gave all the chrome and engine a wash for more depth



and just sprayed on the clear coat .. that really makes it come to life and those r/t logos really pop now

Beautiful I like the original gas cap btw,and it's part of the Chargers identity, so I'm glad you kept that, I think it would look better with the fake scoops on the side more visible, but it's too late to change that...

thnx

put in the glass , put the hood on and shot some pictures

outside , sadly there where no louds in the skye .. those always give great reflections



so shot the rest inside

went on and painted the underside of the hood matt black .. just enamel with a hand brush



married the chassis / interiour and body and tbh it would not go together .. the underside of the side of the body is so much shaped inwards pfftt .. in the end it requiared some sanding and a lot of patience but it fitted





here you see the dials .. i had to stick the decals behind the glass with tape ... there was no back plate .. but they look soo good that red dial almost looks real hihi
the side of the front window shows , that will be painted black





mopar magazine on the rear shelf



the engine , still needs water hoses , heater hoses , battery , wiring ..



with the hood on

these look killer , but they are from my sons snap tight vette , hope i can make a deal with him

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i did not like high ride hight .. too mild , on these pics its just loose under there but i love the slammed look !! i didnt do any suspension changes , maybe i can still put some bags under there ?!

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the deal is done my sons vette is now on some cobra wheels haha he didnt mind

but ... usually on mock up and styrene stage i change the suspension so it makes sense .. now i could not and the body and chassis cant go apart , to much risk of damage ...

so i took off the stock front suspension and took one from a i shall not name the car brand kit and i will use that to put the rims on ..
now i'm going to be hounest at this point its hard to make something realisctic .. if i knew this before i would have cut out the stock wells and made more roomy ones and made sure i could have suspension like it should ..

so i will make something new that looks attached and .. but it wont become 100% accurate or realistic i guess ..



also the wheels didnt have brake discs .. and for the modern toutch i want big brakes so other discs from 1/25 kits are too small ..
i took a hub cap and drilled out the center its about perfect size .. i willd rill holes in the disc and make it more metal later on .. then make brake calipers and stuff

Stumbled onto this just now: http://www.speedhunters.com/2014/03/realism-gets-win/

Thought you'd be interested in seeing that, unless you've already seen it.

well not this article .. cool , but i have friends who are into the rc drifting and a couple of guys they know have opened a indoor drift track .. with all dressed stuff like garages and ...

but def. very cool .. the cost is whats keeping me from going for rc ...

ps those rc cars are a looot bigger then my static cars lol

oh and these days you can buy jkust about anything from engines and turbo's , intercooler and what not to jap style exhausts ...

Yeah I thought those things must be around half a meter in length being rc cars.