that front was like whow nothing fitted and every line was screwed .. so i altered the grille so it could move in a tad deeper and the wings and bonnet stuck beyond it and going from a picture from a charger reshaped the winge and bonnet as neir as the original as i could ..

the shape is 80% finished needs some finetuning and i will add the splashpan and make sure the ends i cut of the bumper are filled and then fill the bumper reces in the wings and make sure it hugs tight just like in the rear



there where square recesses fot the exhaust the kit provides square exhaust tips , i made those round to match the backup light holes .. and filed like a step into it



with the lenses in

whel long story short the kit idea is to fit the chassis , then the front splash pan and the grille/bumper part ..
you cant fit the splash pan to the body at the front otherwise the chassis wont go in..

so i made the grille / bumper and splashpan one piece wich now slides in as one ...

pic is just after gluying , didnt do any sanding or making the stuff sit flush



so this is now one piece that slides in perfect



after some sanding and filling the bumper corners



the front of the kit is wrong .. the grille is not as deep as the original .. and the biggest issue is the thickness of the surround of the grille that material should be half as thick and the other half shout sit under the bonnet ...

so i will try to get some off and make the bonnet thicker ...



like this the chrome under the bonnet is thin and the bonnet is thicker .. btw this is about the style i want



needs more work but got the front bumper hugging close to the body

i filed the edge around the grille its much thinner now , also sanded rounded edges again .. looks way better





opened the holes where the lights sit in the splash pan .. so either they will become extra vents or i put in the lenses but much deeper ..

shot some primer today as a guideline where i need to get stuff smooth .. turned out the whole body was perfect , only on the made rear bumper and front splashpan i need to do some minour bondo and sand work





bit rough but you can see the shape of the new rear bumper , wich is basicly the stock rear bumper without the bottom half and the splash pan worked onto the bumper with no sticking out corner pieces

you can see i filed and sanded it so the side and rear lower part cross on the side of the bumper





the bonnet / hood





the grille and turnable light panels actually became more detailed after primer , the bottom splash pan needs work , i didnt do anything to get that smooth i knew i had to put on some primer to really shape the transition

dryfitted the exhaust with the axle and rear suspension



very deteiled engine , the weird thing is the block itself with the parts is different styrene , more detailed and more yellow-ish .. the tranny is the normal white revell styrene ??



even got a engine number on the block



very rough dryfit , this kit even provided brackets , so no flying alternator in this kit , the power steering reservoir need a bit of changing to sit proper



then painted the exhaust chrome



and the heads with manifolds



stayed with the red for the engine like the kit said > whow firt time i went with what the kit tells you hahaha





the rest is base black , will need some matt black for the belts ..

cleaned up the body some more

i forgot to clean the front side marker lights and put some bondo over the corner to sand it more flat







after some filling with tiny peices of styrene and filing .. needs one more round of bondo and sanding and then its perfect










the whole interiour loosely together

well finally got the front all tight and smooth .. eventhough the looks are simple it was enough work to reshape it and get everything sitting flush and with the new lines and all





exhaust , i will make end pieces myself , maybe brass or alu



put the heads and headers on



valvcovers on , caps need to be chrome later on





gave the engine a wash with darker red , i found it to sterile looking

simple interiour colors black , with a cloth shelf i will put some mopar magazines on there



changed the valve covers to chrome ones , painted some stuff chrome and currently i'm making a custom aircleaner







very loose dryfit with the exhaust and axle



silver base coat , the chome efefct will go away with clear coat and then it will turn into nomal grey .. kinda cool the way it is but without clear to fragile

just finished the custom aircleaner , used a old hubcap and downsized that