Snake45 Posted October 28, 2018 Posted October 28, 2018 Got this sad AMT '62 Corvette cheap at last month's toy show. I kinda dug the Modified Production hood lump, and it seemed to be complete, and the paint looked savable, so it followed me home. I liked the decals, but they were already flaking off in places, and I couldn't save them and polish the paint both, so they had to go. Scraped them off with a fingernail under hot running water which worked well. The paint, a purplish maroon or burgundy, responded well to a light polish, but there turned out to be quite a few chips exposing white plastic. Folk Art Berry Wine craft acrylic "enamel" (water based) was a passable match, though not perfect, and it wasn't particularly easy to work with. I was able to fix the windshield frame with "fauxberglass," and to polish out and re-use both the windshield and the roof glass (neither of which fits very well). Painted the wheel dishes Testor Flat Aluminum, and evened up and then re-chromed the rims with Rub N Buff. lowered the rear axle hole in the one-piece chassis as far as possible with a needle file, to jack up the rear end a little. Shot the flat black interior with a light coat of semigloss clear. I replaced the headlights with new ones from a "Boyds" reissue, and the wide front tires with thinner, more appropriate ones, but everything else on this model is original and was re-used. Someday I might even build up a proper tunnel-rammed engine for it. If I can find new decals for it, I'll re-decal it as original, but until then, it could pass as an early '70s street goon. And here it is with a survivor MPC '66 Corvette drag gasser I also rescued/rehabbed a few months ago (a much more extensive job). As always, comments welcome.
Snake45 Posted October 30, 2018 Author Posted October 30, 2018 On 10/28/2018 at 12:31 PM, Renegade said: Very nice rescue. Great job on both. On 10/28/2018 at 1:25 PM, ewetwo said: Great save. On 10/28/2018 at 3:02 PM, skymnky721 said: Great save! Its always fun to save a GB Thanks for the kind words. Yup, it's just pure FUN to save a glue bomb!
OldTrucker Posted October 30, 2018 Posted October 30, 2018 Nice save! I have had good luck removing old decals using scotch tape as long as they were not clear coated!
Snake45 Posted October 31, 2018 Author Posted October 31, 2018 On 10/29/2018 at 9:34 PM, OldTrucker said: Nice save! I have had good luck removing old decals using scotch tape as long as they were not clear coated! I've done that, too, but was afraid in this case the tape would pull up or chip the paint. The paint (apparently applied over bare, unprepped plastic) was already chipped in a number of places. The hot water and thumbnail trick worked GREAT! Try it next time you have decals to take off.
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