Monthly Archives: June 2025

1970 Dodge Charger – part 3

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The engine was painted and assembled, and then I painted details.

I masked the center console and painted chrome.

I also painted chrome on the side panels.

There’s still a few spots that needs some touching up.

After priming the body I realised there was a few mould lines to take care of.

Some sanding later and also some more primer.

I then tried some pink on a few parts.

Looked quite good to me.

Hood and body ready for paint.

The hood went quite well.

But for some reason disaster struck while painting the body.

I actually went to the paint store and bought some wet sanding pads in 3000 and 6000 grit.
Then I used the 3000 grit to remove as much as needed.

After that it was time for a new cote of paint.

This time it looked a lot better.

The hinges for the hood was glued in place and next I’ll paint primer on the inside and also on one more part for the engine room.

Next I’ll hopefully can paint a gloss varnish on all the pink parts.
I’ll also start assembling all the parts for the chassie that I’ve been painting but forgot to take pics of.

1970 Dodge Charger – part 2

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The colours I was missing arrived so I could continue with this build.
Several parts was painted black, and I also repainted the engine and air filter.

Some parts like the seats and other interior parts is supposed to have a semi-gloss look. It turns out I had no clear satin colour, so instead I used Vallejo’s gloss for metal finishes and painted a thin layer, thus achieving a satin look.

I gave the engine a little more paint to get a glossier look.

I need to mask the mid console and paint that semi gloss later as well.
Once everything is dry, I’ll mask the interior roof and paint white primer before painting it pink.
That way I can check for imperfections as well.

Newly arrived in late may and early june 2025

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During the build weekend (plastkollo) I managed to bring home a few kits.

First this 32nd scale Police helicopter.

Then an Airfix Canberra.

Then I found this Dodge Charger that just had to come with me as well.

I also started building it during that weekend.

A friend of mine there had bought a Buccaneer kit and it turned out that a german store sold it at half the price. After asking about it, I ordered one as well. And yesterday I got it delivered to my door, by my friend who made the order. Very nice!

I also was with my son in a local toy and hobby shop and got myself a little late b-day gift from him.

It looks like a very nice kit! Tamiya usally is! 🙂

BMW R 1100 Roadster – Revell 1/9 – part 1

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I started building this kit on the weekend build meeting. As I understand it, it’s an old Protar kit in Revell re-boxing.

There’s quite a lot to sort and paint before any assembly can be done.

Here’s a pic of most of the parts. It wasn’t until I got home I could take another pic of what I had done.

I had bought this kit 2nd hand, and as it turned out, one part was missing. Not sure what to do about that. I decided to continue a bit further, until that part is needed.It’s the holder for the head light and turn signals that’s missing, and I’m not sure if I can scratch build something like that.

1970 Dodge Charger – Revell 1/25 – part 1

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On the weekend build meeting we had last weekend that we call plastkollo (plastic camp), I bought a kit from one of the members. I thought it could be a fun build.

The kit seems to be quite nice with good fit on the parts. As usual starting with the engine that should be mostly orange. I didn’t have any orange colour and my pink colour was messy with a big lump in the bottle. It ended up in the bin.

I borrowed orange colour from a friend and managed to paint it a little to wet. Then I decided to paint most of the interior and chassie parts black. Turns out there was very little black left in the bottle. I have to order new colours and a few other things that I need.
Anyway, this is how much I got done before it was time to wrap up the meeting and go home.

Pic taken at home though as I forgot to take a pic at the meeting!

Empire army – Warhammer the old world – part 1

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The steam tank was the first part of my Empire army. In the same box there’s also different infantry troops. Here’s the command group.

And the, at the time, headless hillebardiers.

For some reason I didn’t take a pic of the finished soldiers, instead I contindued with the spear soldiers.

I brought the box to build the rest of the troops including the state missile troops but I forgot the bag with bases for the other figures. Anyway I finished the soldiers with sword and shield. The pic is from the weekend build meeting we had last weekend.

I then opened up the box with gun and mortar.

Quite fun kit to build! I’m looking forward to painting them later.

Then I started building the box with pistoliers.

They was also fun to build even if the horses required some work with the seams.

There are a few details that needs to be added to the horses and figures. Something I’ll do once I get sorted with my workbench at home.