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Well since it's January 1st in here (Now 9:45PM) I started building my '69 Charger Daytona. Well, I can say that AMT's kit definitely has a lot to improve, so I'm not running out of things to do. Parts don't fit very well together and there is a lot of stuff to clean up and ejector marks to fill. It's not the worst possible kit, though, and I believe that it can be built into a nice looking model...Let's see...

Here's the kit:

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I started by gluing the nose on place. I can't say that the fitment is good, since there are a couple of gaps that I need to fill. The fender extension parts don't look very good, either, but I hope that with some styrene and putty I can get them good. I'll remove the seam between the nose and body, since I want it to be like one piece. Next step with this is styrene to fill the gaps and lots of putty...

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On the underside there is a massive gap that I want to fill with styrene.

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Then I removed exhaust pipes from the rear axle. My build will use a NASCAR Style exhaust with exits on both sides before rear tires. The rear axle needs some sanding and other work before I can paint it.

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Engine block halves were glued together, too. Tamiya's Liquid Glue worked well on here.

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Spoiler parts had huge ejector pin marks... I've seen large ejector marks before, but these were extremely deep. I already put the first round of putty to cover them, but I'm quite sure that they'll need more putty as well (The picture is before any putty).

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This is where I am at right now. I'll continue tomorrow with some bodywork.

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Well i checked the stash and all i can do is a 2 n 1 Nova i will use that as the base but use copo parts to make it a non SS

I hope DanB is cool with me also doing a nova if there is any probs let me know OK guys

pics to follow

Michael

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Thanks Gene, I am going to do some research and comparison to other kits to find out. The 442 was a 455ci engine, but the Ralley 350 that I will do carried a 350ci with around 310 hp, I believe it was called a 350 Rocket.

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Ok can i just place this on the starting line

please :P oh well Now this is the image maybe color i am going for

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A couple years ago I bought a built up of an XR6 off of ebay. When the kit arrived I found that it was incomplete but there were actually enough body parts for 2 XR6's. One of them was in decent shape, the other was a glue bomb. I will be using the better of the 2 bodies, the only chassis included, front suspension (VW torsion bars) and rack and pinion. It did come with the kits Slant 6, but I will be replacing it with one from the Lindberg 64 Belvedere.

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This is the glue bomb body parts

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This won't be a copy of the 1962 XR6 but a 21st Century interpretation of it. I already have a few changes in mind for it beginning with losing the goofy looking fenders (witch weren't included with my kit anyway). I just hope I have enough of a parts box to fill in what I'm missing since my real parts stash is still back home in Chicago. I might just scratchbuild what I need.

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I've watched these for the last few years. I need to watch all those movies again, though. I'd like to actually enter this year with a 1972? Datsun 510. I'm using the last Revell version of this kit, sold as:

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I'll try to get photo's of my kit this weekend. I started, but put it aside awhile ago. I glued the engine block together and painted the body, but that's it.

I have a Monogram Datsun truck also, but its a 720, and appears to be a 80-83 body style. Too new for the guidlines.

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Back at the bench and here is some updates on the Chevell

The interior:

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The chassis pan, I sprayed the textured paint over the primer and then the flat black on top of the textured paint.

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The engine block painted body color

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The body after a few coats of clear. Still trying to find a good wax to use and will be getting some bmf to try on it.

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All comments welcomed.

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You're certainly off to a flying start Ashley! Body colour looks nice and I recommend you try BMF, it takes a little practice but is far better than silver paint. One thing, it's a bit hard to see your progress because the pics are little grainy - can you try taking pictures in better light?

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These are the kits I will be using '78 Li'l Red Express Truck ,Will have to make a '79 grill, Nascar Truck Chassis ,and the Hemi out of the Dart kit. I'm going to use a set of Pagasus Hellas's rims and tire for a modern looking slot .

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