'70 Challenger R/T convertible diorama

[69bronzeT5]

I'm working on a diorama. Base will be grassy with some parts and minor yard things. Here's the car. I scored it in a package deal on Ebay back in September. It was pretty beat up so it got beaten up even more! It was originally a maroon red....




Primered it and then tried a salt technique on it but it didn't work out....





So I sanded the salt off, shot another coat of primer on it and then painted it Sublime Green. Then put some spare R/T stripes I had on it. The stripes were really old so some of the pieces broke off....




Interior when I got it...



I dirtied up the interior, cut the gauge cluster out and put the interior back together....




More to come as progress is made!!!!

[BlaineKaiser450]

lookin good!

[69*F5*SE]

Cody, did you finish the Cuda diarama yet.  I may have missed it.   

[Ghoste]

What was the salt technique intended to duplicate?

[69bronzeT5]

What was the salt technique intended to duplicate?

From what I was told, if you spray a rust colour base coat (hence the rusty colour primer), then put the salt on, then spray the top colour coat over top, you can scrape off the salt and it'll bring up the rusty colour almost achieving a rusty look. However, my problem was I used crappy paint that was seeing through so when I went to spray more on to cover the car with a full coat, there was too much and the salt wouldn't come off as easy as it should of.

[69bronzeT5]

Cody, did you finish the Cuda diarama yet.  I may have missed it.   

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