WIP: 73 Dodge Challenger

[suicidehummer]

When I first saw this kit I was as happy as a retard in a
candy store because I never thought i'd find a 73 ever
again(The 70 & 71's are so darn popular.) So of course I
bought it right then and there. I have just started, and
am ready to paint it Testors bright red. here are the pics,
ENJOY!

Sorry, the first is out of focus!








Look at that ugly bump. Supposedly you put an electric motor under there.

[pre98zetec]

Originally Posted by suicidehummer

When I first saw this kit I was as happy as a retard in a
candy store

Was that necessary?

[druid_99]

I'm building one of this too but it was put on hold for nearly 3 years as I have to rebuild the interior because of the problems you mentioned about the bumps.

Since you own the 1:1 73' Dodge, can you post interior pictures of your car? At least I can try and make the interior as close as the real car possible and finish this car.

[ilovecaprice]

wow, looks nice so far. are you gonna build your 1:1 car? your 1:1 is so beautiful!
keep up the great work!

[suicidehummer]

I'll see what I can do about
interior pics, and yes, I am
biulding it like the 1:1
Thanks for the comments,
and sorry about the retard joke.

[suicidehummer]

The back floor still has a bump, just not that big

not mine, but exactly the same interior

[suicidehummer]

I got the paint!Testors Bright red and laquer
gloss clear coat. Model Master gray enamel
primer and chrysler engine blue. Floquil Railroad
colors: flat engine black(my LHS specialises in
train models and had no testors flat black)
I'll be painting monday!

[ilovecaprice]

is this kit has incorrect trunk lid line, isn't it? I checed out real car on ebay and it has different trunk lid line.

I corrected that. is it true trunk lid shape?

[suicidehummer]

is it true trunk lid shape?

Yes. why did you think it wasnt?

[ilovecaprice]

well, if my research is correct, this kit's body originally have incorrect trunk lid line. upper is after I corrected. lower one is original trank lid shape.
sorry for bad explanation.

[suicidehummer]

Okay, now I get it. Yes, you fixed it correctly. Good job, I don't go into that much detail with my models.

[suicidehummer]

Hey, I just primed it and I'm gonna take
pics tommorow. I'll probably paint it Wed.

[suicidehummer]

Well, I ended up painting today, but the paint looks more orangey than bright
red, so over the weekend i'll get some plain red(Unfortunately Testors red
because that's all my LHS carries in a spray can, besides Model Master, but
they're owned by Testors, so it probably will be just as bad.)
Can you paint over other paint, like if I were to paint the new red over the old?
Here's some pics of the orange (Bright red) paint...



And yes, I realize the roof is gray, I didnt paint it yet!

[suicidehummer]

I just did another coat of the bright red, and it looks more red, but I may still get the plain red. I'll take pics later today.

[suicidehummer]

I got the plain red, but it's too humid to paint now, hopefully i'll paint this week if it gets better out.