John Goschke Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 (edited) Late this summer I picked up this old '34 Ford pickup off ebay 'cause I thought the old paint looked cool and I was the only bidder at $9.99! It's an original issue of the kit, molded in red plastic. The paint appeared to be Testor's Burgundy Purple Metallic applied ages ago. When I got the model, even though the paint was a bit rougher than I expected, I still decided to disassemble the model, clean it up (smelled like an ash tray full of Lucky Strike butts!), polish the old paint and rebuilt it using some new-old parts from the stash. Before the rebuild. Note the spare tire cover is a continental kit piece from an unknown kit. Revell U.S. Royal Master tires on custom Barris "flying saucer" wheelcovers from the kit. '32 Ford bumpers front and rear... After, rebuild with polished-out original paint... Custom taillights from an original issue kit, BMF on all the bed cover snaps. Wheels and tires from an old-tool Ala Kart. Covered the face of the old spare cover with some sheet styrene, smoothed it out and added some stretched sprue around the outside to represent piping before spraying with Tamiya Racing White and Dullcoat to make it look like a vinyl cover... '49 Ford steering wheel. Dash and wheel centers painted with NOS Testors Burgundy Purple Metallic... Chassis before. Brush-painted flat red. Underside of fenders brush-painted white... After. New chassis, original fenders. Wheelbase adjusted, moving front axle forward, rear axle back. Scratch exhaust system from aluminum ground wire. Tamiya gloss aluminum frame, Alclad suspension. Engine, before with oxidized plating revealing red plastic. Original worn headlight rims in painted buckets... After. Engine painted Tamiya Lavendar with new valve covers. Headlight assembly replaced, with bracket, buckets and horn in Alclad, plus new radiator cap and emblem... Edited December 18, 2012 by John Goschke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gman Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Nice save- good looking model that preserves the style from when it was first built. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssroczyn Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 I think this is a pretty cool post. I like what you did with this truck, especially showing the before and after pics! Very Cool! The finished version turned out super nice! Great Job! Question : How did you disassemble it, specifically how did you get the previously glued parts apart? Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarana-X Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Nice rebuild. Half of my projects lately are rebuilds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtx6970 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 WAY cool. I like the ' save the nostalgia' part the most Well done ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooOld Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Beautiful restoration ! I like that you kept the original feel of the truck and restored it with common upgrades . Great job ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmvw guy Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 I love the look and the story. Very Retro. Nice save! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vintagercr Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 That is a very nice rebuild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chepp Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Great save! Thanks for replacing those headlights with ones put on straight. The taillights look cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatz4u Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 very nice work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Foxx Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Nice work , you have turned this into a really neat model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyjim Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Nice save and a great story. Thats a really nice color.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixties Sam Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Very nice restoration. It's amazing how subtle changes can add up to a major improvement! You've kept the feel of the original model. Good work! Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.R.C. Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Very very cool. I like that you saved the original paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bondo bill Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 cool i bet you were a goalie nice save Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realgone58 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 This really came out awesome! Looks fantastic, love the original paint. It's hard to find old kits where someone sprayed them decently enough to polish out like this one did. Very cool and good looking truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyrichard Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 awsome , what a difference , i love it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaughn Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Nice job and post ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Great save on this model John! Great idea also on saving the paint. I have a '61 Comet that has a pretty decent paint job on it. I may give your idea a try on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jantrix Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Well done! It has a great 60's vibe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete L. Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 (edited) Very nicely done...inspirational to say the least ! I really enjoy the look of the models built in the/style of 1960's, after all that's what got me hooked in the first place over FIFTY YEARS AGO ... Thanks for the memories ! Edited January 4, 2013 by Pete L. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Smith Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Nice! Great work and cool project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Goschke Posted December 20, 2012 Author Share Posted December 20, 2012 Question : How did you disassemble it, specifically how did you get the previously glued parts apart? Steve Thanks for the comments, guys! This was a fun project! To answer Steve's question... The model actually came apart fairly easily since the original builder, for the most part, hadn't observed the rule about scraping plating and paint from the parts before cementing. In a couple areas I did have to score the joints a bit before carefully prying them apart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyglu Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Wow John your work is really inspiring, I also love how you rebuilt this thing much like a 1:1 hot rod restoration. Everything you did improved the model without losing the original builders work. The color is amazing! One trick to try when dis assembling these kits is to find a large zip lock freezer bag, run water over the entire model and place it in the zip lock bag (sealed) in your freezer. The water gets in all the little cracks and once frozen pop's the pieces apart. Not always going to work for every rebuild, but it worked great for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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