Going to resurrect a Daisy Dukes CJ Jeep!
Well a little "progress" has been made on this build! Looking at pictures of the REAL "Dixie" WITH Daisy herself, in the picture to make sure it was the actual Jeep she drove and not a clone. I noticed the tail lights to the kit! These are no where near what the actual Jeep Dixie had! (I know the kit is way off) BUT if I can add to it to make it that much closer, why not!? SO, I took the old ones, stashed 'em away for a future possible build, and dig out of my parts bins these:
I have yet to paint everything to go with the Jeep, BUT that white plastic "mount" is actually just that a mount. For the license plate! That mount will be painted black!Then as you all have seen and read, I was working on the side steps, they were WAY to big for the side of the Jeep! I cut them down as you all have seen thats following along. And got them painted Gloss Black. And now, they're mounted in place!
I think they look a bit better then what they were! I'm STILL thinkin' of taking about 3/16ths off the front edge still they look to stick out from the side a bit to far! And to think, I already did this once when I was re-working them in the beginning, can you guys imagine how far they would protrude if I hadn't!? WOW!
While I was doing this, I took the front and rear bumpers off the chrome sprue, and got to lookin' Daisy's Jeep ALSO DID NOT HAVE "Chrome" bumpers! They were gloss black too!
SO I stripped the Chrome with oven cleaner, let to air dry, and got right to painting them gloss black!
NOW, they too, are on the Jeep!
While I was adding the front bumper, I also got right to adding the front turn signals! They were chrome and it said to leave them chrome, BUT I had to paint the lens Turn Signal Amber....
I think they look pretty good!!!!
This is all I've gotten done on this build to date, I am waiting to paint another "good" coat of white onto the hood of the Jeep as that should be all it needs to then allow to dry and add the "Eagle" and "Dixie" to it and then set to cure for clear coating!
Its ALMOST done!!!!!! Enjoy for now, more to come as I'm able! (I've been doing A LOT of mold making, pouring of parts, and cleaning the parts for those I owe so very little "model building" work has been done in the past few weeks!)
Well a little "progress" has been made on this build! Looking at pictures of the REAL "Dixie" WITH Daisy herself, in the picture to make sure it was the actual Jeep she drove and not a clone. I noticed the tail lights to the kit! These are no where near what the actual Jeep Dixie had! (I know the kit is way off) BUT if I can add to it to make it that much closer, why not!? SO, I took the old ones, stashed 'em away for a future possible build, and dig out of my parts bins these:
I have yet to paint everything to go with the Jeep, BUT that white plastic "mount" is actually just that a mount. For the license plate! That mount will be painted black!Then as you all have seen and read, I was working on the side steps, they were WAY to big for the side of the Jeep! I cut them down as you all have seen thats following along. And got them painted Gloss Black. And now, they're mounted in place!
I think they look a bit better then what they were! I'm STILL thinkin' of taking about 3/16ths off the front edge still they look to stick out from the side a bit to far! And to think, I already did this once when I was re-working them in the beginning, can you guys imagine how far they would protrude if I hadn't!? WOW!
While I was doing this, I took the front and rear bumpers off the chrome sprue, and got to lookin' Daisy's Jeep ALSO DID NOT HAVE "Chrome" bumpers! They were gloss black too!
SO I stripped the Chrome with oven cleaner, let to air dry, and got right to painting them gloss black!
NOW, they too, are on the Jeep!
While I was adding the front bumper, I also got right to adding the front turn signals! They were chrome and it said to leave them chrome, BUT I had to paint the lens Turn Signal Amber....
I think they look pretty good!!!!
This is all I've gotten done on this build to date, I am waiting to paint another "good" coat of white onto the hood of the Jeep as that should be all it needs to then allow to dry and add the "Eagle" and "Dixie" to it and then set to cure for clear coating!
Its ALMOST done!!!!!! Enjoy for now, more to come as I'm able! (I've been doing A LOT of mold making, pouring of parts, and cleaning the parts for those I owe so very little "model building" work has been done in the past few weeks!)
