looks great. im gonna have to use your method for hinges. looks simple enough.

i didnt realize how serious a GL build can get..lols

take care and keep up the pace. happy motoring

[mopar01lee]

Well its been a slow weekend. I did however get started on the roll cage. it will be a 10 point , so far i have 6 of the 10 points done.

here is the starting point.....

And here is were im at now.... im not 100% with the way its turned out i may change it up a lill...

please enjoy an more to come ... getting close for some paint..

Later days ... Davin

[Belair2k]

Nice work you're doing there Davin.

I really like the way the door hinges came out, never having done that myself.

Also you've taken on a lot of work with the PE parts but I'm sure the results will make it worthwhile.

Somebody suggested that the plastic springs would be better (back there a few pages...)If REAL springs were

25 times (1/25 scale model)the size of the kit parts I figure the stack of springs for the rear end would be about

4 to 5 inches thick. PE is the winner in this case.

Keep it going...

[Cesar Bossolani]

Great mods bro!!!

Keep us posted!!

Cesar

[Nate]

Nice looking cage.

I would suggest that the bar the crosses the door connect to the floor at the same location as the A pillar post, or better yet, connect to the A pillar post. It would be better from a structural standpoint. Maybe the race car specialists could back me up or correct me.

[2000-cvpi]

Nice looking build, the added details are really looking great. I will follow the build from now on. Keep up the good work.

[mopar01lee]

Nice looking cage.

I would suggest that the bar the crosses the door connect to the floor at the same location as the A pillar post, or better yet, connect to the A pillar post. It would be better from a structural standpoint. Maybe the race car specialists could back me up or correct me.

thanks guys.. and yes i feel the same way .. thats the points im not 100% happy with . im in the process of fixing it.. an im doing small body work issues and gettin her ready for color...

im planing on useing mopars HEMI ORANGE .. mainly cuz i love the color..

Later Days...Davin

Edited May 18, 2011 by mopar01lee

[MoparWoman Jamie]

thanks guys.. and yes i feel the same way .. thats the points im not 100% happy with . im in the process of fixing it.. an im doing small body work issues and gettin her ready for color...

im planing on useing mopars HEMI ORANGE .. mainly cuz i love the color..

Later Days...Davin

Hey Davin, about the roll cage or roll bar, which ever you like to call it. If you want to know how to build them, PM me on here as I know a good thread on another site that shows a roll bar in the same kind of style design some what just like your roll bar set up is. The other thread I am talking about is a huge and also shows close up shots of the making of the roll cage as well and mounting places as well.

Edited May 18, 2011 by m0parman

[mopar01lee]

Ok i got the body shell painted . (and i didnt use mopar Hemi Orange ) I used rust-oleum hemi orange engine paint..an it turned out real good .

let me kw what ya think .. still gotta cure then wet sand and so on..

the rest will be painted soon. as soon as i get some scratches fixed...

Later Days..Davin

[highway]

That looks good Davin! At least in my opninion, I think you hit the color dead on. Is the engine paint that glossy without any clear? It has a very nice shine to it.

[Belair2k]

Hey Davin, about the roll cage or roll bar, which ever you like to call it. If you want to know how to build them, PM me on here as I know a good thread on another site that shows a roll bar in the same kind of style design some what just like your roll bar set up is. The other thread I am talking about is a huge and also shows close up shots of the making of the roll cage as well and mounting places as well.

C'mon, share. There are probably a lot of us that would be uinterested...please.

[MoparWoman Jamie]

C'mon, share. There are probably a lot of us that would be uinterested...please.

Okay, sense you asked nicely man.. here is the link, http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,50620.0.html the roll bar set up is somewhere back in around I think 150 mark.. I'm not sure now as they edited the thread down.

PS, if you join there and have a problem with spelling or grammar, there is afew members over there that will love to pick on you.. LOL I was a victim.

[mopar01lee]

That looks good Davin! At least in my opninion, I think you hit the color dead on. Is the engine paint that glossy without any clear? It has a very nice shine to it.

thanks highway.... And it seems that it is that glossy with no clear.. but would an will be better cleared.

Later Days.. Davin

[Wagoneer81]

Devin, thanks for the detailed description of how you made the door hinges. That's a pretty neat design and I'm going to use it the next time I need door hinges. I'm not really a Mopar Man but I have always loved that shade of Orange! The paint looks slick and I look forward to seeing this one finished!

[RodneyBad]

Paint is Looking GREAT..

Nice detail work your doing.

Another Great build of the 01 ya got going on.

[mopar01lee]

Thanks but I only have this one general lee build going on .. m0parman has two wips going of the general ...

Thanks for the comments .....later days Davin

[MoparWoman Jamie]

Thanks but I only have this one general lee build going on .. m0parman has two wips going of the general ...

Thanks for the comments .....later days Davin

Davin, you know man, when I read what he said. I knew he was mistaken you for me . BTW your doing one very fine job on your build here man. Just so you know, I have 3 General's in the works. Two posted on here and one not posted on here.

[RodneyBad]

Thanks but I only have this one general lee build going on .. m0parman has two wips going of the general ...

Thanks for the comments .....later days Davin

You Mopar people all look a like to me

[mopar01lee]

You Mopar people all look a like to me

LOL..... thanks bro..

Well theres no update as of yet . Im having a paint prob .. the hemi orange went on a lill to thick. So the tail panel , lower valance,trunk lid ,and hood..is in the stripper bath...

on a good note, I did get the alclad chrome, throttle springs , chrysler engine blue, boyds high gloss clear, sadle tan,and black flocking. just a few more goodies for the build.. oh an there will be a suprise commin for the 440 !!!!!!

Edited May 22, 2011 by mopar01lee

[Jantrix]

Really? Let the man build it the way he wants, you sound like a bunch of D & D nerds.

What are you trying to say? And we prefer the term "geek".

And hey nice build! I wish I could say I've enjoyed the thread but.............yeah.

Keep it up!

Edited May 23, 2011 by Jantrix

[mopar01lee]

Ok got a little update ..

been workin with the PE parts. an getting the paint worked out

here we got the PE grill in and one coat of black , also sprayed the bumper with alcladll . need to respray the bumper..

got the PE center of the steering wheel in..

made the fuel rail for the double pumper holly carb.

and last for now the role cage is just about done , and fixed...

thats it for now interior is also painted ,waiting for my black furr to get here to do the carpet..

later days ..Davin

Edited May 24, 2011 by mopar01lee

[Drake69]

I'm going to be watching this topic like a hawk. I have three different Charger kits and am planning on a similar build, but it probably won't have as much of the PE detail as this one. It WILL start with the '68 body with the MPC and Revell '69 kits as needed to flesh it out, so I'll be leaning heavily on this one. Haven't read all the way through the thread yet, are you using Keith Marks decals for this one?

Edited May 24, 2011 by Drake69

[mopar01lee]

I'm going to be watching this topic like a hawk. I have three different Charger kits and am planning on a similar build, but it probably won't have as much of the PE detail as this one. It WILL start with the '68 body with the MPC and Revell '69 kits as needed to flesh it out, so I'll be leaning heavily on this one. Haven't read all the way through the thread yet, are you using Keith Marks decals for this one?

thanks for the comment bro .. an no im not , im using tim sherrys at hazzardousdecals.com ....