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Andrew D Charger Chaser

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  1. Thanks for giving me a place to, Rog, I am very grateful!

    Also grateful to have finished this beast in record time...

    Re-chromed the bent bumpers and other parts with Alclad, and was lucky to have located the proper wheel hubs.  Also broke the right door handle to match the real thing.

    Wide tires from the MPC Sheriff's Dodge Monaco.

    Windows tinted with Future floor polish and food coloring.

    Sheet metal for the front and back from a disposable roasting pan from the Dollar Tree.

    Airbrushing dust and dirt all over the chassis and bottom of the body.

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  2. Final bodywork touchups and priming, and ready for paint.

    Tough to match the exact color, since in the episode (the way I'm making it) it was disguised/obscured with gray scratchwork all over it, and the recovered wreck was apparently quite weathered and faded.  Did the best I could.  Finally settled on a mix of 5 different blues and greens.  It's actually darker than the photos show....

    I settled on: 2 parts Testors Gloss Dark Blue (#1111); 2 parts Testors Dark Beret Green; 1 part Model Master Dark Sea Blue; 1 part Testors Gloss Green; 1 part Gloss Light Blue.

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  3. FRONT BUMPER

    Need the front bumper to look like bent metal, and not a bent plastic model part.  Made an aluminum foil cast of the central section; removed that plastic, attached the ends to the foil cast. 

    Very carefully bent and dented it to match the photos.

    Filled with CA glue with wire reinforements for the structure.  Primed, will be coated with Alclad chrome tomorrow or Thursday.

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  4. The interior needs special work.  From what I can see in the episode, the interior panels under the rear windows were removed along with the back seat, although I've read that only the seat was removed to install the full roll cage.  

    So, I had to remove the rear panel and totally rebuild it as the interior structure that the panel would normally cover.  Was a 2 full day scratchbuilding job, daunting at first but well worth it in the end.  

    The carpet will be well worn and stained soon.

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  5. If I can't replicate the body damage, the entire project is pointless.  If I only heat up and bend the plastic body it will look toylike, as the body thickness when scaled up would be akin to a couple inches thick.  Not convincing at all.

    THE SOLUTION: Make aluminum foil copies of the body sections to be damaged.  

    Let's try it on the hood first:

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