1971 Plymouth Roadrunner pt.10
Status: Project
Date: 21-Jun-2011
Comments: 21
So finally I managed to vac-form an acceptable body with only one error; the plastic made a 'fin' under the front bumper in the left side. This 'fin' appeared in the same spot on the last couple of vac-forms, dunno if I can avoid it. Its the most critical place on the mould since the plastic is stretched the most here and is undercut. Anyway, this last vac-form turned out pretty ok:-) I have trimmed the rear bumper to fit the body and have painted the bumpers chrome. I also added some test-decals to see how it works. -I like it:-) I started to fit the CC01 chassis to the body. Added shorter front shocks to get the nose down. I need to widen the rear wheel tread about 10mm, will probably fix some spacers.
Next up is painting the body colour, its gona be lemon yellow. Pretty close to the original Mopar Curious Yellow I hope:-)
Thanks for watching!
Front bumper loop with test-decal
Front end turned out really well
Rear bumper fits pretty good
Can't wait to see it in colour!
If you liked those pictures, you should see these...
1971 Plymouth Roadrunner pt.9
Comments
Challenger-RT
WOW - what a mopar! You have done a great job! Can't wait to see it in yellow!
SRB Bloke
Absolutely blooming marvellous an amazing body you've created. And the fact you did it yourself must feel great. I'm loving the sound of lemon yellow. Well done.
Basket Case
Oh My word!! Been watching your progress since you started this project. It's amazing. I can't begin to imagine the skills involved. I'm truely speechless!!
Capsule
Thanks for the positive comments guys! I'm pretty excited about the project now that I can really see it come to life. As I went along with the project I really learned a lot about modelmaking and vac-forming. This has truly been a great challenge so far.
brayling
Also can't wait to see this beast in yellow, is she running the 383ci or the 426 hemi? just pullin your chain it will probably run an electric motor due to the current economic climate
Very impressive work looking forward to seeing the paint.
Tamiya Tim
Hey man, this looks absolutely amazing! It would also look pretty cool in Petty Blue!!
Tamiya Tim
Hey man, this looks absolutely amazing! It would also look pretty cool in Petty Blue!!
slimmy
This body is blummin gorgeous! Can't wait to see her finished. Awesome!
Mr duke
wow!!! she's coming up a treat really admire your work cant wait to see her painted
Butcher-Bird
HOLY S*#t!!!!!!...AWESOME!!!
the green beetle
BIG fan of those cars!!
Needs a cool paintjob and Roadrunner logo's
Helge
MOPAR-Power rules!
Capsule
Again, thanks for your comments guys. The car will of couse get the full Roadrunner logo treatment
Oh, and to brayling; It's running a 440 big block just like my full scale Roadrunner
brayling
Sweet! would love to see them together when done.
Dante77
AWESOME!!! Please paint it quickly!
Henk4Focus
BLIKSEM!!!! That is freakin awesome!
neobrunox
I am on the ass with the job you have done
Winniez
Thats a one beatiful project! To my eyes higher profile tires would look more authentic though. You should put 750 bruiser motor under the hood to emulate the big block
Capsule
@Winniez, you are right about the tyre profile. I just love the slot mags and had to have them even though they are for low profile tires. I might try something else to get the right look
At the moment there's a high rpm pro10 motor from the early 90íes in the car. Good for the CC01 gearbox which has been converted to RWD by the way!
Winniez
I agree, the wheels are fantastic. One trick to cheat the profile would be some phony side strip which would look like rubber, that could spoil the wheels though. You could also try wheels painted in aluminium, it could be even more scale looking than the chrome. With such a beautiful body its easy to try different wheel/tire options! Motor and gearbox combo sounds tail happy which ofcourse is a great thing considering the 1:1 model
Fernado Alonso
Wow that thing looks WOW
So I sure like a lot
Cheers,Alex
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