“The 1/24 Custom General”
The Original A 1/24 Custom General. This scale project has a interesting story
behind it. This project started out long ago. It was a build base on a real charger at
the time that had went through many changes. This scale replica started out by
being bought out at a local hobby shop called "Hobbiest Paradise" .
That is also the very same place where the intro shots was also filmed at for
the Model Car Builds channel on YouTube Media. The kit started out as
a Revell 1969 Dodge Charger kit.
The build is planned to have a lot of detail put into it as its being built. The color
Orange is a Custom Orange color with metallic mix into it. The Confederated Flag
was also custom on the car with custom colors pick out. Meaning fun for the scale
project itself. The whole build is Custom. Its a Custom General Lee after all. So after
the kit was picked out by the early stages of Projects In Progress. The color was
talked about by Projects In Progress & certain people involve. Then came the
decals part. A few tries was made by a outside source that didn't work. So Projects
In Progress decided to take an cut the decal apart & repaint the parts of the
decal film. Then once dried, reinsert them back in place. This worked great!. But it
did take some time though. Below you can see photographs of the scale build.
This here is the Start.
The interior tube doors was cut out by the back side of a exto #11
blade (BE CAREFUL doing this as one slip up can hurt ya!)
The Tan color Ivory that was used was by Krylon, which is a very good
spray paint to use. As for the chrome molding/trim, it was masked of
with masking tape. Sprayed Gloss Black by ColorPlace. as it was starting
to dry Alclad 2 was used. That was used the Ash trays, trim, and window
crank handles & door handles.
The center consol was done the very same way as well.
The croll bar here is made from 3/32 round stock.
A mock up to see how things would fit and also look.
The dash been detailed. The dash pads was sprayed with Ivory, while
the panels was sprayed with Flat Black. The guages and center steering
spokes was covered in Alclad 2. Horn button was covered in Ivory.
A mock up to see how things would fit and also look again. Plus
two door bars was added.
Yes it has frame connectors under it, these was made
by Projects In Progress. These doesn’t come with the kit.
The front end, front suspension was modified to have working
BOTH Upper & Lower A-Arms. To do this the back of a Exto-11 blade
was used to carefully scribe the parts out of the K-Member.
Dash in place in interior tube. Time for another mock up to see
how things will look and fit. Now you can also see how the dash will
be attached to the interior tube once finish.
Here is another mock up. But this time something new was added to
the roll cage. The original mounts for the side bars had to be remove.
Due to this new mounting was in order. This time it would be on the
new roll bar pilliar bar of the cage section. A mock up was required to
check for any fitment issues that there might be.
Here is the interior tube removed from the shell. 3/32 Round stock is
used for the roll cage making here. Lock-tite liquid glue is also used
