Monogram 1/24 1982 Dodge Charger 2.2

[Spiny]

Time for the RFI thread on my 1982 Dodge Charger. If you would like to see the build thread it's here:

 

To summarise, this was the first 1/24 kit I ever built, over 30 years ago when I was about 9 or so. It's a snap-together kit, so no glue first time around, nor paint originally and it was the first ime I every used water-slide decals. Needless to say, the build was pretty typical of a car built by a child, not helped by the silver paint added 3 or 4 years later:

 

 

After five months building a Trabant, I decided it was a good time to look at rebuilding this since it's a much simpler kit (about 40-50 pieces). Despite that, it's actually quite well detailed and seems quite a nice kit for its age. The body is finished in Halfords Ford Signal Yellow with the lower body being done in Halfords Ford Signal Black left over from the Mustang build clearcoated with Revell rattlecan spray. The original decals were obviously past it, but I was able to find replacement decals from Rays Kit Decals in the Netherlands. Despite a few minor issues (such as polishing through the clearcoat into the decals), I hope you'll agree that the end result is an improvement on what I built in the mid-'80s, it's amazing what a bit of paint can do!

 

First up the engine bay, which is fairly simple, but at least the engine is there:

 

 

The interior was also quite simple, and included the worst bit of the kit in the shape of the door cards which are so flat as to be almost 2-D, for example the grab handle doesn't even stick out any more than the rest of the door.

 

 

And now, a succession of body shots (hope there aren't too many for you). I've included some from a high angle to try to give an indication of the underside, although there isn't really a lot to show under there as everything is moulded in apart from the single piece front and rear suspension.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And my favourite shot:

 

 

Hope you like it, thanks for looking

[JeroenS]

Nicely done, you gave this one a much deserved reboot. It does look better now 🙂 

[Alpha Delta 210]

Great update! It wasn't the Charger I was expecting when I opened the post!

[Spiny]

13 hours ago, Alpha Delta 210 said:

Great update! It wasn't the Charger I was expecting when I opened the post!

Thank you, but you have me intrigued as to which Charger you were expecting - was it the original muscle car or were you thinking of the Shelby version of this which seems to be much more common in kit form?

[Alpha Delta 210]

17 hours ago, Spiny said:

Thank you, but you have me intrigued as to which Charger you were expecting - was it the original muscle car or were you thinking of the Shelby version of this which seems to be much more common in kit form?

I must admit that as someone with limited knowledge of American vehicles, I was expecting the original muscle car!

[Spiny]

Nothing to be ashamed of - I think the vast majority of people would think of the muscle car when you say "Charger". In fact, if it wasn't for having had this model I'm not sure I would have been aware of this version.

[Vince1159]

Same here also the Shelby version which i've always associated with Ford...Great restoration Spiny,it reminds me of something but i can't work out what.....

[Spiny]

14 hours ago, Vince1159 said:

Same here also the Shelby version which i've always associated with Ford...Great restoration Spiny,it reminds me of something but i can't work out what.....

I know what you mean, there's times where I keep thinking it's vaguely familiar too. The nearest I can think of is an Opel Monza with smaller headlights though.

[peekay]

That is really nicely done and you certainly don't see too many of them. Actually I don't remember ever seeing a built one except on the kit box.

[galaxyg]

Impressive reworking. I never knew of this particular charger.