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| Car Of The Day: November 5, 2010; Playart '81 Dodge 024 | |
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| Swifty | Nov 5 2010, 12:05 AM Post #1 |
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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![]() Today's car of the day is Playart's 1981 Dodge 024. ![]()
![]() For more information and pictures of the real car please visit: Dodge Omni 024 ![]() There aren't a lot of small scale Dodge Omnis out there in small scale, but there are three examples of the 024. The Hot Wheels has been featured as Car Of The Day previously, and there's a Tootsietoy copy of this casting (minus the opening hatch). This is likely the definitive version of the car in small scale, though the Hot Wheels is nice (and as appropriate for such a small car, is actually small while this Playart is not). ![]()
![]() This one brings back a lot of memories. In the mid 1990s one of my neighbors had a bright yellow Omni 024. If I ever do a diorama of my neighborhood, this car goes in that driveway.
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| Sak | Nov 5 2010, 06:35 AM Post #2 |
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Ezekiel 25:17
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Wow, Sean, would I love to do a diorama of my old neighborhood! That would be incredible! I'd love to have this car, by the way. |
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| James | Nov 5 2010, 07:13 AM Post #3 |
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Mr.Bowtie
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Looks like a nice casting |
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| impala765 | Nov 5 2010, 07:42 AM Post #4 |
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Compact
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Thais is one car I'd like to find, pretty cool |
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| Sak | Nov 5 2010, 09:04 AM Post #5 |
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Ezekiel 25:17
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Sean, you're a genius! Right now, I'm mulling over recreating the blocks that I grew up on. I now have to do the logistics for seventeen split-level duplexes, in something resembling a proper scale. I would use the center table for this. And...I still want this car!
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| Dean-o-mite | Nov 5 2010, 09:35 AM Post #6 |
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Muscle Car
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I have been after different colors of this car for years now. My occasional searches online and 'here and there' have only netted me one brown version. These sure don't seem to come up for sale very often. Dean |
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| Swifty | Nov 5 2010, 10:24 AM Post #7 |
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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I've had the idea of doing my neighborhood (residential houses, probably about twenty if I just do my street) for years. I'd love to do my old neighborhood in NJ, but the houses have changes so much since I was a kid- my own old home is barely recognizable now and I don't have picture references to go by. ![]() Good luck with your project- might I recommend scratchbuilding from styrene? |
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| Sak | Nov 5 2010, 12:11 PM Post #8 |
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Ezekiel 25:17
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I was thinking of doing it in wood. I don't know the first thing about styrene. It's really doable-all these duplexes are pretty much cookie-cutter. Even better-I'd give it the look it had back in the early '70s when I was there- all the duplexes were in their natural wood finish. Today, in 2010, many of them have been painted in different colors. I want this Dodge in BROWN! Nine out of ten of them were in brown metallic, anyway! |
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| JustDavid | Nov 5 2010, 06:51 PM Post #9 |
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Very cool! This is version I've never seen despite owning the HW one. |
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| pjedsel | Nov 5 2010, 11:13 PM Post #10 |
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I have the Playart Omni in brown - didn't give the car much thought - just another Dodge in my collection until my son happily came home one day with his first car - a red Omni. Not in the greatest shape (then again his dad's first car was one that said "it runs" on the windshield). With his first car being a little Omni, I had to move them to one of the top shelves in my display room. Also have one of the Hot Wheels versions. I think they are safe as he ditched the Omni long ago and not all that interested in little cars.
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| james_autos | Nov 6 2010, 04:45 AM Post #11 |
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That's something I'd like to see! |
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| Sak | Nov 6 2010, 05:21 AM Post #12 |
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Ezekiel 25:17
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So would I, James. I mentioned to my wife that I'd like to do this, and told her, I'd find a little bit of time each day to paint a house, after the baby's past the critical stage, and she laughed. Long, and loud. Either way, whatever happens, the project starts next year. |
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| ivantt | Nov 7 2010, 11:48 AM Post #13 |
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
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The car is a much better step away from the "hatch-boxes" of that period. The shovel nose, the raked rear hatch and the b-pillar area all make the car look sportier, but not exactly prettier. To have named a version of this car a "Charger" shows how desperate Chrysler was... SAK--wood is traditional for structure making but sheet styrene plastic is MUCH easier and faster and favored by most railroad and diorama makers. It's also easier to paint and look more scale. Edited by ivantt, Nov 7 2010, 11:53 AM.
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| Swifty | Nov 7 2010, 11:49 AM Post #14 |
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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The '79 government bailout was a pretty big clue too!
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With his first car being a little Omni, I had to move them to one of the top shelves in my display room. Also have one of the Hot Wheels versions. I think they are safe as he ditched the Omni long ago and not all that interested in little cars.

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