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Post by mrmike on Jun 3, 2021 19:40:18 GMT -7
My new project is converting the Fast & Furious Dom's '71 GTX into a '71 Roadrunner. I plan on a 440 powered, 3-speed automatic shifting, bench seat car painted with Testors Green Go aka Sassy Grass Green with a black interior. I plan on using a bench seat from my parts box, column mounted automatic shifter, and the kit wheels and wide tires from Dom's GTX. Let's see what I can do with this...    More Plymouth to come... |
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Post by leon on Jun 4, 2021 1:28:10 GMT -7
Looking forward to seeing what you do with this Mike!
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Post by mrmike on Jun 4, 2021 8:37:53 GMT -7
Thanks leon! I have never done this before. I'm changing the seat pattern on a Jo-Han bench seat from a long departed '68 Plymouth Fury Patrol Car. The Fury seat has no pattern to it at all and cutting up the bucket seats to get the GTX pattern only took a few minutes. So now I have to get the seat patterns down to the size of the Fury seat. I saved the head rests and will cut them down for the Fury seat. I drew a line on the center of the seat back so I can slice it into two seat backs for a 2-door.    More Plymouth to come... |
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Post by mrmike on Jun 5, 2021 6:17:47 GMT -7
Using my Dremel, I hollowed out the seating surfaces for the new inserts. I added the new seating surfaces and filled the edges with Bondo Glazing & Spot Putty. I'll sand this when the putty has set and dried.    More Plymouth to come... |
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Post by mrmike on Jun 6, 2021 7:25:21 GMT -7
I fitted a piece of sheet styrene to the interior, but more sanding will be required. The plastic interior tub is much thicker than the sheet styrene I'm using and the seat will need to be raised slightly so it doesn't rock back and forth. My patch will need to be blended into the tub further.    More Plymouth to come... |
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Post by leon on Jun 6, 2021 9:15:34 GMT -7
Seat and interior are going to look good once the sanding is done Mike
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Post by mrmike on Jun 6, 2021 12:51:02 GMT -7
Thanks leon! I have been looking at the engine in this kit and it has a hole in the oil filter. I covered the hole with a piece of rounded styrene. The hole might not be seen once the model is assembled, but I know that the hole is there and covered. I have also been sanding the trunk lid to remove the mounts for the rear spoiler that I am not going to use.    More Plymouth to come... |
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Post by stitchdup on Jun 7, 2021 0:03:50 GMT -7
Nice work Mike, your seat mods look great
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Post by Deano on Jun 7, 2021 0:41:03 GMT -7
Nice work on this one Mike, I like where it's heading.
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Post by mrmike on Jun 7, 2021 6:51:07 GMT -7
Thanks Les and Deano! This will be a low optioned, "Day 2" muscle car. I think this car needs a tachometer mounted somewhere on the dash and I have a 5" PE tach from Detail Master. Now to find a spot for it.
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Post by mrmike on Jun 9, 2021 6:09:35 GMT -7
I have been looking at Sassy Grass Green '71 Roadrunners on Google Images and pictures of Roadrunners with painted bumpers are starting to appeal to me. I have a '71 GTX and a '71 Satellite on the shelf without the painted bumpers and painting the bumpers will give me a different "Fuselage" body style. I clipped the front and rear bumpers from the chrome sprue and covered them with Easy-Off Oven Cleaner and the chrome disappeared in 10 minutes. Now to paint them and the rest of the body parts!    More Plymouth to come... |
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Post by mrmike on Jun 11, 2021 14:29:23 GMT -7
I sprayed the chassis and the interior bottom with Tamiya Grey Surface Primer and the body, hood, engine, valances and exhaust system with Tamiya White Surface Primer. I decided to leave the front and rear bumpers in oven cleaner a while longer to be sure that all of the plating and undercoat was removed. They have been removed from the cleaner and washed and will be primered when they are dry.    More Plymouth to come... |
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Post by mrmike on Jun 12, 2021 14:54:38 GMT -7
I have spent the last two days (a few minutes here and there) removing the GTX from the grille. The GTX scripts where removed from the body rather easily, but I wasn't sure if I wanted to attempt removing the script from the grille. I used a No. 11 blade, an angle blade and a pick to remove the scripts. It's not perfect, but it does look decent and it will be painted flat black. The wheels have been cleaned and now to paint them with Alclad II Gloss Black Base followed by Alclad II Chrome. Then to paint the wheel centers with Tamiya TS-29 Semi Gloss Black.    More Plymouth to come... |
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Post by mrmike on Jun 14, 2021 17:57:39 GMT -7
I held off long enough and I started painting today. I painted the wheels with Alclad II Gloss Black and then I painted them with Alclad II Chrome with my Badger 150 airbrush. The wheel centers will be painted with Tamiya TS-29 Semi Gloss Black. Then I painted and detailed the disc brakes. I spent some time on the bench seat and added headrests using the tops of the bucket seat headrests.    More Plymouth to come... |
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Post by mrmike on Jun 15, 2021 6:41:07 GMT -7
While the paintbooth was up and running, I painted a few more parts including the engine, front and rear bumpers and the body. I noticed some mold lines on the front fenders and I removed those and reprimered the body which produced a large paint run. I used a piece of paper towel to stop the run and in the back of my mind I heard, "Don't!", but it was too late and I made a mess out of the primer. I'll sand the primer and then I'll paint the body later.    More Plymouth to come... |
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Post by mustang1989 on Jun 16, 2021 13:02:19 GMT -7
Looks good so far Mike. Looking forward to seeing how that seat turns out with some color on it.
