'71 Plymouth Satellite - restoration WIP images added!

[Tommy124]

20 hours ago, Wm David Green said:

Excellent job, you really put some work into this.

I would have be totally demoralised having to sand down and scrape paint and decals. 

I recently attempted to strip a horrible paint job from a part-built Revell-Monogram 69 Shelby Mustang GT500, but still had some sanding to do. (* To be fair I got this kit free with another GT500 kit from the seller, as the tail light parts were missing)

Seems having assembled the motor halves, someone then sprayed the body black, but possibly disappointed by the satin finish (?) then brushed/slopped on some thick, and gloopy, gloss black enamel.

This apparently was not fully dried when the kit was shelved, and when I received the kit part of the instruction sheet was firmly stuck to the roof, this was the part that resisted paint stripper.

Nerve wracking or what !

Thanks, David. Guess that's the stuff that heroic restorations are made of?  Stripping those old enamels can give you real a hard time. I remember that I simply couldn't strip off the interior paint when I did the resto on my old Maserati Boomerang build, no matter what chemicals I used. I painted some Revell enamels with no primer when I built it around 1990, so the paint had some real long time to eat into the plastic. Fortunately, this is the exception and most paints strip off real fine with the stuff I am using.

20 hours ago, Geno said:

Thanks to you too, Mr. B..., uh, Gene! 

[Modlbldr]

That is an amazing job you did. The paint looks perfect and the the hard work you put in to it shows. Congrats!

Later-

[Tommy124]

On 14.5.2019 at 1:04 PM, Modlbldr said:

That is an amazing job you did. The paint looks perfect and the the hard work you put in to it shows. Congrats!

Later-

Thanks for the compliment, Tom!

[Koellefornia Kid]

Nice build, great color!

[Tommy124]

On 15.5.2019 at 10:49 PM, Koellefornia Kid said:

Nice build, great color!

Thanks Oliver, appreciated!