Revell 1968 Dodge Charger R/T

[GeeBee]

Well the primer dried overnight and got the body wet sanded this morning, and got the basecoat on, I will leave it to dry out for a couple of days before putting on the clearcoat

[Erik Smith]

Great looking build up. Nice prep and paint job and I like the color.

[W-409]

Looks very good, you are making great progress on this one. It's a shame that paintjob didn't go right on the first try, but I'm getting used to it, since almost every project of mine has at least one bath at the paint removal. Anyways the paintjob looks very good again, and bodywork you have done is very cool. I can't wait to see more of this Charger.

[GeeBee]

Got the clearcoat on this afternoon, I will leave it a couple of days before handling it ...

[Bartster]

Wow! It's been a while since l looked in. Love the color. It's coming along nicely!

[GeeBee]

Well it's been a stressful time in the hobby room for the last couple of days, but calm has now been restored, the day after I had put on the clearcoat, I noticed there was a mark in the paint on the bootlid, and the metallic paint looked out of scale to me, so I spent a day sorting out the boot, by the time I had sanded the offending spot, I was down to the plastic, once that was sorted, the whole body got wetsanded, the next day the basecoat was re-applied using a smaller 0.3mm needle and then using a 0.5mm needle for the clearcoat, that this time was thinned a little more, this time I'm much happier about the finish, so it will be left alone for a week so I can get on and build up the chassis and running gear ....

[The70judgeman]

Wow...that is looking gorgeous! I picked this kit up a couple of weeks ago. Hope mine turns out as nice as yours whenever I get around to starting it.

[martinfan5]

Looking very nice, great job, cant wait to see this one finished

[GeeBee]

Got a little bit done yesterday, but not much, one thing I did notice is that the aftermarket distributor I bought didn't have the vacuum advance on it, that the kit one does, so it was a 5 second job to cut it and fit it to the aftermarket one, it will now be painted aluminium before putting on the cap, and getting the engine wired .... also got the wheels & tyres fitted together.

Edited April 17, 2012 by GeeBee

[Tonioseven]

This is absolutely BEAUTIFUL so far!!

[GeeBee]

Yesterday I got most of the engine built up, I will leave the aircleaner off until I have put the decal on, the oil filter was painted white just after I took these photo's

Today I did a little work on the inner door panels, got the one finished, all the chrome is done using BMF, I will leave the other one to do in a couple of days, as sitting there with a magnifying glass, tweezers and a scapel, for what seemed like a lifetime, my head is just about to explode !!!

[hjracing]

Wow! I like thelevel of the details you do in this model! I love mopars!

[Brizio]

Nice!

[GeeBee]

Only spent a short time this afternoon in the hobby room, but I got the centre console done in BMF, which had to be done in 6 pieces, a single piece wouldn't fit down into the gaps without tearing .... I will paint the carpet before doing it in flocking

Edited April 18, 2012 by GeeBee

[Haubenschild]

Amazing work on the interior , I am loving this build!

[GeeBee]

Not a great deal done today, I've started on the flocking for the carpets, I've popped on a second helping, and should be dry by the morning, I have left the excess on until the morning, then it will get tapped off, hopefully it should turn o.k, as it's only the second time I've used the stuff ...

Got the engine & gearbox into the chassis and got the exhaust system lined up and fixed into place, and a very good fit it is to ... I also repainted the carb' in titanium gold,

When all that lot was drying, I started work on the dash, as the '68 dash inset in black, not wood as in the instructions, that didn't come in until the '69 model year, before I masked off to airbrush the black, a small piece of BMF was put over the dial bezels, then the dash was masked off and airbrushed a mix of Tamiya flat black and semi gloss black, one I had airbrushed the black, I took a cotton bud dipped in Tamiya thinners and wiped away the paint on the dial surround, leaving the chrome showing though, it's a shame they didn't mold in the bezels for the smaller dials

[GeeBee]

I had actually read somewhere, that a full black rubberised underseal was a factory option, but I'm not sure where I read that, so that's why I did it satin black,

[Ron Hamilton]

This is one fine build of one of my Favorite Cars. The undercoating could have been dealer applied, and they would do the complete underside, and not just the wheelwells.

Edited April 21, 2012 by Ron Hamilton

[GeeBee]

Well the dash had dried up by this morning, and so had the interior flocking, got the seats, heater box and pedals fitted, plus the little interior lights fitted to the centre console, the dash still needs a little more detail painting

[Bad Apple]

Wow incredible detail!

[streetisneat]

That is really sharp.

[Badluck 13]

This whole build is awesome,but that interior is just beautiful!!!!

[GeeBee]

Got the side panels fitted, and the dash panel detailed, the gauges will go in tomorrow and then the dash panel can fixed into place

[charlie8575]

Geoff, outstanding work.

I have a couple of questions for you.

1. What did you use for a ratio for mixing the lighter blue for the interior between the metallic blue and aluminum?

2. What did you use for the darker color?

Charlie Larkin

[sak]

Not so sure I like the color of the floorboards. You can get embossing poweder is a closer shade of blue, but everything else is looking so badass.

JJ