Mattblack

I had this old kit years ago, and built it as a hot rod so when one came up on ebay I thought I would have a bit of fun... Chassis shortened, body shortened and channeled, cut down screen, drilled front axle re-mounted above the springs, Olds rear axle, home brewed carbs and header, home made fuel tank...

That is fantastic! The way you have got the paint faded and matt in places is spot on. (I have a 32 year old red car that lives outside in the British weather and never gets washed, so I know!)

The kit tyres have the whitewalls moulded in, I sanded them as they were quite glossy.

Built out of box apart from plug leads, home made dice shifter knob, rear lights replaced with plastic 'jewels' (used for crafting, card making ect) and club plaque hanging from rear bumper (the decal came with the kit) I'm quite pleased with how it turned out as this probably my favorite style of car, did have a couple of issues though. Some parts of the suspension don't have any positve location (and the instuctions aren't vey clear on how they fit) and I ended up painting the vent window frames as I couldn't get them to stay glued in place after chrome foiling the frames.

Built straight out of the box, paint is Plasti-cote Sky Blue enamel spray (I paint all my models with rattle cans)

As promised, some pictures of my builds since I got back into the hobby. Monogram '53 Chevy, I built this years ago and it was the only model I still had when I started building again so I decided to 'un-restore' it...

Hi all, My name is Barry, and I live in Leicester, England. I got back into building model cars about 3 years ago after a break of about 20 years. I came across this site while looking for pictures to inspire me on my latest build, the Revell '40 Ford pick up. I decided to join as there seemed to be plenty going on in the forums. My main interest in is in old mechanical "stuff" - cars, steam engines, bikes, planes, ships... if it's rusty and greasy I'm in! I have a tatty 1982 Ford Cortina estate as my everyday car and a 1967 Morris Minor which I'm in the process of doing a 4" roof chop on. Anyway, I'll post up some pictures of my builds so far in due course.