Rotting Daytona model car diorama (DONE)

[69bronzeT5]

I've been working on this one lately.....almost done. Here are some pictures of the process so far....

[69bronzeT5]

Made the chassis dirty....



Interior is done. Nice and dirty. I lost the shifter so I made one...






Fan system on....


Painted the headliner...

[69bronzeT5]

This is where the whole project changed in looks....



Starting assembly....









Wiring the motor...

[69bronzeT5]

Here's where I'm at now. I wasn't planning on putting a tarp on but I accidentley stepped on the body one night and broke the A-pillars & vent window channels (as seen in the pictures). So I decided to tarp that part up. Shame though because I'm covering up most of the interior The story behind this model is somebody got in a front end collision with it and decided to put a stock '69 nose on it. Somewhere along the road, someone took the wing off also. I will be including the nose and wing in the diorama. You can see the nose in progress in the background....





Tarp in progress....


Here's the tarp finished.....this marked the finish of the model itself. My attention has now turned to the diorama. It's in the garage drying right now (just glued down the gravel).

[hotrod98]

Looks good. That's pretty much how all of my models looked anyway.
I always made sure the parts had lots of glue. That made them burn faster when we set them on fire. And we did that a lot.

[nascarxx29]

Nice work need a sealed case of monogram daytona pro modeler daytonas.For future dioramas

[Charger-Bodie]

Cody,

Are you purposely avoiding working on mine?

[69bronzeT5]

Nice work need a sealed case of monogram daytona pro modeler daytonas.For future dioramas

I don't think I could afford that

[69bronzeT5]

Cody,

Are you purposely avoiding working on mine?

Nope....I've just been trying to finish up this one for a show on Saturday. After that, full attention is back to Junior Cecil

[b5blue]

Good Job Cody...I like the mis-matched rims....are you putting rust on the rear 1/4 and rockers too? 

[69bronzeT5]

Good Job Cody...I like the mis-matched rims....are you putting rust on the rear 1/4 and rockers too? 

I put a little bit but this car is gonna be from California and under a carport (building that) so it wasn't really in harsh conditions Most of my rotters are completley rusty so I decided to take a change on this one.

[TUFCAT]

Great job!

[tan top]

Looks good. That's pretty much how all of my models looked anyway.
I always made sure the parts had lots of glue. That made them burn faster when we set them on fire. And we did that a lot.

yeah i would do that ,also when i was a kid 

nice work Cody     

[PocketThunder]

That nose cone got reallly really HOT!   

[pettybird]

man...I wish our real rotted-Daytona-under-a-tarp here was anywhere NEAR that clean!  we'd have a LOT smaller bill with AMD 

[TUFCAT]

Good story on the front end change.......but wow, it must have been one helluva front end collision to crack the a-pillars  

[69bronzeT5]

Godo story on the front end change.......but wow, it must have been one helluva front end collision to crack the a-pillars 

[69bronzeT5]

I wish I could of built a shed for it but I just don't have the time before the show tomorrow. Between being sick earlier in the week and the 4 hour power outage last night...I didn't have the time. Oh well...here she is....I'm calling her done for now

[TUFCAT]

TOTALLY AWESOME!!!  EVEN THE TARP LOOKS TOTALLY REAL!!

I love the mismatched concept with no wing, and no nose! There would be more actual reality going on for you if you removed that melted nose from behind the car! It's an unrealistic situation that takes away from your creation.  

Being totally honest, if this was an actual left for dead, wrecked, and repaired Daytona with a Charger front end...do you think that nose would still be around? And even better yet, stashed near the car?   That nose would have been junked a long time ago when the Charger grille was grafted on.

I don't even like the way the nose turned out.  Its the weakest part of the scene, and detracts from this awesome diorama. Otherwise, I love it!  

[FLG]

TOTALLY AWESOME!!!  EVEN THE TARP LOOKS TOTALLY REAL!!

I love the mismatched concept with no wing, and no nose! There would be more actual reality going on for you if you removed that melted nose from behind the car! It's a unrealistic situation that takes away from your creation.  

Being totally honest, if this was an actual left for dead, wrecked, and repaired Daytona with a Charger front end...do you think that nose would still be around? And even better yet, stashed near the car?   That nose would have been junked a long time ago when the Charger grille was grafted on.

I don't even like the way the nose turned out.  Its the weakest part of the scene, and detracts from this awesome diorama. Otherwise, I love it!  

I agree...at first i though it was a pile of red rocks!!

Awesome job!

[CornDogsCharger]

Cool, I'd still buy her if i saw it sitting on the side of the road!!!  I just wish I was that lucky!

Justin
"CornDog"

[69bronzeT5]

There would be more actual reality going on for you if you removed that melted nose from behind the car! It's a unrealistic situation that takes away from your creation.  

Being totally honest, if this was an actual left for dead, wrecked, and repaired Daytona with a Charger front end...do you think that nose would still be around? And even better yet, stashed near the car?   That nose would have been junked a long time ago when the Charger grille was grafted on.

I don't even like the way the nose turned out.  Its the weakest part of the scene, and detracts from this awesome diorama. Otherwise, I love it!  

Copy that.....nose is gone and replaced by a dirty old tire and a Magnum 500

[69bronzeT5]

Found this picture online....someone took it at the show. I'll also include a picture of my other diorama I had there....

[jaak]

Good work Cody

Your really talented at this!

Jason

[tan top]

Good work Cody

Your really talented at this!

Jason

yep , thats some clever stuff