One of the things I neglected to do was a split in the seat back. I removed the seat from the interior, got out the razor saw and started hacking away at the seat back. This is a combination of measuring and eyeball engineering. It came out fairly good, but the cuts were off slightly. I cut the seatbacks far enough to insert two pieces of 0.20 sheet styrene side-by-side with a slight gap between them. Hopefully, when the seat is painted, the errors of my cuts will not be seen.
Since I had wet sanded the paint and I burned through several areas, I thought it would be best to paint the entire car instead of trying to touchup all the spots.
Paint looks great! Impressive work on that front bench seat too. I have a friend that bought a 71 GTX in high school, about "78 or "79, still has it too.
Thanks bigbluejavelin! I will get back to this build soon. I haven’t done anything on any of my projects for a while now. Sort of a rest period I suppose…
It has been a while since I have actually worked on the '71 Roadrunner. I have been trying to decide if I should strip the lousy paint job or sand it. Tonight I chose to sand it. After sanding, I gave the body a bath and it looks 100% better! Tomorrow, I sand the hood so it will match the body and then wash it. Then, when everything is dry, I will repaint the body and hood.
I sanded the hood yesterday and I am heading to the kitchen sink for a good scrubbing with Dawn Dish Detergent and warm water. When this has dried, a repaint in in order with Model Master Green Go.
It has been almost two weeks since I last worked on this Roadrunner. I decided to give it another bath this time in prep for paint. The Chassis and the interior have been finished and are ready for assembly.
Another coat of Model Master Green Go and this can is done! So much orange peel that I think was from the lack of pressure inside the can and I even warmed the can up! These old cans from Testors/Model Master are lousy!!!
I added my license plate to the rear bumper and in the process of doing so, I broke the joint between the bumper and valance panel. A little glue and hopefully I have the correct angle and it is correct. I painted the taillights with Tamiya X-27 Clear Red and Tamiya XF-2 Flat White. I added the radiator and detailed the engine compartment. The interior has been painted and ready for the glass to be installed.
I installed the chassis into the body and added my heater hoses. This took me some finagling as the chassis didn’t want to move forward like it should. I think the issue was the engine fan and the radiator were hitting each other.
This is my '71 Roadrunner 440 painted with Model Master Green Go aka Sassy Grass Green with a Tamiya TS-29 Semi Gloss Black and embossing powder for carpet. I removed the center console and added a column shifter and tachometer. I cut up the bucket seats and added the seating surfaces to a JoHan bench seat and split the seat back. I used the decals and wheels and tires to the Fast & Furious Dom’s GTX for my Roadrunner.
Your photos aren’t visible to me. I’ve been meaning to ask, in one photo, you had the brakes painted green. Is this a common color or a fancy color for aftermarket brake components? I don’t know since I’m not a car guy in the least.
I also see you’re from Nashua. I’m from Vermont and was stationed at Fort Devens in the early 00s. I bought my 2003 Outback from the Subaru dealership in Nashua. I was a member of the IPMS Patriots Club that met in Bedford and used to do the shows there in that area with the club. Granite Con I think was the club show in Nashua.
