mustang1989 Posted August 16, 2015 Posted August 16, 2015 (edited) Well I took the glamour shots this morning and am content with how this all turned out. Lot's of touch up and some parts replacements along the way helped out some. The paint is all original with only clean up and a polishing with Novus to bring out the shine. On the original build I never installed any glass or headlamps so right off the bat there was an improvement there. Wheels and tires are all replacements (front tires from the Revell Motorcraft T-Bird Pro Stock kit, front wheels and rear tires from newer boxing of AMT's 37 Chevy and rear wheels from the Barris T Buggy kit) with some tricks that I've learned here and there to enhance those items. All exterior chrome was replaced and the hood was added as well. I'm not just real happy with the hood but I'll work around that for now. Interior is all original with no upgrades other than cleaning up. The engine is terrible and if it weren't for the fact that the headers were visible all the way up to it I would have left it out.All in all this has been some good fun with little frustration and I've even got to try out a few tricks and ideas in what was unchartered waters before this build. Is this my best model or will this win in any shows?? No. It does, however, have it's place inside a good display case to pay tribute to some of my earlier days 30+ years ago. With any luck it will last another 30+ years............Thank you to all who encouraged me on the WIP as well as those who stopped by to look in. Now.....I focus all my efforts on the F-100.To recap. Beginning shots: (Take note: The front tires have melted away from the wheels....the heat was terrible in that back room!)Finishing shots: Edited August 16, 2015 by mustang1989 1
Crazy Ed Posted August 16, 2015 Posted August 16, 2015 That Cleaned up nicely Joe. Next you ought to do anothr build of the same Kit to show your 30 years of development!
thatz4u Posted August 16, 2015 Posted August 16, 2015 nice work, great resto, I still miss the "Texas Patina" ...
Snake45 Posted August 16, 2015 Posted August 16, 2015 That came out VERY nice! If I didn't know better, I'd think it was an all-new build!
cobraman Posted August 16, 2015 Posted August 16, 2015 What a difference ! Your cleanup was worth the effort.
carrucha Posted August 16, 2015 Posted August 16, 2015 Good job on the clean up. All that counts is that you are satisfied with it.
Tom Geiger Posted August 16, 2015 Posted August 16, 2015 You cleaned up good! (I said that to my nephew when I saw him in a suit)Note that the tire / wheel melt is a chemical reaction that happened to many old builds and nothing related to heat!
mustang1989 Posted August 16, 2015 Author Posted August 16, 2015 Thanks a million fellas! You know when I posted the finished pics I didn't foresee as much response as this ol' build has gotten. Wow! Thanks again you guys.
1930fordpickup Posted August 16, 2015 Posted August 16, 2015 This looks great. Nice paint one the old chevy.
slusher Posted August 17, 2015 Posted August 17, 2015 Great model and resto Joe, you turned the clock back 30 years...
mustang1989 Posted August 17, 2015 Author Posted August 17, 2015 Carl: Thanks buddy! Rob: Thank you kindly sir!
mustang1989 Posted September 17, 2015 Author Posted September 17, 2015 Thanks Danno!!! I had a blast with this thing. She aint perfect but it's about 70% original.
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