Dodge Daytona.....LMP?

In honor of one of the best slot car builders in our hobby.
Share your chassis & scratchbuilt artwork here.

Dodge Daytona.....LMP?

Postby dge467 » Sun Nov 11, 2012 5:00 pm

Well not really! I've had this Carrera Daytona body hanging around for a while needing a chassis, and I also had a Scalextric Peugeot LMP with a damaged body. The wheel base was just about perfect between the two, so why not stick the chassis under the Dodge. I radius the wheel openings to get the body to sit low on the chassis. If you look behind the nose cone on the Carrera Daytona there is a couple of tunneled areas behind the head light buckets, so I cut that area out on the body for using the lights on the Peugeot chassis. The tunneled area is not as big as the factory pop up headlight, that is why they aren't cut out all the way. I used Bare Metal Foil and chrome paint for reflectors in the head light. Kristal Clear was used for the head light lenses. I also cut open the tail lights and used clear plastic painted with red translucent paint for the lenses. The interior is a flat piece of sheet plastic with a driver from the spares box, and the roll cage from a 1/32 stock car kit. I used Testor's Plum Crazy lacquer paint and clear coat. Trim is done with Bare Metal Foil. I still need to number and letter the car. This was another fun project that cost no money by using parts and pieces that I had kicking around. Sorry for the dark pictures.ImageImageImageImage
Last edited by dge467 on Sun Nov 11, 2012 5:03 pm, edited 1 time in total.
User avatar
dge467
The King of Foil
 
Posts: 3636
Joined: Tue Sep 04, 2012 9:07 pm
Location: N.E. Massachusetts

Re: Dodge Daytona.....LMP?

Postby dge467 » Sun Nov 11, 2012 5:02 pm

More pictures.ImageImageImageImageImage
User avatar
dge467
The King of Foil
 
Posts: 3636
Joined: Tue Sep 04, 2012 9:07 pm
Location: N.E. Massachusetts

Re: Dodge Daytona.....LMP?

Postby waaytoomuchintothis » Sun Nov 11, 2012 5:20 pm

Plum Crazy. Dead on perfect. I remember that color on Challengers, too. Gorgeous model. I bet it flies, too.
User avatar
waaytoomuchintothis
"Seasoned SlotRacer"
 
Posts: 7576
Joined: Wed Aug 29, 2012 7:16 pm
Location: Chesterfield, Virginia

Re: Dodge Daytona.....LMP?

Postby ListerStormGT » Sun Nov 11, 2012 6:58 pm

That looks great! Looks pretty good with the fenders opened up for the tires. Nice job :clap:
User avatar
ListerStormGT
HRW SlotCar Veteran!
 
Posts: 1196
Joined: Sun Sep 02, 2012 11:24 pm
Location: Florida

Re: Dodge Daytona.....LMP?

Postby Dodge Fan » Sun Nov 11, 2012 8:52 pm

That looks great. like the paint and smooth finish.
User avatar
Dodge Fan
 
Posts: 27
Joined: Wed Sep 05, 2012 2:09 pm

Re: Dodge Daytona.....LMP?

Postby baford1 » Mon Nov 12, 2012 1:28 am

looks good a modern look on a classic

Richard
User avatar
baford1
HRW SlotCar Veteran!
 
Posts: 260
Joined: Fri Sep 07, 2012 6:15 am
Location: Cairns , Queensland Australia

Re: Dodge Daytona.....LMP?

Postby eeprof » Mon Nov 12, 2012 6:32 am

Looks good!!!

I like the lights!!!
Greg
eeprof
HRW SlotCar Veteran!
 
Posts: 199
Joined: Thu Sep 06, 2012 5:51 pm
Location: Windsor, CT

Re: Dodge Daytona.....LMP?

Postby Florida_Slotter » Mon Nov 12, 2012 8:22 am

Simply put . . . . . . . .


Image
User avatar
Florida_Slotter
Scratch Build Guru
 
Posts: 1941
Joined: Wed Sep 05, 2012 4:08 pm
Location: Florida

Re: Dodge Daytona.....LMP?

Postby TsgtRet » Mon Nov 12, 2012 3:05 pm

I bet if this went to Barrett-Jackson they'd call it a "resto-mod". Hard to put my finger on what is so appealing about it......it just looks "right". Beautiful job, sir! :clap:
User avatar
TsgtRet
HRW SlotCar Veteran!
 
Posts: 2096
Joined: Thu Sep 06, 2012 11:32 pm
Location: Ft Bragg area of NC

Re: Dodge Daytona.....LMP?

Postby jmsh54 » Mon Nov 12, 2012 7:59 pm

Greetings, very nice ride. Love the color and your modifications. Regards, John
jmsh54
 

Re: Dodge Daytona.....LMP?

Postby rbianchi » Mon Nov 12, 2012 8:23 pm

Boy, it does look good. That is not a combination that I would have thought to use but it really works. You could go cruisin'
for chicks with that 8-).
User avatar
rbianchi
 
Posts: 80
Joined: Tue Oct 30, 2012 7:38 pm
Location: Lower central NH

Re: Dodge Daytona.....LMP?

Postby dge467 » Mon Nov 12, 2012 9:08 pm

Thanks for the compliments! I wasn't sure of keeping the wheels, but they kind of grew on me.
User avatar
dge467
The King of Foil
 
Posts: 3636
Joined: Tue Sep 04, 2012 9:07 pm
Location: N.E. Massachusetts


Return to The Marty Stanley Scratchbuilders Shop



Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 27 guests

cron