AMT Plymouth 71 Duster 340 build update #1 

I am the first viewer. Let's see the premiere!😎

I like the idea of the 10 y.o. used high school ride. Can't wait for the garage build next summer.

looking forward to your build. my dad had a blue 1973 duster that he had shipped to germany in 1975 while we were stationed there. i bought this kit to build one like it. I remember him racing my german grandfather and his honda accord on the autobahn. haha. his duster had rear half of roof white vinyl top. never saw one like it again. we left it there when we left in 1979. a tip on those molding lines on ridges or hard to get to areas, if they're not to big I use the tamiya thin cement on them and it dissolves them after a few brush strokes. happy building!

Cool ideas you have for this build Mark,very creative. I enjoy following along and watching your channel while I work on my own builds. It keeps me motived and I’ve picked up a few tips! Thanks

Nice work so far. That is a great kit. I really enjoyed building mine. Thanks for sharing.

Sweet watching now love that green Mark 🤫😊🔥🔥🔥 sounding great what your saying cool, a favorite Mopar for me👊🔥 Always watching😊 Cheers 🍺🍻KC 🇦🇺🤝🇺🇸😎👍

Told you'd like it. 😉 I'll be following your progress. Be well..

Look forward to watching this one evolve!

Nide work, I'm looking forward to seeing it weathered up.

This is gonna be cool!

The Duster is a great kit! I’m planning on doing a garage diorama this summer too. Looking forward to how you’re going to build yours 👍

Gonna be a cool build to follow

Hey Mark, Go to Lowes and buy some metal vent tape. I find it works just as well as the metal foil. I was even able to polish it up some to make it look more realistic. One roll will last you a lifetime.

great video. it's making me want to get into my 3 duster kits. 1 as a beater daily driver like how you describe you are building. one as a well kept daily driver. and the 3rd as a show and go car. the show and go i'm planning on trying to do a true fire type paint scheme but with clear browns, tans, and oranges as well as fine gold flakes to turn it from true fire to a dust storm type paint job. keep up the great work.

It's one of AMT's better kits.Sounds like you have a Great plan for yours!!!! Nice tip on the files. I'll be watching

Grandpa you are what keeps me motivated to go home and work on my kit after a long day of work. I built this model my senior year in high school, and it was one of the best I had ever done. As much as I hated to give it away, my brother-in-law would always comment on it whenever he would see it on display so I gave it to him only to have it knocked off shelf a few years later. I love your creative ideas and thinking of different scenarios in order to figure out how you are going to build your kit. For example, a young teenager who has a beater and is slowly starting to fix it up. Thanks for your hard work and dedication. Also, I do have a question. What has really knocked the wind out of my sails is that I am struggling with my airbrush. I struggle with the finish that I am ending up with. I am not sure if it has to do with me over or under thinning the paint for Having too much or not enough air pressure. I try to do like you and I have seen others do and paint plastic spoons before I paint any parts. The only paint that I have got to spray and been happy with the results has been testors enamel. That is all I used to use as a kid, but I try to stay away from the enamels due to the long cure times. The paint that I have been using and having trouble with has been Tamils and I thin them with Tamia thinner usually a 50-50 mix or 40 /60, 40% paint 60%thinner. I am using a .03 needle and I have tried anywhere between 15 and 20 pounds of pressure. I have even tried adjusting the flow on my airbrush to see if that makes a difference and if I open it too much, I get splatter. It almost looks as if the paint is drying too quick, as if I am using a water-based acrylic. By the way, I am not using the Tamia lacquers, they are the solvent based acrylics. Also, I’ll have been using either semi gloss or gloss. I just cannot achieve that nice smooth glossy shiny finish. I am sorry for leaving such a long comment. You responded to me once before on a previous video and told me to email you but I could not find that previous conversation with your email. Otherwise I would have just sent it to you there.

Going to make me want to build another one since I gave mine as a gift. 😂

Hi ! Mark, just wanted to let you know that some back seat windows opened and some didn't. Depends on the options you picked when you ordered them, or what the car company sent to the dealership.

Hey Mark,are you going to show us how to do the rims?

I noticed that you use plastic spoon as test piece for paint colour. We can't do that anymore here in South Australia since single use plastics were banned last year.

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Do you sand your body before priming or painting