69 Dart GTS

i end up doing that quite a bit depending on if they give me multiple colors for different variations

back to a bit of playing in the hobby room
gonna use the kit engine


and dress it up with some PE and a FatKid distributor later
starting with the basic pieces


i grab my cement of the week


and mate the 2 halves of the block and tranny together


fancy schmancy clamps to hold thingss in line while it dries


once glued, you can see the seam needs a bit of attention


the easiest way i have found to take care of the flat surfaces is with the sharp edge of a hobby blade. use it to scrape aray the protruding area until everything is flush


once seam lines are gone, its time forto add the heads


since this is a stock build, ( hurts me to even say those words lol )
i am using kit parts
added front cover


ready for the base colors


bit of rusto orange, yea yea, its not factory correct and i dont care so neener neener. its close enough for me




bit of dull aluminum on the tranny


cast iron on the manifolds


and a bit of the aluminum on the intake and pulleys


gonna add the PE GTS to the front of the hood


thats a picky little piece


while i am at it, there are pe side vents for the hood


i detail them first with a sharpie




i use the marker to fill all the recesses and then use a fine sanding stick to remove the marker from the high spots

once detailed i glue them in place with super glue


what they look like installed


now the back bumper does not have any mesh so it will get a wash to bring out the details


cheap set of artists oil color, pull out the black and mix it about 10:1 with thinner so you have a very thin wash


3 passes with the pin wash and this is what it looks like


now for the door panel lines i am doing something similar, just with burnt umber


use that for the cowl vent




trunk and body lines


and door lines


cya next time

a bit of alclad on the 2 lower pans


installed on the tranny


got the aluminum on the pulleys


then a bit of flat black


just on the belt surfaces


installed the intake on the block


using a black fine tipped marker i highlighted the line on the side of the tranny


now to pick out a bit of detail on the other side


a little bit of brass goes a long way


also brassed out the fuel pump and the freeze plugs


out comes the heavy artillery


and my 30 year old paasche H , i keep this around because it flows a great 1 inch pattern that is great for clear coats


1 light coat and 2 medium wet coats later


couple small dust devils showed their face so i will polish it out a bit but overall its got good shine so far

brassed up the carb


installed it and decided on the color of the dizzy


but thats for next time

cya then

Looking really good! I love the grill work.

sorry its been a bit of time since my last post
had my mother pass away on monday so been working through some mind things here.

i figure i better catch up on what i had done so far before i forget bits

first up, a FatKid dizzy


i drill a hole in the front timing cover so i can slide the dizzy shaft into place


that oil filter annoys me so i will have to change the color of it but the rest looks OK for now


drilled out the holes where the plugs would be so i have somewhere to put the wires


i use super glue to mount the manifolds in place


and i fixed the annoying oil filter


now i run the wires through the set of wire looms from the PE set and pay attention to how they lay on the motor. a little extra time drooping them here and there will make them look more realistic then if the wire just went straight to the plug.




now for some of modelings finest ADD
i saw the grille staring at me and realized i forgot something.. out came the tamiya clear orange.


also wet sanded the clear coat to get rid of the couple dust blemishes i had. that left the surface a bit dull. but i can fix that


starting with these


now i work in small sections as i polish, others try to do the whole car at once. i prefer going bit by bit as i seem to get better results that way.
i use the polishing compound first followed by the fine cut cleaner. that leaves me with this


now for a bit o polish to brighten it up some


oooooh shiney


trim time


this car has a moderate amount of trim, rather than paint it i am using bare metal foil on it. i load up a new scalpel blade , grab a few q tips and 2 or 3 rounded tip tooth picks.


side trim first, i cut the foil slightly larger than i need and lightly press it into place with my finger


now i use the side of a q tip followed by the blunted tooth pick to work the foil flat and into all the curves


using just the weight of the blade, trim off the excess foil so you are left with something like this


next i move onto the side marker lights








the gas cap


wheel trim finished up the side


front window moldings


trim done






cya next time

Wow, sorry to hear about your mom. I will be keeping you in prayer, I know that is a hard thing.

The model looks real good, wondered how best to do BMF, now I may try it sometime.