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Made a 1000 mile round trip to spend some time with my family and pick the last one up from my parents house over the weekend. I'll be working on this one only to restore it to its original finished build appearance and maybe add a windshield, side windows and back glass to it. I've already cleaned the hood up and dipped it in Future and have a kit spotted to replace the headlights and windows with. This is what the rest of what I have would have looked like had I not had them in a case for all these years.......
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Ah yes...I remember this kit well-I built mine as the Gasser that was on the box-it was orange I believe...unfortunately mine has been gone for many years-however I'm fighting the urge to add the latest release to my stash...
Looking forward to your restoration job-please keep us posted on the progress.
Bob
Thanks Bob! Go get it man!!! lol! I've got my spare kit on the way to replace all the missing/ broken/ damaged parts on mine. I'll keep you guys in the loop alright...............
You know, you could do a "barn yard find" diorama with her...
I thought about that briefly but I can't resist bringing her back to the teenage freshly built status. Believe me, I gave that one some serious thought.
Awww, now! Hate to see all that cool dust go to waste
mississippivol Awww, now! Hate to see all that cool dust go to waste
More pics after taking it all apart. I was surprised at all the dust that had collected in the interior....
I may change that supercharger intake out. I think I have something that will work and look somewhat better...
Here's the original glass hood after cleaning all the dust and grime off, shaving some excess flash off and dipping into Future:
Glad you didn't pull out any snakes! Frame off resto!
Hmm. The hood cleaned up pretty well.
I have my popcorn and am watching this with interest.
You do realise you have set yourself up, don't you? That last restore job of yours is going to be a tough act to follow.
Thanks for the comments fellas! I aint gonna go all out like I did with my Challenger. I'm doing that right now with a Revell 56 Ford F-100 (that I should make a WIP out of) and can't do two builds like that at the same time as I'll go Koo Koo . What I am going to do is put this thing back to as fresh as the day I initially finished it.......with just a few added tricks and tweeks here and there. I've already polished some of the body and that's definitely better than when I first finished it. More pics tomorrow.
Love seeing restoration work. Looking forward to more pics.
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Great stuff and I agree with you. Bring it back to your kid stuff with today's skills.
I recently built a whole collection of the little Monogram biplanes in 1/72, painted with a brush and only the basic Testors B/W/R/B/Y paints, mixed of course as needed.
Tube glue too... NOT!
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I know that feeling - just a thing here and there and oops! - I'm going all out again! Wanna bet this is going to be more intensive than initially planned?
And also it's kinda funny, but once you get into rebuilding your old models it's somehow hard to stop it!
Good luck with your builds and have a nice day
Paweł
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nice to see an actual restoration going on. be interested to see what you can do with it
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allan: Thank you sir
GMorrison: Tube glue.....there was a lot involved in this build!!! lol I've done my fair share of brush paint jobs back in the day too. Thanks G.
Pawel: Oh hell no we aint going overboard with this one. I just wanted this one back the way it was with a couple of newer ideas to make it pop a little. Thanks for the encouragement.
OctaneOrange: Thanks for the comments. We'll see where I can take this jewel.
Here we go. This is just after a washing with mild soap and warm water with everything nice and clean.
and here is a day later after polishing with Novus #2 and then I hit it with Novus #1. I was shocked really because the original paint didn't look like this!
and a shot of the rear of the body....
As one can plainly see, paint coverage wasn't a strong point of mine back then. lol
more on the way...........
mustang1989 I aint gonna go all out like I did with my Challenger.
mmm...yeeah.....whatever.
Anyway, The initial work you've done so far is really bringing it back to life Joe. It is a great deal of fun to watch you take on these restore jobs. I'll be to following along with you over the next several months.
"Not only do I not know what's going on, I wouldn't know what to do about it if I did". George Carlin
JOE RIX It is a great deal of fun to watch you take on these restore jobs. I'll be to following along with you over the next several months.
Thanks for the good comments there Joe!
Could be a decent ad for Novus polish, which you just prompted me to add to my Amazon shopping cart, btw.
Think I had a set of this stuff for airplane windscreen polishing back in the day, now I think of it.
Glad I could help out Greg!!
Thanks Jersey!
This is another one of those "tweeks" that I was talking about. For the life of me I just couldn't leave the grille the way it was. I broke out the Tamiya Smoke and used a little 70% ISO to help it flow into all the little grooves in the grill and applied a very subtle wash.
Nice touch on the grille! Wow, the paint job really has lasting power.
This only goes to show how important it is to let the paint dry THROUGHLY before polishing. 10 to 20 years should do the trick! Looks like you still have it under control yet - good luck keepein' it up and have a nice day
Wow! That polished up real nice. The wash in the grill enhances it quite nicely too. Your off to really good start Joe and I'm all in for the weeks and weeks of "Tweeking". You know you can't resist.
allan: Thanks ! I was also surprised at how the paint turned out. Shocked really.....
Pawel: I'd say that three decades is more than sufficient drying time! Thanks buddy!
Joe: I'll be cleaning up the chassis and side steps. Motor will stay the same except for the supercharger intake and the exhaust tips. I'll be replacing the SC intake and opening up the exhaust. This definitely aint no Challenger Joe...believe me ...I know better!
Picked this up today to help out with some of the missing parts......
You know, initially I had no interest in this car. I had all of them out of that room except this one and at that time I didn't care whether this thing got thrown out or whatever. Then for some reason I had envisioned a resto on it and wanted it back. I aint gonna go crazy with this thing as I don't want to alter it.......that much. I am putting new bumpers and wheels on it from the newer kit. The fronts will be OOB and the rears are a deep dish design that I robbed out of another kit but they are Cragars. The rear tires will be new from the newer boxing and look superb and the fronts are skinnies from the Motorcraft T-Bird Pro Stock kit. I'll be replacing all of the door handles and rear deck latch and stop lamps as well. Engine will stay the same except for the supercharger intake. That thing just has to be replaced!!!!
Speaking of wheels I tried a trick that I didn't know anything about until about a month ago. I painted the chrome on the wheels with Tamiya Smoke X-19 thinned heavily with 70% ISO alcohol to produce a subtle , yet noticeable effect.
In the picture below , the wheel on the left has been given the "smoke" treatment whereas the one on the right is straight OOB. IMO it gives it a more realistic look.
Check it out:
Got the wheels and tires installed. Refer to the post above for where are the wheels and tires came from. It's the perfect match up to me though. Rollin' chassis aside from bumpers is done....
And I learned something new today. Excellent job on the chrome smoke treatment. Makes it look realistic!
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