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That green's actually not too far off a color that was seen on the real ones that year.

Sometimes it takes years for the sinkage to occur. Or maybe you're just using the stuff correctly. One thing I've found useful: When you get the putty to the shape you want, hit it with a nice wet layer of THIN superglue. It seems to sink into the putty and help harden and stabilize it. When the superglue dries/cures, then do a final sanding and drive on.

I like this a lot! I'd like to build something similar but maybe with a shortened truck bed.

I forgot to mention, those Americans found in most if not all reissues of the '63 made their debut in the '67 annual, so except for the tires, the model is actually Box Stock. (I just couldn't see using old-school Firestone Supremes on it, though.)

Well, there were also different shades of the maroon. Honduras Maroon was a '61-'62 color. Marlboro Maroon was the '67 color, and I know that it was not the same as Milano Maroon which was the '65 or '66 color.

You inspired me to a new one: "Restover": Resto+makover.

Very, very nice! I think your paint might be Honduras Maroon. I did a '62 Corvette in that and it looks very very similar in pictures. Great color for a great build!

I like Improvastore! Good one!

Restojuvenation? I like that too.

I like this too! In fact, "Restorection" was one of my original ideas but I forgot to put it in my post. Thanks for the reminder! Or how about "Resurresto/resurrestoration"?

Local toy show, bought four clean-ish builtups for resto-Snakification: '69 GTX, '66 T-Bird, '68 Dart (VERY clean, that one), and '70 Monte Carlo. Also bought a "project": two '66 Rambler Americans (the Testor boxing), neither anywhere near complete, but I'm pretty sure there's enough stuff between the two boxes to get one car of some kind together. (The top has been chopped clear off one body and is gone.)

That's not awful. And it doesn't rule out the possibility of more changes than a simple "restoration."

You get me. You really get me. But I was hoping for a word that the rest of you could use, too. (I guess y'all could use Snake-slap or Snake-whip, but I imagine there are those who wouldn't want to.)

The evil thing is getting worse. Today I've seen it at both top AND bottom of a page, and also in the middle of a thread! But find it and click it away and the whole board runs fine!

I like it! But let's hear some more! How about "Restopurpose" (Restore+Repurpose) or "Restocycle" (Restore+Recycle)?

Lately I've been having a lot of fun restoring Other Builders' cleanly done builtups (in much the same way I "improve" distressed old promos and cheap diecasts). I'll clean them up, and generally add some paint details like chrome window trim, side marker lights, wheel detailing and so forth. I'll polish the paint if I think it can stand it, or maybe hand-brush on a coat of Future for some gloss. But in some cases, I go a little further. Not a complete rebuild (to me, new paint makes it a "rebuild," and here I'm talking about working with fairly cleanly done if not yet shiny original paint), but I'm not exactly "restoring" it to its original condition or appearance, either. I might change the wheels/tires, the stance, the interior color, maybe even add a second two-tone color, and so forth. In other works, the Original Builder's work (and in most cases intent/vision) is still evident, but I've also visibly and significantly altered the thing to get an appearance that satisfies me. So what should we call this kind of work? "Restify" or "restomod" (restore+modify) would be good, but it already has a specific meaning in 1:1 world (an older car that retains mainly stock bodywork appearance, but has updated, 21st Century mechanicals like engine, trans, brakes, suspension, probably wheels/tires and maybe seats). So I don't think we can use that for what I'm talking about. I've come up with some other ideas, none of which really thrill me: "Restoprove" --Restore+Improve "Restograde"--Restore+Upgrade "Restoplete"--Restore+Complete (where I'm doing things the OB should have done but didn't, like painting window trim or wheels) or "Restofinish" "Restoptimize"--Restore+Optimize "Restobetter"--Restore+make it Better "Restopimp"--self-explanatory I'll give an specific example of what I mean. I'm working on a '68 El Camino that someone laid a fairly nice coat of a pretty Royal Blue solid on (not even close to any factory color). In addition to needing the brightwork detailed, the ass-end is jacked WAY up in the air, which I'm going to be bringing down. I'll also be painting the lower body semigloss black like the real '68 SSs were, and painting the "vinyl" top black. So I can't really say I'm "restoring" the thing, because it's going to look quite a bit different when I get done with it, but I wouldn't say I'm "rebuilding" it, either, since I'm not stripping/repainting it. I know some of you out there also enjoy doing work of this kind. Anyone have any good suggestions as to what we can call these jobs? Discuss.

Very, VERY nice indeed! You did that old glue bomb proud! This is my alltime favorite box art for this kit, and you did a great job of re-creating it! Well done and model on!

That's exactly how I'd do it. If I were in the mood, I might even hand-brush the black, BUT I would definitely tape it off with razor-cut masking tape to do it.

That came out quite nice! I know you had some problems and setbacks with it, so big ups to you for driving on and gittin' 'er done! Model on!

Wow, looking good! I think this paint job is actually better than your first one. Drive on!

Same here. The white is better than the green. Seems to be a little finer "grain." I don't agree that it's the same thing as was available in the '60s. It's better than that. I've used a lot of both colors over the years but nowadays I use it only for filling the shallowest of scratches and depressions. There are better fillers, but sometimes this stuff is "just right" for a particular job.

And if they don't sell any more of them than Jimmy Flintstone does, they'll lose their shirts.

When I saw the thread title, I knew instantly what I was going to see. And my only question is, "WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT?????" Great idea, great execution! Drive on!

The Monogram '55 C-pillar is "way too thick" because it's correct for a hardtop, not the 2DS that the 2LB car is. They really are completely different cars from the firewall back--no common sheetmetal at all unless it would be the trunk lid and/or the rear pan.

The MPC '69 Camaro is just as bad, but in completely different ways. All things considered, it probably looks better built, but it's still way wrong. I know, I've done five of them over the years.