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Post by mrmike on Jun 16, 2021 18:37:48 GMT -7
Thanks Joe! Maybe tomorrow for the seat and the interior! I finished the chassis this afternoon. I found a set of extended shocks from the Revell '68 Charger kit. I cut them down to fit and painted them red for contrast. The rear wheels and tires are a very tight fit!    More Plymouth to come... |
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Post by mustang1989 on Jun 17, 2021 19:37:36 GMT -7
I have this kit in the stash and can only imagine that those low-pro wheels & tires would give some fit issues. So far so good here though.
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Post by Deano on Jun 18, 2021 0:42:17 GMT -7
Nice work on this Mike.
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Post by mrmike on Jun 18, 2021 6:42:48 GMT -7
I have this kit in the stash and can only imagine that those low-pro wheels & tires would give some fit issues. So far so good here though. If the rear wheels had a little more offset or if the rear axle was a little wider, then there wouldn't be an issue of the tires rubbing the inner fenders. And, then there are the tires themselves... Thanks Joe and Deano! |
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Post by mustang1989 on Jun 19, 2021 4:45:31 GMT -7
I think I'll be either going with a factory stock look or a mild street machine look with mine.
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Post by mrmike on Jun 19, 2021 10:04:06 GMT -7
Whichever version you decide to go with will look stunning, Joe!
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Post by mrmike on Jun 21, 2021 14:53:26 GMT -7
This afternoon, I wired the engine, added exhaust manifolds, heater hoses and decals. I need to add an ignition coil. Then I painted the bench seat, steering column, radiator, dash and the body.    More Plymouth to come... |
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Post by poet on Jun 22, 2021 9:56:31 GMT -7
Nice detail work!
That interior matching is awesome!
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Post by mrmike on Jun 22, 2021 13:55:37 GMT -7
Thanks Dennis! I have made bucket seats into a bench seat and now I wanted to try and make bench seat with the correct upholstery as the back seat. Looks pretty good!
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Post by mrmike on Jun 23, 2021 15:15:14 GMT -7
Well, chock up another screw up to Revell. I went and looked at the decal sheet and the decals don't fit the hood since they are a little on the short side. Then I looked at decal no. 6 and then I went to the instruction sheet and there is no mention of no. 6 decals or decals for the caliphers. I wonder what the decals and the instruction sheet for the Revell of Germany kit looks like. I heard that the decal sheet is bigger! I painted the dash and the radiator. The radiator has be detailed and the dash is next.    More Plymouth to come... |
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Post by mustang1989 on Jun 24, 2021 6:19:31 GMT -7
Those air cleaner decals are very difficult to apply as I recall. I built a 440 not too long ago and that decal gave me more fits than it was worth but I finally got it all down alright after about 20 coats of Microsol.
Engine and paint are looking good Mike.
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Post by mrmike on Jun 24, 2021 10:34:22 GMT -7
Thanks Joe! I used a couple light coats of Solvaset on my air cleaner decal. I used a little gentle pushing and manipulating with a Qtip and now part of the decal is missing. Yeah, I'm a little irritated right now. I may leave it or replace it with something else completely different.
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Post by mrmike on Jun 24, 2021 14:05:28 GMT -7
I finished the interior for now. I still want to add a tachometer to the dash. The engine and drive shaft has been installed and the chassis is complete.    More Plymouth to come... |
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Post by mrmike on Jun 25, 2021 18:09:05 GMT -7
I wanted to add a tachometer and I had a PE tach from Detail Master that I thought would fit the bill. It was a scale 5 inches in diameter and the more I thought about it, the more I thought that it was too large. I used a spare tach that came in the Revell Foose '67 Coronet kit and I detailed that to my liking and installed it. While I was at it, I made an ignition coil and installed that as well. Then I detailed the grille with Tamiya X-11 Chrome Silver for the headlight buckes and Tamiya XF-1 Flat Black for the grille itself.    More Plymouth to come... |
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