Making a model of my 1965 Dart.

[Stumpy]

I picked up a 1965 Dodge Dart resin kit and am going to make a clone of my car. I expect it to take like a year to build since I have limited time to work on it and it requires extensive kit bashing. I thought I’d put up a thread to document my progress as I put this kit together.

Here’s the car I’m making a mini version of.

 

[Stumpy]

So here’s the kit and the basic undercarriage. I decided to go with kitbashing a different undercarriage from a 1969 Dart kit for more realism and an actual suspension. I cut the 1969 undercarriage in half and shortening it to fit.

 

[Stumpy]

Test fitting undercarriage for adjustments and check for stance.

 

[Stumpy]

Painted a prototype rallye from a 1971 Duster AMT kit. Wrong tire but it looks pretty good.

 

[H22A4]

Looks like you‘re off to a good start!!

 

[LocuMob]

Nice work on the wheel! I never got that far into detailing, a little flock and some plug wires is as far as I went. Love watching you guys make these realistic models. I'd love to have models of my cars.

 

[Dart_Doctor]

Really nice work. Watching !!

 

[65dartcharger]

Me too!

 

[65 Dartman]

I would love to replicate my Dart resin wagon to look like my full size panel wagon

 

[Stumpy]

After hours of scraping and filing, finally got the undercarriage and suspension at a stage I can start custom making other parts.

 

[Stumpy]

Test fit of engine bay parts scavenged from ‘69 Dart kit. Looks like they might work great.

 

[Dart_Doctor]

Looks good so far

 

[Stumpy]

Didn't work on the model much over summer. Too busy with the 1:1 version.

With smoke and rain the last couple weeks got some stuff done.

I roughed in the underbody and engine compartment from the doner 69 Dart kit and modified the interior and dash from the original kit to look more like a 65 and built a 4-speed shifter and bezel. Still needs finish work. Started to assemble and prime the 340 LA engine that I stole from a 71 Duster kit to look like the Power Pack 273.

 

[Stumpy]

This is what the dash from the kit looked like.

 

[-Boosted-]

Very cool. Now I want to do the same with my current build. Should be fun mini-tubbing, inboarding the springs and fabbing up some caltracks. lol