PistonDog

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Age 41 years old
Birthday December 20, 1971
Location
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Jim Smith

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1969 cougar

19 November 2012 - 12:58 PM

For those of you that have seen this during construction, here is the finished product. This kit had multiple coats of black paint over a bubbly yellow coat of paint. Body was stripped with easy off cleaner and painted plum crazy purple. Engine is wired and interior flocked (by my 8 year old daughter). She went crazy with it , but I think the interior looks good. This kit fought me every step of the way. I mean literally every step of the way ( I guess that's how you become a better modeler). The crushed pillars would not straighten. However, it turned out to be a nice shelf model that I built with my daughter, She is proud as I am of her. She is getting more and more interested in this hobby and I am trying to keep it fun for her (budding modeler). My next kit is going to be a nice quick box stock build.

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Thanks for looking....comments welcome

Jimmy

Looking for model club in NE Philadelphia

14 November 2012 - 03:09 PM

Any functioning clubs in NE Phila. I am in the Rhawnhurst section.

1969 Cougar saved

12 November 2012 - 01:14 PM

I received this Cougar about 15 years ago. As for the before pics, I don't have any. Imagine it was shot in a nice bubbly yellow with 10 coats of gloss black on top of that. There were air bubbles throughout the paint. I stripped the paint with Easy Off in the summer (July-ish). From this past Friday until tonight I think I made some progress. This was the first time i tried to wire an engine. I still have to foil, detail and do final assembly. Thanks for looking.

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Here are a few engine bay shots

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Interior Shots (flocked, but needs some spots touched up)

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Undercarriage

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Body

Thanks for looking, feed back welcome. I still have a lot of work to do to save this ford.

Jimmy

1965 Buick Riviera

09 November 2012 - 03:47 PM

Latest completion

Thanks for eyeballin'

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The interior was sprayed with "Make it Suede" spray paint from any craft store. It does run hot and has a nice maple syrup smell. Anyway it comes in a few shades and is about $7.99 for a krylon size spray can.