'63 Chrysler

[BobD]

Completed fictional '63 Chrysler along with an early photo the model was based upon.  This model would have been a REAL lead-sled and needed the 426 hemi power to pull that weight.  The engine came from a JoHan 1966 Plymouth Fury kit.  Home-made decals....I keep practicing; these were pretty simple.  The tires are a bit too wide for the era, making it even more a fictional.

100_3828a by RD Dix, on Flickr

100_3827a by RD Dix, on Flickr

20170611_130038a by RD Dix, on Flickr

20170611_125924 by RD Dix, on Flickr

20170611_130111a by RD Dix, on Flickr

300 h by RD Dix, on Flickr

[slim]

Hey!  That's pretty cool, I like it!

[john2]

   I like all of it.  I think you are doing very well.

[pdaly28]

very different...love it!

[James2]

Cool build...

[BobD]

David - The 50's Chrysler was driven by Jerry Sherbon who ran a Shell Service station in Evansdale, Iowa.  He is long deceased, but I know his son John, whom I sent a few of these pics to via Facebook.

As far as the decals go, I have to experiment 'a plenty', and probably go through 2 or 3 sheets before I can come reasonably close to what I want.  Ditto to making simple decals over white or light colored body.  I followed some instructions that Tom B. put on Fred's old site and they work pretty well.  I just have an HP Officejet printer/scanner and use Testors decal paper from Hobby Lobby.  As I said before its a lot of trial-and-error and very time consuming.

Thanks everyone!

[sentsat71]

That looks Fantastic!! Great job on this one....!!

[ARCA Guy]

Like it!!

[Tom Birky]

Cool build Bob.  I like the old 'A' modifides  (That's what they used to call them at Hawkeye Downs) . On your decals, are you doing your trial and error runs on plain paper?  Tom

[BobD]

Yes Tom, I run them on plain paper first, but on most occasions the color is brighter & clearer on the plain paper than the decal sheet. So I try to enhance the brightness on another decal sheet and proceed that way, sometimes going thru several sheets.  The results are never as good as plain everyday printer paper.

[Tom Birky]

Are you printing on clear or white paper Bob?

[BobD]

Clear paper

[Tom Birky]

Bob, if you use white paper your colors will be much brighter. Especially since the car is white, you won't have any problem with the border. Also looks like your ink beaded up or fractured a little. I've had that happen too. Sometimes you have to tinker with the print quality and paper settings. Logic would tell you to use the best print setting , max dots per inch, but I've had that work for some colors and not others.  Red seems to be tricky for some reason. Sometimes using the a little lower quality setting helps. Also try different paper settings. I've not printed any for awhile but I experiment with different photo paper settings. It's trial and error, but some work better than others. You may already be doing all of the above!  The car still looks great, and is a very cool build.

[BobD]

Thanks everybody.....and Tom - I've used white paper in the past on white cars, but the white hasn't matched up; probably need to trim a little closer.  Its tricky to get everything just how you want it.  I've tried making small white lettering with a black background and that has turned out pretty decent...not too many shades of dark black!  I've followed Testor's instructions in regard to the settings for the most part.  Thanks for all the help.   

[Greg Birky]

I missed this one, Bob...Very kool build!!!  I really love fictional builds and this one could have been.  Seems that there were always a few odd cars out there and the tires make it perfect for the nostalgia racers.  Very well done!!!😎👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🏁