B.R.B.O- Ford AreoMax 120 - 1/24- Restoration

[Jhedir6]

Please be gentle, this will be my first ever Big Rig.

I picked this kit up during this past summer at a garage sale for $1.00 CDN, about $.70cents US for those south of the border. Kit looks to be complete but the paint was all orange peel. Sorry, I didn't take any pics of the kit before the chemical baths, not sure why. It's been completely stripped now. Some of the glue joints have even come apart nicely so it will make reconstruction easier. I plan to keep it pretty much OOB, might add some wiring to the engine compartment. Some pics:

Box is pretty beat up,

Everything appears to be there, the items not in the photo are soaking in some water at the moment.

The decals are toast, I'll have to source a new set, so if anyone has a set lying around???? hint hint  . I'll try Revell parts and see if I can get a set.

And the stripped parts, started with 91% IPA which didn't really strip all the paint but it did soften it up, I then dunked everything in some CSC (yes CSC, I still had a jug left over from before they changed it here in Canada. I read in another post they did that in the US along time ago, but here you could get CSC up until about a year ago. Think now all the new jugs are just Super Clean. Chassis is out of the chemical baths and in this tub, I just didn't take another pic.

I haven't chosen a colour scheme as of yet, either a blue metallic or maybe grey, have to see what I have lying around for paint.

Thanks for looking, looking forward to learning a lot from the Big Boys. If anyone has any links to builds they've done of this truck I'd be honoured to look at them, post up some links please.

Comments and criticisms welcome and appreciated.

David

 

 

 

[Renegade]

Building one now and my box is pretty much the same. If they had used thicker cardboard for the bottom box it might have been sturdier. My second build of this kit. The first one I left in the molded blue color and this one will be black. A very nice kit I think you will enjoy building. Great buy. Revell usually has decals for a lot of the old kits. You can order off the website and usually get results quickly. 

[Mopar - D]

Dave looks like a great build started. Looking forward to following your build. 

[Petetrucker07]

Very nice score and I'm sure if it could talk it'd thank you for saving it. Welcome to BO.

[gatorincebu]

 

    Fantastic score of a fine kit. Looking forward to following this build.

 

 

 

     Be Well

      Gator

[rctruk]

You did find a nice project.They build up real well.

[jacobus]

yes , great one

and hope everything is complete

lookin forward to the color choice

[DRIPTROIT 71]

Cool project!! I've always wanted to do a restoration! This will be good!!

[Travis T]

I built that kit years ago. I loved the decals but was afraid to use them because I suck at putting them on. If I come across them I'll let you know.

[tbill]

i have 3 of these in the stash, look forward to seeing this one come together.

[Jhedir6]

I built that kit years ago. I loved the decals but was afraid to use them because I suck at putting them on. If I come across them I'll let you know.

Great, thanks Travis. If you find them let me know what you'd like for them.

Thanks for the replies guys. I just took out all the parts from the water bath. Letting them air-dry and I'll try to get some work done tomorrow afternoon. I have noticed one issue. The front of both the framerails are twisted slightly and I'm not sure of the best way to straighten them out. I'll try to post a pick in the morning of them to show them, they aren't too bad. I'll post a pic in the morning and would appreciate any suggestions.

David

[Olskoolrodder]

This will be a cool project. I bought one years ago when first released,never built it (had never built a tractor kit)

[vettecote]

good looking truck...Joe