Photos as promised, Charger interior, underside and powerplant . . . . . . .





I've used the headers rather than the stock exhaust manifold, so I have some surgery to perform to get the exhaust pipe and manifold assembly to fit. More updates soon.

Cheers, D

That's pretty sweet, Reg.
...but can you sleep at night knowing there's only white inside the door panels? Shouldn't there be primer and rust inhibitors in there?
(Also, the camera lens may have some oil on it.)
Great work! Thanks for letting us see what you've done.
Sean H.

Thanks Sean, I'm enjoying this pair of builds a lot.



It's a Charger, it will disintegrate into a small pile of rust within days of rolling off the line even if it's stainless steel or plastic!




Photos were taken with my iPad, I have been away from home for a week with work and took a basic modelling tool kit with me. That is why the focus is a bit furry. Possibly also the dark motel room, late evening, several glasses of red wine and beer . . . possibly . . . . , just sayin.

Cheers, D

Ha! That's all true!

A little progress, it's starting to look like a Chevy:


The instructions said to paint the seats satin black, I did the field in flat black and the tufted parts in gloss black. Then I ran a wash of Panzer gray over the tufts and drybrushed gloss black over the tops to give the seats that showroom fresh Chevy look.

The Chevy is strong with the engine. Even after I cleaned the chrome off of the contact points no styrene glue would bond them. I finally held it together and super glued the parts in place. And why would anyone chrome parts on a Chevy, they're just gonna rust anyway.

Mark: Superglue, well isn't that what GM uses?

Some progress shots, from me.

Mighty Mopar Magnum 440
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A wee bit if interior progress. Seats and door panels foiled.
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Contemplated painting the puny corvette "Little red Corvette" but then again, why kick somebody already lying down. I upgrated the Vette to the same color as Charger

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Engine, wheels and undercarriage done.

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Super Glue and Duct Tape, and STILL a higher quality car than the MOPAR brigade!

Mark, nice work on the interior, the extra effort pays off.

Jesper, great progress report. That blue looks really good, what paint/colour is it?

Cheers, D

Damian: The blue is Tamiya TS-54 light metallic blue over Tamiya TS-30 silver leaf.

Had more trouble getting the distributor and coil on the engine last night. So where do I find 1/25 scale duct tape???

Hi, guys.

I see nice progress there.
Jesper: lovely blue and the wiring on the engine looks great also.

I found time for another small paint job: I undercoated the whole body for applying masks and I masked and sprayed the hood. Like that we can have a peak at the final appearance. I can swear that is orange, not red...



Waiting for the weekend to finish the body paint and maybe some chassis work...

Cheers, Gabriel

Looking great Gabriel, really neat work!

Cheers, D

Thank you, Damian.

This one suppose to be my "good" build, right?

It may be I'll leave the hood open, if I can improvise a support (I've checked already references).

Got a few minutes in on the Camaro last night. First, I had to re-glue the entire intake manifold back on... Told ya the Chevy was strong with this one. Then, following Damian's advice, I accurized the starter by duct taping it in place.

Mark, you are taking scale modeling to a whole new level of realism

Hi, guys.

I found some time to do some interior work...


More updates hopefully after the weekend.

Cheers, Gabriel

Nice finish on the interior Gabriel, what paint did you use there?
Mark, that engine will give you decades of reliable performance motoring, I'm glad you are enjoying assembling it so much!

Cheers, D

Hi, Guys.

@ Damian: There are 4 hues in there all variations of dark gray + blue, green, dark red and dark blue. Paints are cheap craft acrylics over Testors medium gray as primer.

Cheers, Gabriel.

Small update on the GTO, detail painting with some chrome and flat aluminium. With the hood lined up at the front there is a large gap at the back, so I will fit a strip to get it a bit cleaner there before I start the exterior paint.




Cheers, D

Damian, that's a mean looking hoodscoop.

I've had to abandon my Camaro for a few weeks while I travel to Malaysia. I go the engine in, added the exhaust pipes, got the radiator and shroud in and even hooked up one of the water lines. But it looks like I'll have to whip out the duct tape and super glue to fix the leaks in the exhaust and the top side water hose.

D, that is a fierce looking scoop. Based on the over spray, I'm guessing that you painted the ledge around the hood flat black. I did the same on the Camaro, but I'm wondering if the ledge should be body color instead. Any thoughts?

Hi, guys.

Damian, nice progress.

And some (very slow) progress on my build: engine in its frame:





I don't see much more from this week-end

See you soon,
Gabriel

Looking good there Gabriel.

Thank you, Jesper.
Just found out the hood has to be open

Cheers,
Gabriel

With the engine looking that nice Gabriel, you should have the hood open for sure. Very nice work.

Mark, I need to give the body a silver base coat before the candy red, so I will be masking the engine bay and painting the top ledge the same as the body.

Cheers, D