'68 Dodge Charger R/T - WIP

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March 13, 2020
The stuff that I needed...
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March 13, 2020
...to open the doors. Love that work
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March 13, 2020
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March 13, 2020
The material is really thick
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March 13, 2020
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March 16, 2020
So, now the doorpanels are in pieces...
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March 16, 2020
...and that looks....hmmmm...a lot of holes to be filled
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April 28, 2020
...in the meantime...
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April 28, 2020
started the engines. HEMI for one...
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April 28, 2020
...440 for another one.
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April 28, 2020
started wiring only for sparkplugs
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April 28, 2020
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April 28, 2020
of course in correct firing order 😉
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April 28, 2020
...i found the "right" way for me.
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April 28, 2020
After a lot of trying, trash produced door hinges.
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April 28, 2020
marking the correct fit to glue the hinges
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April 28, 2020
thinned the plastik out as as much as possible (ignore the two tubes)
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April 28, 2020
the final mounting on the body
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April 28, 2020
like the original, they had to open inwards
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April 28, 2020
in my view: perfect
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May 7, 2020
...to fill the holes from the doors, made a first form out of paper
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May 7, 2020
overlayed it to 0,5 sheet (keep it lightweight)
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May 7, 2020
hold the doorpanels in the right place while filling the holes
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May 7, 2020
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May 7, 2020
glued sheet to fit the doorpanels better (later, after painting)
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May 7, 2020
also made some covers to the front part of the doors
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May 7, 2020
same on the b_pillars. made a form out of paper
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May 7, 2020
looking good!
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May 7, 2020
i want to hve the inner side of the side panels even
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May 7, 2020
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May 7, 2020
only some filling needed when glued on
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May 7, 2020
glued in place
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May 17, 2020
cleaned up the glued parts
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May 17, 2020
next parts glued. Only to make it look a little bit realistic.
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May 17, 2020
A nice sideeffect is, that the doors are fitting much better with this parts
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May 17, 2020
testfit, if the rear bench will fit later (after painting), when the side panel are glued? no!
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May 17, 2020
before i glued the sidepanels to the floor, i have to instal the rear bench.
So, my first color choice is done. The second one will be black inside - can be painted after the coming work 😉

This step is necessary, because i will sand the doorentry to get as less gapes as possible.
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May 17, 2020
i sanded the outside from the sidepanels
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May 17, 2020
started drilling holes thru the b-pillar and doors...
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May 17, 2020
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May 17, 2020
...glued a magnet into the door...
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May 17, 2020
...and drilled out the position for the magnet in the B-pillar
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May 17, 2020
magnets installed
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May 17, 2020
the same work also on the second Charger.
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May 17, 2020
perfect!
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May 17, 2020
Ah, perhaps a question, why the windshields are installed?
To check, how the dashboard is fitting. i had to sand them narrower.
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May 20, 2020
the sidepanels are sanded and fit perfect in my view - thats what i like!
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May 20, 2020
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May 20, 2020
after that big step of work is nearly done to get on paint of the body, i painted the parts (both Charger similar)
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May 20, 2020
Made my first decision of paint: bright blue. The second will be...i think white.
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May 20, 2020
...and cleared the fueltank from inscription from Revell. overseen...
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May 20, 2020
Looks much better
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May 20, 2020
and painted some more small parts
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May 20, 2020
i was in the flow...so i can't get stopping me, wanted to see the chassis (rear) completed.
The front will be attached after completing with the body.
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May 20, 2020
next step:
Painting the interiors. Outsides are well sanded, flat.
The left will be black, the right one is ready for the bright blue
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May 20, 2020
...and for before taped white seats.
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May 20, 2020
Painted doorentrys in bodypaint. Thats working really as i wished. I'm happy with this big step!
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May 20, 2020
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May 20, 2020
...black. ready.
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May 30, 2020
made the interior details so far ready and painted the doorentries with the body colors
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May 30, 2020
also i painted the inner side of the bodyparts
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May 30, 2020
first layer of primer on both
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May 30, 2020
and the experiment with the vinyl roof is starting. The seen lines are small stripes of BMF i made on the body to have the overlay from the vinyl parts. on the C-pillar i made the same, but three layers of BMF. I hope it will work as expected.
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May 30, 2020
after the first primer, there are some spots to work on before i can paint the body. of course they are!
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May 30, 2020
I would have been surprised if it wasn't something to rework.
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June 20, 2020
both bodys are painted after filler and wet sanding....and some layers of paint.
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June 20, 2020
after final clearcoat (two layers)
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June 20, 2020
doors working perfect
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June 20, 2020
starting to paint details for interior and the grill
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June 28, 2020
Painted the rims for the white one
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June 28, 2020
Some detailwork on the dashboards
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June 28, 2020
ready for instal it
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June 28, 2020
bmf on the body made 😉
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June 28, 2020
painted the headliner white and installed the windows
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June 28, 2020
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June 28, 2020
Doorpanels and doors glued in place
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June 28, 2020
doors fixed with tape
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June 28, 2020
dashboard in place
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August 6, 2020
Engine installed
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August 6, 2020
The muffler pipes...one to short, the other to long
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August 6, 2020
Rear view completed, self made pipes
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August 6, 2020
Grill/bumper and Turnsignals mounted
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August 6, 2020
That's the stance it has to have
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August 6, 2020
Engine compartment completed
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August 6, 2020
Ready for show
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August 12, 2020

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Building two Dodge Charger with opening Doors.
One will be with vinyl roof and Hemi Engine, the other one will be with 440 Engine, without vinyl roof and Steelies.
Colors?
White with Interior black/black, the second will be bright blue with black/white Interior

1968 Dodge Charger R/T wip

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