I have a problem...

[dshue76]

I do it frequently. Just recently I started tearing my AMT Peterbilt Big Stick cable wrecker apart to use the wrecker bed with a Kenworth T600 day cab with fairings and make the wrecker bed hydraulic. At some point in the near future I'm going to tear one of my ERTL International Payhauler 350's down to repaint it in white. 

For me it's that I look at these for years and they start loosing interest, I could take them off the shelf and put them in a box and let something else take its place. But in these two cases I had better ideas for them that would be more interesting to look at. The Kenworth was a build that I was never happy with, back when I bought the kit around 1998 I really liked the style of the truck but after I built it with the sleeper and it was painted bright yellow I just didn't care for it. The Pete wrecker had an accident and its driveline was already in use for another project. I like the looks of this version better than either truck individually. 

The Payhauler is one of two that I built from original issue kits, prior to the reissue, with different shades of the same paint and this one had a few modifications due to missing parts. I was never happy with the color, it is too bright kind of like the old Cat yellow. It also has no weathering. This time it will have weathering and some plumbing done.

Sometimes I really just start to dislike a finished build and will tear it apart to make use of its parts for something that I will like more. Or interests change, I turned my Revell Dodge ram VTS into a duallie with an 8' dump bed.

I never glue bodies to chassis' or interior tubs to either unless the floor is part of the chassis plate. I almost never glue engines in place. This lets me be able to rework builds a little easier. Like the Kenworth T600 above, the sleeper was never glued to the cab so it was simple to separate the parts.

This started when I was young and couldn't afford a massive stock pile of kits and I still do it. I actually enjoy doing it.

Edited May 3, 2016 by dshue76

[Jim N]

I will only if there was something in the original build that I didn't like.  And then only if I am confident I can make the change I want.  I have tried making changes to completed models only to ruin them.

[gtx6970]

I'll tinker with a done build every so often.

Usually to redo something I was not happy with in the beginning. Like  maybe  tweak the ride height , add decals I didn't have before.

I actually have one I have been thinking that I want to strip and repaint, as I now have the decals to redo it

[W-409]

I pretty much never start rebuilding/modifying my models after they're finished for the first time. It's true that 1:1 cars are never done, but I think it's not a good idea to start improving or rebuilding my own model kits, I prefer buying another kit and building that one different way then. That way when I have every model that I've built in my display case, I can see how my building skills have improved etc.

My only two cars that I've started rebuilding are AMT '57 Fairlane that was my second build ever. It was a decent build originally, factory stock with wide whites, but pretty soon I swapped wheels and tires and then it had a raised rear end with wide tires, Cragars and tires with raised letters. Then I took it apart completely and started to build somekind of Drag Racer out of it, but I'm very happy that it stalled, and it's still possible to be restored the way I originally built it. I'm glad I didn't strip the paint!

Another one is a Revell '32 Deuce, but I dropped it by an accident and to be honest I was never happy with that one. It will be rebuilt anyway.

[oneescalante]

  On 4/28/2016 at 11:15 PM, Lovefordgalaxie said:

annoying habit.

I can't leave my done models alone.

I'm always improving them, with things I could had added when built them in the first place, but didn't.

Example? Redoing a badge, adding a set of white wall tires, painting some detail I missed, adding that perfect rearview mirror that came as an accessory on a kit that won't use it, adding a decal, or even changing things like wheels and tires.

Anyone else?

My complication is building a model a week.

Enjoyed every moment of it!

No washing parts or sanding mold lines.

No primer...painting trim with sliver paint.

No wet sanding or clear coats.

Slash and burn building.

The upside is I have 40+ re-builders and for some reason I did not use much glue.

 

 

 

Edited May 10, 2016 by oneescalante
working on it

[charlie8575]

I have one that needs a couple of things reglued, not a big deal, and one that needs a little foil touched up. Repairs are one thing, redos, at least for now, are entirely another.

When it's finished, it's finished.

Charlie Larkin