1969 Plymouth GTX

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1969 Plymouth GTX Feb 16, 2024 11:00:36 GMT -5 Mr. E and Jcon like this

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After viewing someone else's '69 GTX, I decided to pull out mine which I had started a couple of years ago and never finished it. I went to clearcoat the model and I forgot that the paint used was MCW Enamel and not MCW Lacquer which was what I have been using for years. Since this paint was a gift from a model club friend, I realized my mistake, but the damage was done. I have a little paint left and maybe it will be enough to finish off my GTX.

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topside Mopar Maniac Now entering 2nd childhood Posts: 790	1969 Plymouth GTX Feb 16, 2024 11:29:42 GMT -5 Jcon likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by topside on Feb 16, 2024 11:29:42 GMT -5 Patina !
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Jcon Administrator Modelių kūrimo fanatikas "Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom." – General George Patton Posts: 3,695 Mini-Profile Background: {"image":"","color":"055705"} Mini-Profile Name Color: 0dd0d7 Mini-Profile Text Color: f0e148	1969 Plymouth GTX Feb 16, 2024 13:30:26 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Jcon on Feb 16, 2024 13:30:26 GMT -5 You've got this!!!
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DusterEd Hemi Head Posts: 1,714	1969 Plymouth GTX Feb 16, 2024 15:10:28 GMT -5 via Tapatalk Jcon likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by DusterEd on Feb 16, 2024 15:10:28 GMT -5 I guess you can dip it and strip it and start all over again. You think you have enough paint left over?

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1969 Plymouth GTX Feb 16, 2024 18:10:12 GMT -5 BUCKY and Jcon like this

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Thanks topside, Joe and Ed! Ed, I don't have enough paint to strip it and repaint it. Just enough paint left to repaint the roof and the trunk. I like the color, but I don't want to go out and buy more paint.

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"The name's Spenser, with an 'S', like the poet."
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BUCKY Administrator MOPARS FOR LIFE!! Posts: 4,527 Mini-Profile Background: {"image":"","color":"274bdb"} Mini-Profile Name Color: 75f738 Mini-Profile Text Color: f4f7fa	1969 Plymouth GTX Feb 25, 2024 22:15:24 GMT -5 Jcon likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by BUCKY on Feb 25, 2024 22:15:24 GMT -5 I think you'll recover. The color looks great on that one. Hope you don't have to strip it and change color.
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1969 Plymouth GTX Feb 26, 2024 11:55:43 GMT -5 BUCKY and Jcon like this

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I won't strip it due to the fact that I have so much time put into the GTX. I love the color and the GTX should be finished with that color. I remember looking at a '68 GTX that was for sale at the side of a local convenience store with a white interior and no performance hood stripes and it was gorgeous! Only God knows were it is now.

"The name's Spenser, with an 'S', like the poet."
Robert Urich, Spenser For Hire 1985

topside Mopar Maniac Now entering 2nd childhood Posts: 790	1969 Plymouth GTX Feb 26, 2024 18:03:38 GMT -5 Jcon likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by topside on Feb 26, 2024 18:03:38 GMT -5 Q5 with white interior is gorgeous...I owned & restored this one many years ago. Made a scale model of it a couple years back.
	I may have bumped my head...

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1969 Plymouth GTX Feb 27, 2024 10:38:25 GMT -5 via Tapatalk Jcon likes this

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Feb 26, 2024 18:03:38 GMT -5 topside said:

Q5 with white interior is gorgeous...I owned & restored this one many years ago.

Made a scale model of it a couple years back.

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Wow! I think I would never have sold that if I had it.
What a beauty

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1969 Plymouth GTX Feb 27, 2024 10:58:58 GMT -5 Jcon likes this

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Post by topside on Feb 27, 2024 10:58:58 GMT -5

Thanks - yeah, it was a petty thing, but I had to sell a couple cars to get through an ugly divorce. So the AT cars moved out.
The car went on to take 1st in Restored B-bodies @ the Mopar Nats, then sold for big money, then pretty much disappeared.

I may have bumped my head...

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1969 Plymouth GTX Apr 14, 2024 15:36:46 GMT -5 Mr. E and Jcon like this

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I had fired up the paintbooth and was in the process of shooting parts and pieces for other projects and I happened to think of this one and out it came with the remaining paint that I had and shot the roof and trunk lid. It came out rather well with what I had left.

"The name's Spenser, with an 'S', like the poet."
Robert Urich, Spenser For Hire 1985

Jcon Administrator Modelių kūrimo fanatikas "Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom." – General George Patton Posts: 3,695 Mini-Profile Background: {"image":"","color":"055705"} Mini-Profile Name Color: 0dd0d7 Mini-Profile Text Color: f0e148	1969 Plymouth GTX Apr 14, 2024 19:45:51 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Jcon on Apr 14, 2024 19:45:51 GMT -5 Nice job Mike!!!
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DusterEd Hemi Head Posts: 1,714	1969 Plymouth GTX Apr 15, 2024 9:08:33 GMT -5 via Tapatalk Jcon likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by DusterEd on Apr 15, 2024 9:08:33 GMT -5 Cool! Scale bodywork.

mrmike Hemi Head Classic Plastic Model Club member Posts: 3,161	1969 Plymouth GTX Apr 15, 2024 12:32:40 GMT -5 Jcon likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mrmike on Apr 15, 2024 12:32:40 GMT -5 Thanks Joe and Ed!
	"The name's Spenser, with an 'S', like the poet." Robert Urich, Spenser For Hire 1985

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1969 Plymouth GTX May 16, 2024 13:27:38 GMT -5 Jcon likes this

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Post by mrmike on May 16, 2024 13:27:38 GMT -5

I repainted the GTX with a different color since I didn't have enough paint left over from the previous paint job. Looks better than the first paint job! Now to repaint the rest of the cowl and the engine compartment.