My Buddies Big Red '69 Roadrunner

[Mr. E Modeler]

Way back in the mid '80s I happened to meet a guy with a red '69 Roadrunner.Actually my wife and I met him and his wife. Over the next few months we all became good friends and would often end up at one or the others houses for get-togethers. As things go he and I would migrate towards the cars and the wives the kitchen table. With our cars being about 20 years old to seemed that there was always something needed to be tinkered with. The car I drove tne most was my B7 blue '69 Coronet 440, which at that happened to have a 440 engine and a column shifted 727.  His was a red '69 Roadrunner with the factory 383 Coyote Duster cold air set up and a column shifted 727. Both of our cars were bench seat cars. My interior was two tone blue and his was white with a black dash, kick panels, carpet, and package shelf.

The years have passed the wives are gone and our friendships went their separate ways. But recently I realized that the parts to build a tribute model of my friends car would be fairly easy. 


The parts;

'69 Roadrunner bench seat and tail lights both from Hart''s Parts

 
hartspartsresin.com/product/69-plymouth-road-runner-bench-seat/
hartspartsresin.com/product/johan-69-plymouth-roadrunner-tail-light-bezels

'69 Roadrunner grill, From Ra-Sti's at ShapeWays


www.shapeways.com/product/YCQLGYTEC/1-25-1969-plymouth-roadrunner-grill?optionId=66298159&li=marketplace

"69 Plymouth Hub Caps, also from Ra-Sti's


www.shapeways.com/product/BTYM7S823/1-25-1969-plymouth-satellite-wheels?optionId=65839534

That should look like these when detail painted


And last but not least a set of '69 Roadrunner decals with white pinstripes from Keith Marks.

[Mr. E Modeler]

I'm starting this build with the AMT Dirty Donny's '69 GTX kit.



I will be removing the GTX emblems and trim and adding a 727 transmission and column shifter. Maybe do some detailing to the engine. Other than that this should be an easy peasy build.

[41chevy]

That is going to be a nice build. I'll have to look deeper in to the 3 D parts. Paul

[Mr. E Modeler]

Thanks, Paul. The 3D parts have been awesome and the guy I bought these from really knows his stuff. The parts fit a lot like kit parts.

[Mr. E Modeler]

I picked a few Mopar 727 automatic transmissions up on eBay...



It turns out that the folks doing these parts are in the same state as I am and I got the parts the day after I ordered them. They also have a website here's their link...

action-modeler.com/

[Mr. E Modeler]

Fired up the old paint booth and compressor and got some painting done...

Then did a bit of Mock-up...

[Mr. E Modeler]

Decided to throw some clear at the Roadrunner today






I'm kinda happy with the shine on this one.

[41chevy]

Paint does look great to me. The wheel covers look excellent. I definitely am getting some of his parts. Paul

[Mr. E Modeler]

Thanks, Paul. The hub caps are awesome and designed in a way that they are very easy to detail, even though I painted them in the wrong order. Next time I will paint the darker color first then detail paint the rest after. Even doing the chrome was simple with a Molotow pen, thanks to the way those areas are raised. And they truly fit like the kit parts...

[41chevy]

Ya cursed me!! Just spend 3 1/2 hours cruising Shapeways 1/25 car model goodies. WOW!

[Mr. E Modeler]

Yeah, Sorry, I probably should have warned you about that. LOL. Some of those guys have some crazy cool stuff! Whatever you do don't search for 1/25 scale people. There seem to be thousands of them and some are very cool and some are quite risque. The cool ones could be used in a lot of different dioramas, like the pits at a drag strip. there are even some that could be used as drivers.

[Mr. E Modeler]

Just got these in the other day...





They're from Keith Marks and look better than I can show. 

public.fotki.com/mofobow/

[41chevy]

THey look good. I have a bunch of Mama Mopar detail decals from The Last Detail I bought years ago. I'm looking for the Sox and Martin Super Bird decals.

[Mr. E Modeler]

Those Sox & Martin decals will be hard to come by. Especially any in good enough shape to use.

[Mr. E Modeler]

Other than the following mockup shots this one hasn't changed much.

Yeah I know it is a 4 door front seat but i am not counting rivets on this one it is just a memory car of days from my miss spent youth.