JasonC Posted March 20, 2013 Posted March 20, 2013 (edited) I'm the type who usually builds a model in my spare time and tend to hop from model to model. I've been up in the air on what color to paint this model. But finally picked one. I need to find a name for the door and then clear it. need to figure out a rear end setup for it too. I got the wheelbase moved forward, not much but is noticable with the loger wheel openings. I will update this thread as i progess with the model. I made the headers, but need to figure out what to use on the ends of them to finish them off. Edited March 20, 2013 by JasonC
1972coronet Posted March 21, 2013 Posted March 21, 2013 That's a groovy Dodge , Jason ! If not for its Dominator-esque carbs , it'd pass for a then-new A/FX car (the 426 Hemi was intro'ed in mid-1964 as the replacement for the 426 Wedge) . '64 was also the first year for the world-reknowned A-833 4-speed !
JasonC Posted March 21, 2013 Author Posted March 21, 2013 yeah, i was on the fence with putting that tunnel ram and carb setup on it or the ol cross ram setup. Thought i'd do a little different with this one here.
JasonC Posted March 22, 2013 Author Posted March 22, 2013 Little update... Got it cleared, tinted the rear windows and headlights yellow. and painted the int. an ugly green.
John Pol Posted March 22, 2013 Posted March 22, 2013 Thats so cool love the color of it and where its going. I have a good name for it Misfit. John Pol
JasonC Posted March 23, 2013 Author Posted March 23, 2013 I got the paint at wal mart. But will warn you guys that it goes on ruff. The clear is is drying and makes it look like it has some orange peel. I wanted a high sparkle paint and thought i'd try it. It's not a show model like others on here. But my skills aren't that well. I did get a name for it, "Gas Chamber" and the colors of the name look like it will flow well with the car.
DrKerry Posted March 23, 2013 Posted March 23, 2013 That's a lot like on the 1:1 cars with serious flake. It goes on rough and you have to lay on many multiple coats to bury the flake!!!
6bblbird Posted March 23, 2013 Posted March 23, 2013 That flake is crazy! Headers are very cool as well. Me? I'd go with a cross ram and smaller carbs. But that's just my liking. WF
JasonC Posted March 23, 2013 Author Posted March 23, 2013 There's a local ChevyII with a high flake paint. Kind of hard to see in this crappy cell phone picture. And i think i an going to change the intake to a cross ram.
JasonC Posted March 24, 2013 Author Posted March 24, 2013 Intake and carbs changed. i like this a lot better. Bare Metal foiled it and got the wheel tire setup i want, plus put the windows in it. Still needs finished, but thats my progress for the weekend!
Mister Twister Posted March 24, 2013 Posted March 24, 2013 Thats a nice clean looking build. I bet that flake will really pop in an outdoor pic.. Keep at it.
JasonC Posted March 29, 2013 Author Posted March 29, 2013 Its sunny out and i'm wanting to see what it looked like mostly together. Some of the parts are just sitting on it. Plus I'm not to for sure if i'm liking the headers as long as they are? But here are some more pictures.
Jantrix Posted March 29, 2013 Posted March 29, 2013 Jason, first welcome to the forums. We have a lot of great people here. Second, I really like what you are doing here, but I have some questions? Why are some things not painted? The chassis? The lower half of the car? A note on the solder headers, they look great but because of the weight of the solder, eventually they will sag. You should add some sort of hanger to help with that.
JasonC Posted March 29, 2013 Author Posted March 29, 2013 I never had any luck with white paint, so i said screw it i'm clearing over the plastic... As for the chassis, i know it should be a primer/sealer color with white overspray. But i'm not going to be to particular with it on this model. I just wanted a model that was fun to build in my spare time and not to complicated. The headers i did about 7 months ago. and i'll look out for sagging.
Truck parts Posted March 31, 2013 Posted March 31, 2013 Great looking build. I love the color!!!!!!!!!!
JasonC Posted August 6, 2013 Author Posted August 6, 2013 I haven't been messing with my models much lately, but did shorten the headers down on this one. Still need to finish the whole thing....
johnbuzzed Posted August 6, 2013 Posted August 6, 2013 That's really cool! I guess you made your own decals... are they painted or computer-generated?
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