1973 Richard Petty Dodge Charger 1:16

The Bussing won't take long to finish so this is up next.

I seem to be in a 'big model' phase at the moment!!

I bought it last year when I visited JohnJ in SLC. Utah at a bargain price of under GBP20.00

Sprues:

Hi Al,

I'm in, also, have you noticed that the floorpan nearly has the same design as your kitchen roll...

Andy...

Dodge charger ....... enough said !!!!!!


Geronwivit !!!!

Huge. Good subject.

Snake wrote:Geronwivit !!!!

Yes sir, oh mighty taskmaster!!!

Another great subject Al !!

I'm going to enjoy this one

The rear spoiler is way too thick and scales out to massive 27.2mm (That's 1.125" to the unconverted)

So I made a new one from sheet brass that scales out to 2.25mm.... MUCH more acceptable. The rivets are made from turned down brass pins.



Because of the bend along the rivet line and the curve of the boot lid, I had some small gaps, so added a small strip of styrene.

It's not perfect but I figure back in the day it probably wasn't perfect on the 1:1 either, as it was right in early days of downforce on race cars.

Rivets!

That a Gurney flap Al. LOL

Richard Petty's 73 Charger actually had 10 rivets holding the spoiler on... but if 9 is good enough for you Al....

It's well known he lost one at 210 mph Mitch, so Al could be right. LOL

I didnt think we were counting these rivet things lol

I make this up as I go along..

It's still a Gurney Flap though.

This one will be of interest to me.  I do luv the race cars well detailed.  Thanx!

Al was speechless Shay....

Now the Bussing truck is finished, it's back to this one.

Got the chassis/roll cage assembled, all but the internal cross braces. The will be fitted once other stuff has gone in the interior:

Got the paint laid on the upper half of the chassis. ( I ran out for the underside!! LOL)

It's Tamiya X-14 and while it may not be a perfect match, I think it looks near enough!

It all looks much safer now with the steering wheel taped up like that!

I got the red paint laid. It's March STP red from Zero paints. March were sponsored by STP around the same time as Petty Enteprises, so I guess it should be right.



Colin put me on to some very thin vynyl tape for the demarcation line. I'm impressed with it and once the 2k gloss goes on, such 'ridge' as there is should all but dissapear.

For all it's size, the engine in this kit is pretty naf with a number of fit issues. It's built now, so plumbing and wiring will be on tomorrows agenda.

Check out the 'rise' at one end of a bank of cylinders!!! LOL.



There is however, the option to leave off the heads, as the block does have pistons. There is also one clear rocker box cover and TWO sets of rockers!!! Go figure!!

Engine looks sharp Al, wiring and plumbing will just be the icing on the cake.

Looks good Al     I have heard that the suspension on that kit can be a real pita ( pain in the a##) to do, just fyi.  

Are you going to use the vinyl tubing from the kit for the detail or use wire ??

Thanks guys.

Thanks for the HU John. I'll lookout for it.