jjsipes Posted June 6, 2014 Posted June 6, 2014 This is the tale of 2 Cudas. One was born Lemon Twist and the other was born Ivy Green Metallic. The Lemon Twist I left the wheel lips alone the way they were molded, wish I had sanded them down alittle. Paint is from Scale Finishes and clear is Testors Model Master Lacquer High Gloss Clear. I polished the clear some and use Novus #2 to finish the body off. I Bare-Metal Foiled the trim. It will have Black interior and I have purchased a set of the AMT Goodyear Polyglas GT Tire sets for it. The Ivy Green Metallic, I decided to try and replicate Steve Juliano's Mod Top Hemi Car. I sanded down the wheel lips to look alittle more accurate. I added the vinyl top trim with Evergreen Strip Styrene half round .040". I added the same strip size to the roof to replicate the vinyl top seams and sanded them down some to flatten them out. Paint is again from Scale Finishes and clear is Testors Model Master Lacquer High Gloss Clear. I polished the clear some and use Novus #2 to finish the body off.I Bare-Metal Folied the trim. I purchased the Mod Top Floral pattern from Keith Marks Decals. I cut the Mod Top decal to approximate size and started to decal. I need to seal them with something, very fragile at this time and don't want them to flake off over time, any suggestion for sealing the decal pattern? This one will have the Dark Green Metallic interior in it. I purchased vinyl interior dye from Classic Industries for this. Interior Here's a few pics together.
CJ1971 Posted June 6, 2014 Posted June 6, 2014 Nice 'cudas dude ? How about trying some Alcad light-sheen, to deal the mod-top? Should give you the security it won't flake & the light sheen the vinyl top should have ? Cheers Cliff
tubbs Posted June 6, 2014 Posted June 6, 2014 (edited) very cool! both are going to be killer builds. you did a great job on the mod top decal. Edited June 6, 2014 by tubbs
Mopar - D Posted June 6, 2014 Posted June 6, 2014 Super looking Cuda's I'll be following these builds.
66belair Posted June 6, 2014 Posted June 6, 2014 They both look great! That mod top is something else. The 70's were wierd.
The Moparian Posted June 6, 2014 Posted June 6, 2014 Those look great. I love the mod top especially.
superbike-shaun Posted June 6, 2014 Posted June 6, 2014 "J" I am absolutely loving that mod top! if you don't mind I think I want to do that top, can you tell me how much for the decal? great work ! Shaun.s
freakshow12 Posted June 7, 2014 Posted June 7, 2014 I see you foiled the door tops. 1:1s don't have that...
CJ1971 Posted June 7, 2014 Posted June 7, 2014 ? Sure looks like the Mod-Top 1:1 DOES indeed have the chrome strip above the doors...
freakshow12 Posted June 7, 2014 Posted June 7, 2014 You are correct. I looked at a bunch of my photos and it's hiding there. Hard to see it at some angles
CJ1971 Posted June 7, 2014 Posted June 7, 2014 You are correct. I looked at a bunch of my photos and it's hiding there. Hard to see it at some angles No probs... Just a matter of squinting ? ??
jjsipes Posted June 9, 2014 Author Posted June 9, 2014 "J" I am absolutely loving that mod top! if you don't mind I think I want to do that top, can you tell me how much for the decal? great work ! Shaun.s It was $12 bucks and it worked great I thought. Just have to work with it alittle to get it to lay done with no wrinkles. In case you need it, here is Keith Marks website http://public.fotki.com/mofobow/plymouth/mod_top_pattern/Thanks for all the comments. Much appreciated. Progress will be slow on these though.
jjsipes Posted June 10, 2014 Author Posted June 10, 2014 Made some progress on the Lemon Twist Cuda. Got the interior pretty much completed. The chassis has been painted, assembled and ready to go. Interior was painted black then cleared with Tamiya Semi-Gloss Clear. Carpet painted flat black for contrast, couldn't find my embossing powder . I just used Testors Model Master Leather for the wood, didn't try decals for console of dash woodgrain. Chassis was painted with Scale Finishes Lemon Twist then some clear shot on it. Most suspension parts were painted with Testors Semi-Gloss Black spray bomb. The rear leaf springs were coated in Testors Steel. The lower a-arms was painted with a mix of Testors Brass and Aluminum to similate the Cadium look as seen on restorations. Need to get more completed on the Mod Top soon.
CJ1971 Posted June 10, 2014 Posted June 10, 2014 Some good work you're doing on these 'cudas ? but can I ask, are you making them factory correct because if you are then these chassis shouldn't be painted ( fully ) in body colour. All Mopar chassis were primered & had body colour over spray along the sides & the rear wheel tubs were painted with black protective type paint ?? Cheers
Harry P. Posted June 10, 2014 Posted June 10, 2014 Love the mod top! BTW, Cliff is right on the chassis color. Mopars were uni-body, there was no separate chassis. The body shell (along with the underbody) was all one welded piece, primed, and then sprayed body color (by humans, not robots in those days). The humans didn't bend down and spray the entire underbody... at most, a little body color overspray got onto the underside along the sides.
CJ1971 Posted June 11, 2014 Posted June 11, 2014 Just thought I'd let you know... There's a nice feature on the Mod-Top Cuda in the May issue of Musclecar Review (featuring/celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Hemi). I'm down in Australia so this issue only just got here Cheers
freakshow12 Posted June 11, 2014 Posted June 11, 2014 Looks really good. The gold looking coating on front suspension is cosmoline. It should also be on rear springs. It's a mopar thing. Some cars have it back there some don't. Same as the rear wheel well blackouts
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