'68 Roadrunner

To spur me back into a better modeling frame of mind I've dug out this old AMT '68 Roadrunner that I stripped from an old build and had painted yellow about 4 years ago.
It started life as a box stock build in white, but as usual I got bored of looking at it and decided to give it a new life. Unfortunately I didn't take any before shots, but I did take some in-progress shots.
Now bare in mind that most of the work on this has been done in motel rooms, besides the painting, and the photos are a bit crap but you get the idea where this is going.
So far I've added '70 style side scoops, reworked the old great big hole in the bonnet as it'll have a honking big blown Hemi sticking through, I've shaved the door handles (after one got broken in transit, I'd opened them up years ago) and re-scribed all the door, boot and window trim lines.
Upgrades include an interior donated from an AMT "Showroom Replica" '09 Challenger, Pegasus 20" rims and will have rack & pinion steering, oh and I've converted it from manual to auto trans. The Hemi is a casting I made from the original kit motor but I've reworked the sump to clear the steering rack, made a new oil filter and added various resin and hand made pulleys for the blower drive. The carbies are some I made from aftermarket and scratch made parts and cast. Don't ask where the blower and pulleys came from, can't remember
It'll have some black added somewhere, either stripes or blackouts on the bonnet and maybe black bumpers too, that's yet to be decided.







So you can now see where this is going ....

Cheers TJ

You gotta love the big Chrysler/Dodge Muscle cars...looking good...what rims/kit are these wheels you are using from??

Love where this going TJ. Mean stance on it too, sits perfectly.

Cheers Guys,
Sycho1, the wheels are Pegasus 23" 'T's, here's a link Pegasus 'T's 23". Pegasus do many styles in 1/24th and are available from many hobby sources or on eBay.
Cheers TJ

Looking good TJ, love the black centres against the yellow too bud, very nice and menacing.

Looks sharp

That's looking tough already !

love the '09 challenger interior in this. Lookin good !

Good work TJ. I'd forgotten about this one.
Like the Black & Yellow scheme and Pegasus 'Ts'.....always a winner.

I like the look of this beast. Man, that monster motor rules!

A small update on the '68 ....
Got the inner fenders modified to take the big rims...

and painted...

and I got one side of the exhaust done, minus the collector...

Cheers TJ

Great job on the inner guards there mate, very smooth, and as for the exhaust, WOW!! Nice work.

Cool mopar in the making.

As they say or No Car...looking good are the headers Solder or plastic?? either way greatwork

Thanks guys,
Sycho, the headers are solid solder from ThePartsBox.

TJ

Some progress on the exhausts, made some collectors.



Hopefully this is my last weekend stuck in a motel room and I should be able to get some better progress on this soon  
Tim

NICE!! What may i ask, did you make the collectors out of mate?? They look awesome!!

Turned them up on the lathe out of 6mm ally rod,

Then drilled the holes and filed the flange to shape.
I'm fairly chuffed with them too.
Cheers mate .

SUPERB job mate, a lathe is on my "must get" list.

Yeah it's fairly big outlay but worth it, actually I'm thinking of upgrading to a bigger one.
The possibilities are endless, cliche but true, I did these rim extensions for some Aoshima wheels the other day,

Finished rims ... they look way cool on the RR but they're going on another build






Just teasing .....

  Hey mate, surely this has gotta stop??... first the "solder headers" then the turned "Ali collecters"...and NOW Turned rims!!...then you post a picture saying this is only a Teeser??...Jeez this must be classed as Car Porn!! ...where are the "Mods??" LOL...

sycho1 wrote:   Hey mate, surely this has gotta stop??... first the "solder headers" then the turned "Ali collecters"...and NOW Turned rims!!...then you post a picture saying this is only a Teeser??...Jeez this must be classed as Car Porn!! ...where are the "Mods??" LOL...

Sorry to tease mate but I just wanted show what a lathe can do for your modeling .... yeah that's teasing isn't it

Nice stuff bro..................I need to get me one of them Lathe things as well!

Small update:
Made some mufflers and bent up the exhaust ... oh and polished it.


Cheers TJ

Nice.....................