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Nice!  I've got these as well, but your Road Runner looks much better wearing the Magnum 500s.  Here's mine, it's been sitting in the backyard for a few years and just needs a little detailing to bring it back to its former glory.

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Are models or mint diecast?   Your work is so nice I cant tell the differance.



   
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Posted by: @pete-rovero

Nice!  I've got these as well, but your Road Runner looks much better wearing the Magnum 500s.  Here's mine, it's been sitting in the backyard for a few years and just needs a little detailing to bring it back to its former glory.

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Firstly Geno, great shots, I have both sitting pride of place in my showcases.

Pete, you really need to take better care of your models! Nah, that really is a great weathering job. Did you use paint pigment and enamel thinner to apply the dirt and grime?



   
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Great shots fellas!



   
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Geno
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Thanks guys, it certainly is appreciated. Grock, these are Danbury Mint and thank you. Pete, I love your weathering skills, that is just too cool. It would look great in a field dio. 😎 



   
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@pete-rovero Well done Pete. Your work is terrific.



   
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Geno, our two Mopar models look great. The change of wheels on the Road Runner looks awesome. The Super Bee has always been a favorite, both model and 1:1.

Pete, your Road Runner is certainly pretty cool. I've got a couple distressed models, and they are always very interesting. Did you do that one yourself?

 


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Guys, I wish I could take credit for the weathering, but it's not my doing.  I purchased it from a seller on eBay.  He also had a beautifully weathered DM '67 Camaro Z28 listed, but I ultimately chose the RR.  It was so well done, that I couldn't pass it up.  Here's the Camaro.

 

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@geoff-jowett 

Guys, I wish I could take credit for the weathering, but it's not my doing.  I purchased it from a seller on eBay.  He also had a beautifully weathered DM '67 Camaro Z28 listed, but I ultimately chose the RR.  It was so well done, that I couldn't pass it up.  Here's the Camaro.

 

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it is a remarkable weathering job isn't it Pete? 2 highlights for me are the "rusting" and the whiteish areas where water, of some liquid, had either run down the body or coagulated just below the windscreen on the Roadrunner.



   
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