did the inside of the bonnet matt black and the hose on top of the radiator matt black

the pins inside the hood i made and placed myself they make sure the hood is level with the fenders when its on





very carefully did a dryfit with the grille and bumper



tryed on the spotlights .. and the chrome on the black really makes it ... cant waight to see the wheels under it .. but i have to be patient and handle the body with care .. i use a sorft cloth to hold it fiingerprints are a nightmare you see every toutch and then i need to clean them off again lol

finshed it

made some pics in my garage and servicestation

started on a revell / monogram 1969 dodge charger r/t ..

the plan is to do it a bit like the restomods .. i will use the kit engine and leave that stock ..
but the idea is to build it as close to stock body wise but change a few things so it will have that more modern feel without anything sticking out



weird build plan it looks like they want you to put the taillights against the back but imo they need to sit like this from behind ..



first i flattened the whole bottom of the rear bumper so the bottom line is straight



then sanded of the chrome .. not bothered to dechrome because i will sand a lot of material of the rear bumper anyway and reshape it



because i wanted flush seems and the seem below the bumper is very wide on a real dodge i placed it against the bottom .. that way the recess for the lisense plate on the bumper met up with the ongoing recess in the bottom splash pan ...



the made it all flat so the bumper was flush with the splash pan and didnt stick out the sides , platicwelded some styrene on the top







rough bondo



a example > i want mine to have much rounder lines but the idea is something similair

i drilled open the recess of the dueal reverse lights .. i think it micht be cool to put in the reverse lichts deep / sunken ...
or i could just clean it and no reverse ....



sanded off the edge alog the wheel well that resembles a chrome strip and flattened the rear quarters



and flattened the trunk and did the panellines on the trunk



real rough but coming together







the front need a lot of work to begin with it doesnt fit good and second if i look at stock chargers i get the feeling its not 100% accurate .. but no worry the front will become a bit sleeker also

Nice. That Mercury is the shiniest model car I've seen. And the Charger will be inspirational, as I have the same kit here, dusty and in need of a rebuild. I wanted to do a Geneal Lee this time,the first time I built it as a restomod-tourer, with Porsche wheels (from a toy) and very classy Leopard spotted interior...(sorry for the awful photo, the car is really red metallic, not orange...)

that looks nice zyko , the red and white rood match great and i like those wheels !
if i where you i would try to do the interiour and polish (read clean) it up on the outside ....and leave it as is ...

wheel wise i want to try and create custom wheels myself maybe even use the rt wheels as a center for bigger 2-piece wheels .. if i cant come up with anything nice i will look for rims online

Thans, but I really really want a General Lee replica I even have the correct 426 Hemi in a '67 Plymouth GTX (equally dusty ) If I ever get time, I have a '70 Challenger model too that I haven't built yet, so I could go for a 'Death Proof' two car diorama, and put the 440 from the Charger in the Challenger, then put the 340 from the Challenger in the Satellite to make a nice cruiser out of it (this must sound like a code to someone who doesn't love muscle cars as much as I do...)
PS, there are a lot of cheap toy cars with nice wheels out there if you look around a bit. They can also donate interior parts and spoilers and stuff if you need them for other builds.

Hey Rich,

Want you to know I Always check every single update and you keep amazing me with every update. your attention for detail is stunning. Love how you work with whatever is laying around in your house!

Keep updating this tread although not many people react here I know theyre watching!!

Greetz Kevin

thnx guys and yes no problem will do pipo

started to assemble some basic stuff






just for fun i dryfitted these wheels , kind of looks nice .. but the idea is to put on bigger modern rims ......




made the rear bumper one piece with teh splashpan , made panellines on the side .. still very rough but after finetuning it will become a snug fitting rear bumper painted in bodycolor as a modern twist - mod