Tommy124 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 (edited) Hi folks, I did another restoration... This is the 1/24 scale Monogram kit. Bought it some time ago from a modelling mate and it looked like this: The hardest part was getting rid of the white stripe decals that had practically "eaten" into the plastic, even after stripping the paint. I may show some WIP photos of that later on. The paint I used is Testors Plum Crazy to replicate the In Violet Plymouth purple. The first time in decades that I used enamel on a car body and I was quite annoyed by the 72 hours plus dry time so for the next step I used a food dehydrator which helped to save a lot of time and patience. I also did my very first tyre lettering on this kit. By the way, no clear coat on this one, just elbow grease... Edited May 13, 2019 by Tommy124 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fivesuns Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 Nice.. I like the color. Great job on the tire lettering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hmann68 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 Beautiful job! Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kit Basher Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 Awesome job! The paint looks great. How did you do the tire lettering? It looks perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David G. Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 Looks great, nice refurbishment! David G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWT Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 Very nicely done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom99 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 Looking good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 I like how you rebuilt this kit, and the paint finish and color look perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MININORTHFORDMAN Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 very cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunajammer Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmb0319 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 I’m gonna go with one word here.... WOW!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classicgas Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Well done. Where are the exhaust tips from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonhawk1066 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Nice resto! Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michelle Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 looks amazing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoopdog Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Very nice indeed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nacho Z Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Brilliant!! Love the color and your elbow grease really paid off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATHU Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Wow!!That thing looks nice, excellent work!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucky Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Is this one of those "Real, or Model" quizzes?? LOL This is a great save! Beautifully done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dann Tier Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Looks AWESOME, bud!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeakDoc Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Great resto! I love the MOPAR badge on the trunk lid. Where did you come about that? Or was it molded onto the kit like that originally? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy124 Posted May 13, 2019 Author Share Posted May 13, 2019 (edited) First, thanks to you ALL for your kind words! I'm happy you like my result. On 10.5.2019 at 1:21 PM, Kit Basher said: Awesome job! The paint looks great. How did you do the tire lettering? It looks perfect. Thanks Hugh! Yes, I gave this quite a bit of thought and got me some white gel pens as I thought this would be the best bet but even the one with the finest tip didn't work out for me. So I tried it old-school, white paint and brush... And it worked. I used a 5/0 brush and Tamiya XF-2 flat white. Apart from a steady hand and a strong enough magnifying glass I think the most important thing is to keep the paint thinned to the right degree and clean the brush constantly because the paint will dry on it quickly and won't allow for precise painting. On 11.5.2019 at 1:27 PM, Classicgas said: Well done. Where are the exhaust tips from? Thanks, Lee! Those are regular wire end ferrules. On 12.5.2019 at 1:05 AM, BeakDoc said: Great resto! I love the MOPAR badge on the trunk lid. Where did you come about that? Or was it molded onto the kit like that originally? Thanks to you too Chris! That is a decal I've taken from a sheet sold by ScaleProduction. It has a lot more Mopar decals on it, plus some Mustang decals and some other US car stuff: https://www.scaleproduction.de/product_info.php?info=p2157_decals-street-racing-musclecars.html As I mentioned, stripping the old decals wasn't easy at all. So I took some photos of my efforts on these. Maybe this is interesting to see for those who like the model. So I'll just post them here: The paint was stripped using my usual chemicals, but the stripes on the roof and on the hood couldn't be removed by that: They were so resilient that I even used a special scalpel blade: But in the end all that helped was heavy and coarse sanding them down: After that the body looked okay and I proceeded with the primer coat: The primer coat was nice but to my surprise the "ghost stripe" on the roof was still visible: So again, SANDING, the hard way: Applying primer in such a way as to have an even coverage on the roof wasn't easy, but it worked out in the end: I then could proceed with the first coat of Plum Crazy: Edited May 13, 2019 by Tommy124 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wm David Green Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Excellent job, you really put some work into this. I would have be totally demoralised having to sand down and scrape paint and decals. I recently attempted to strip a horrible paint job from a part-built Revell-Monogram 69 Shelby Mustang GT500, but still had some sanding to do. (* To be fair I got this kit free with another GT500 kit from the seller, as the tail light parts were missing) Seems having assembled the motor halves, someone then sprayed the body black, but possibly disappointed by the satin finish (?) then brushed/slopped on some thick, and gloopy, gloss black enamel. This apparently was not fully dried when the kit was shelved, and when I received the kit part of the instruction sheet was firmly stuck to the roof, this was the part that resisted paint stripper. Nerve wracking or what ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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