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Post by DusterEd on Jan 29, 2021 21:27:13 GMT -5
Thinking about my next project. A 69 GTX T5 bronze fire metallic. My question is about the color of the hood air intake vents. I’ve seen them red or black. Which would be correct for a non black performance hood paint stripes? Or a hood painted the color of the car. I’ve seen pictures both ways. I’m thinking T5 body with saddle interior.
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Post by tubbs on Feb 1, 2021 7:29:22 GMT -5
very simple Ed, no air grabber, there was just metal ribbed plate inserts and those were painted black. if there was an air grabber, there was perforated inserts to let the air pass thru. these were painted hemi orange.
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Post by tubbs on Feb 1, 2021 7:40:16 GMT -5
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Post by DusterEd on Feb 1, 2021 12:18:35 GMT -5
Thanks for the information. I appreciate it a bunch.  Great car! Mine’s looks a lot like yours. 😆 |
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Post by tubbs on Feb 3, 2021 7:14:21 GMT -5
nice build. great minds think alike. although i dont put the rear view mirrors in, usually forget. gotta start. is that BMF around the windows? great job whatever it is
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Post by DusterEd on Feb 3, 2021 9:09:52 GMT -5
Yes that’s BMF alright. This one’s an old Jo-Han Roadrunner.
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Post by Jcon on Feb 3, 2021 10:36:18 GMT -5
Great build!!!
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Post by topside on Feb 5, 2021 20:18:36 GMT -5
Very nice build; the AG expanded-metal grilles on my '69 RRs were R4 red. Their AG underhood plenums were a satin charcoal-color fiberglass, and you could see the fiber strands if you looked closely. Air cleaner bases were gloss black, and the lids were Hemi orange that was a bit more yellow than the engines. An oval, thin formed-rubber "flap" sealed the plenum to the base. The Hemi orange on the engines themselves actually had 3 variations depending on year ('64 - '71).
The AMT GTX body differs from the JoHan RR at the area at the base of the C-pillar - JoHan got it right but the AMT contour is a bit high; should be able to sand it down to the proper shape.
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Post by DusterEd on Feb 6, 2021 18:33:42 GMT -5
I’ll try to remember that. Thanks for the information and build tips.
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Post by tubbs on Feb 11, 2021 9:30:38 GMT -5
Very nice build; the AG expanded-metal grilles on my '69 RRs were R4 red. Their AG underhood plenums were a satin charcoal-color fiberglass, and you could see the fiber strands if you looked closely. Air cleaner bases were gloss black, and the lids were Hemi orange that was a bit more yellow than the engines. An oval, thin formed-rubber "flap" sealed the plenum to the base. The Hemi orange on the engines themselves actually had 3 variations depending on year ('64 - '71). The AMT GTX body differs from the JoHan RR at the area at the base of the C-pillar - JoHan got it right but the AMT contour is a bit high; should be able to sand it down to the proper shape. well, there you go, leave it to a color blind person to tell you what color things are. thanks topside, you are correct. i am gonna blame this one on my mopar friends who made me paint mine hemi orange!!! www.performancecargraphics.com/Stripes_Lettering/GTX_Road_Runner/69_GTX_RR_Hood.htm |
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Post by DusterEd on Feb 11, 2021 11:42:26 GMT -5
I’ve seen an orange painted one on YouTube. It was a dealer promo slide show on the 69 B bodies. I’m guessing it must have been pre production cars. So you were not totally wrong.
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Post by topside on Feb 14, 2021 19:58:45 GMT -5
No worries. The Plymouths in that film are pre-production, and I'm pretty sure the silver GTX was also the brochure cover car. FWIW, the '68-'70 Plymouth brochure cars were also heavily photo-retouched
The Dodges' Air Grabbers 'glass was painted orange, but Plymouths being the lower line, weren't.
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Post by DusterEd on Feb 21, 2021 21:40:58 GMT -5
Interesting thanks.
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Post by topside on Feb 22, 2021 12:05:55 GMT -5
A couple of other things: the film GTX has the whole rad-support face blacked out, but in production the top yoke was body color; everything below that was blacked out except on black cars. Some dark color cars allegedly also came through without that detail. The RR convt looks like hood is blacked out underneath; in production they were body color.
FWIW, I've seen the white/green emissions sticker mostly on left aprons, aft of the fender tag; may have been different depending on assy plant. There were some differences between plants; most noticeable is L.A. floor pan undersides were a flat black/charcoal vs the medium grey from other plants. Body-color overspray inboard of the rockers on non-undercoated floor pans is well-known.
Has anyone ever built a mod-top scale model? That would be something!
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