Randy Ayers Nascar Modeling Forums

[Shunter]

Hello all,
I’m working on the PL Dodge Charger, the Buddy Baker K&K Insurance and I’m just curious if the roll cage is proportion? Looking at the bars they look over sized. I have been toying with the idea of replacing them with some .08mm rod.
Has anyone built the car and feels the bars are all good?
Thanks,
Shayne

[spooker]

1/16" rod is 1-1/2" dia. in 1/25 scale. .080 rod is 2" in 1/25. I don't remember what the P/L rollcage measures, but I recall it was larger than .080.
Maybe just replace the upper portions that show? Leave the original wherever padding would be? Big project, no matter what!

[Firefly]

I agree that replacing just the visible bars would be enough. I would replace the front A-pillar bars and the upper bar that connects it back to the main roll bar. I would design those so they hug closely to the bodywork. That roll bar visible at the back of the side window would be thickly padded so you could leave that alone.
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[Shunter]

Thanks guys…

[Shunter]

Sorry to be a pain, now that I have painted the bottom section of the front guards, the grill area underneath would they have been black or aluminium?

[Firefly]

[Shunter]

One last question, with the Polar Lights chassis, are you able to build it up like the Revell kits of the standard car?
I’d like to paint it all in one go like I usually do with a normal Nascar chassis.
Just haven’t done one before so a little lost with it.