Hello,
I've been building scale models since I was 8 years old, back in 1978. I still have junkers and parts from some of those early builds, but this is my oldest surviving model:
Famous 3n1 kit. I built this in 1984-85 or so. I clearly remember going to the hardware store next door and getting a can of black hi heat engine enamel. For some weird reason I was thinking it could protect it or something. Go figure. I also remember taping the wheels and the air filters to a cardboard and spraying them gold, at the back corner of my house, outside of course. The red interior, I think was painted with mom's floral paint.
I also clearly remember putting an additional chrome timing cover in the firewall as a decoration. Hey! I was 14!
Ohh the memories......
Thanks,
Ismael