Scale Survivors

[Dave Darby]

How about a salute to build-ups from the golden era? Corduroy upholstery and sewing thread plug wires. Post em if you got em....

Edited October 7, 2018 by Dave Darby

[Tom Geiger]

I restored this Ranchero from a box of broken parts

Original 1960 Merc custom has a working AutoWorld lighting kit installed!

Custom Lancer

Two shots of the Novastar!  

1961 Chevy 

Wild '62 Valiant pickup

Ranchero roadster pickup

And one wild custom!  I always wonder about these models pasts... were they hobby shop show winners?  Did they ever appear in a magazine?

 

[Dave Darby]

That Valiant pickup is the bomb!

[Dave Darby]

[Snake45]

Sewing thread plug wires? My '56 Chevy Ultimate Street Freak had em. 

So did my AMT '25 T, from the "Sand T" kit. I restored it a couple years ago, and gave it headlights and a windshield, but left the original sewing thread plug wires. 

You'll have to take my word that there's thread under the hood of this MPC GTO I built in 1968. 

 

And this seems to be what you're looking for. Have never showed it here (yet). I didn't build it, but somebody did back in 1963, and glued in some kind of fabric for the carpets. I restored it a couple years ago, preserving the high-zoot interior (dig those crazy headrests and "handlbar" steering wheel!) and the original green paint, though I did replace the original melted wheels/tires with Winfield Terra-Thrusts from an AMT 25 T and some new tires. 

 

[Deuces]

Groovy man...... ??

[ewetwo]

These are awesome guys. Thanks for sharing.

[StevenGuthmiller]

I guess this one would fit the bill.

It has gone through a transformation since I acquired it.

 

Steve

 

 

 

[Foxer]

I only have a few bad pictures, nothing else left. Built in 1962.

yes, striped corduroy

 

 

 

Edited October 7, 2018 by Foxer

[Gramps46]

One of my survivors,  the AMT  '49 Ford Club Coupe built in 1962.

[Snake45]

32 minutes ago, Gramps46 said:

One of my survivors,  the AMT  '49 Ford Club Coupe built in 1962.

That's AMAZINGLY modern looking for being built in 1962! You were clearly ahead of your time! 

[vintagercr]

Such cool looking models. 

[Ace-Garageguy]

This one came in painted, but missing almost everything but the body and fenders. Mocked up here with period parts, the plan is to leave the paint pretty much as-was.

                                                           

[Ace-Garageguy]

The body shell on this '32 is all I got. The rest is, again, mocked up with period parts.

[Ace-Garageguy]

These two were built by the same guy, long gone, sold off by his family. He sure had an eye for stance.

 

[Gramps46]

Very nice rescues on those survivors Bill. 

[Tom Geiger]

My buddy Max gave me this trio. Since a few '49s have been posted, here goes! He said he knew I'd appreciate these for what they are,  while anyone else would see  $5 parts cars.  All built by the same person, who for some reason didn't install glass in any of them.  The blue Ford and the Merc are sitting as you see them near the TV in my model room.  I did get to restoring the red '49...

For some reason it was built without any glass, and being assembled tight, I managed to fish new kit glass into the interior. The car was missing two of the wheel centers and those were provided by a friend from the Spotlight Hobby board.  I also added the missing spotlight.

I have a sheet of the AutoWorld 1962 license plates, so every car I finish in the Olde Kustom Kollection gets one of those period pieces.  I polished it up a bit and touched up the silver trim with a silver paint marker, that is a great match for Testors sticky silver, only it dries!  

The engine bay, as created by the original builder. I was tempted to sand the seam off the top of the air cleaners but left them for originality.  Others have said I should've BMFed all the trim, but I find it important to keep these old beauties as created, as not to distort history and to illustrate the progression of our art from it's humble beginnings.  

 

[Snake45]

3 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

This one came in painted, but missing almost everything but the body and fenders. Mocked up here with period parts, the plan is to leave the paint pretty much as-was.

                                                           

Welcome to the wonderful world of Glue Bomb Rescues!  They are a GREAT slump buster and diversion from the world of full-detail, "A-List" builds. 

[unclescott58]

Fun and interesting models. I love those out kustoms. 

[Dave Darby]

Here's a few more that have resided on the Vintage Workbench...

[dave branson]

10 hours ago, StevenGuthmiller said:

I guess this one would fit the bill.

It has gone through a transformation since I acquired it.

 

Steve

 

 

 

excellent looks great

[Snake45]

I didn't build this--it was in "Snake's $42 Big Box of Glue Bombs" I got last month--but it's definitely a survivor of the "thread wires and corduroy upholstery" modeling eral, even though it doesn't have either. 

Not sure what I'm gonna do with it, but something about it really speaks to me. I'm undecided between taking off the headlights, adding slicks, etc., and going full-race early '60s Altered, or cleaning it up a bit and doing it as a modern  street tribute to the early '60s hot rod--not high buck or nice, but not a "rat rod," either. But I feel the need to do SOMETHING cool with it that honors its heritage. Ideas/suggestions solicited.

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W...O...W! Just...WOW!

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I did not build these. I got them in a box lot auction and have been wrestling with whether or not to strip them and restore them, or just leave them be. I can just picture some kid in 1959 or 1960 sitting at the table building these and it kinda stops me in my tracks.

[Dave Darby]

I didn't build the ones I posted either. Some I own were built before I was even born. If they are neat builds I preserve them. It's your model - your call.