RACINE ISHRAQUR RAZA Posted January 1 Posted January 1 (edited) My detailed 1978 Chrysler LeBaron Town & Country Station Wagon. The car was taken apart and improved from top to bottom. This is a 1/24 scale die cast by Motormax where on the chassis and the box they call it a '79, but according to that grille this is a 1978 car. First year of this downsized Mopar wagon. As usual like all other Motormax models of this scale the engine bay and chassis are unpainted and molded in black plastic. Also in this car the interior was just molded in cream/tan plastic with not much detailing. Let's start with the interior. I added deep pile carpeting, the bed liners dressed up with Bare Metal Foil, complete dashboard detailing with simulated wood applique and chrome trim, seat belts, windshield tint, all door insert detailing including adding ash trays, one partially rolled up passenger side glass, painted indicator and gear shifter lever. The engine bay was first painted matching the exterior paint of the car and then the engine was spray painted, while the rest of the detailing was done with highly dilluted black & silver paint using thin brush & toothpick. These 1970s cars had acres of vacuum hoses and good thing Motormax molded in much of them. The underside of the hood was detailed and a simulated hood insulation was painted on. The chrome trim below the roof luggage rack was dressed up with Bare Metal Foil and so were all the window trims. Motormax originally applied silver paint to highlight the window trim but BMF makes the whole car more realistic. Edited January 1 by RACINE ISHRAQUR RAZA Added detailed information about the car 6
RACINE ISHRAQUR RAZA Posted January 2 Author Posted January 2 Sorry, I forgot to add these pictures with the first set of pics. Here are a few more shots of this car after it was taken apart. I worked on this car in the same way I would try to improve a basic plastic snap kit. If anyone else have the same model you can also dismantle and detail it just like mine. 1
bbowser Posted January 3 Posted January 3 Nothing says malaise era like a '70s woody wagon! I love it!
RACINE ISHRAQUR RAZA Posted January 5 Author Posted January 5 Thank you everyone for the compliment! Much appreciated!
RACINE ISHRAQUR RAZA Posted January 5 Author Posted January 5 @bbowser Thanks! I'll be posting many more wood panelled station wagon in the future as soon as I can finish them.
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