0
Not really something I had done before, but I decided to check for a model truck, the old AMT T500 Peterbilt California Hauler. I hadn't seen the kit in 30 years and hadn't touched a model since 1979. I bought the 1st T500 kit I saw and built it. THIS is that model.. it's second incarnation.
Originally it was dark red with black fenders (with a nice glue smear on the right fender) and posterboard rear fenders(!). It wasn't bad for my first model truck in 20 years. Sometime in 2004 it suffered a 'shelf accident' and had the cab knocked off the frame. In the process the windows were popped in and some chrome came off taking paint with it. SO I tore the truck apart and stripped the paint thinking I would rebuild it then.
Wrong! Jump ahead to last week, I decided to breath some life back into it.
I removed the lame attempt at a lift axle I had made, then repainted the entire truck brown with yellow stripes and fenders. It looked pretty nice all spiffy and shiny, except the chrome was pretty faded, and the glass was marred. I decided to make a dirty workhorse. Not abused, jut well worked complete with grime, bird poo and bug-guts splattered here and there.
I didn't use any new parts on this rebuild, only what was used on the original version, which I discovered It was missing a driveshaft, hood ornament, an airbag and some other items. Maybe in another 7 years I'll rebuild it again!
Tim
