Geoffrey Pellows: 1970 Dart Swinger 340

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

1970 Dart Swinger 340

Here's my first resin model, I learned a lot on this one, did some mistakes, being my first resin. I built this one using the Scale Coachworks resin transkit, which is made to be used with Revell's '69 Dart kit, but I chose to use the AMT's '71 Duster as the donor kit instead, that was the first mistake... I chose the '71 Duster because the interior looks closer to the '70 Dart interior than the '69 Dart, plus the Duster has the 340 engine I wanted.

Later I found out that I still needed the glass parts from the '69 Dart kit Bang Head

So the chassis, suspension, drivetrain, engine, wheels and tires, interior are from the '71 Duster, I also used a second backseat from another '71 Duster kit to build a front bench seat and used the headrests from Revell's '69 Charger.The the glass parts, wipers, door handles and sideview mirrors from the '69 Dart. Paint is automotive basecoat with urethane clearcoat, Alclad on the bumpers, decals from Keith Marks, and the decals were old and I did have some trouble with them, that is why the "Dart Swinger" emblems on the rear quarters are missing, out of the 3 emblems on the decal sheet, I saved only one, which I decided to use on the trunk lid.

Building a resin model is a lot of work, but I still enjoyed it! Now that I have some experience, the next one will be better Geeked

So here's my '70 Dart Swinger;