disconovaman Posted August 20, 2020 Posted August 20, 2020 I thought I'd share this with you folks. I took a break from cleaning and organizing yesterday when I found this box of build-ups I rescued from the landfill last year. The Mustang was pretty cool and although it had years of dust and nicotine, I thought I could clean it, So I soaped it up, took a toothbrush to it, added some new wheels and tires. and reassembled it. Here is the result... It's a BEAUTIFUL MESS! ? The original builder has opened the doors, used copper wire for the hinges, brush painted all the details. I think he put forth his best efforts so I thought it was worthy of saving...
Snake45 Posted August 20, 2020 Posted August 20, 2020 What a great resto/rescue! I LOVE stuff like this! OB should be proud of what you did with it. Well done and model on!
Painted Black Posted August 20, 2020 Posted August 20, 2020 Really neat, like all the different colors used on the chassis.
vamach1 Posted August 21, 2020 Posted August 21, 2020 It’s always a lot more effort to cut open and hinge the doors but the results are worth it. This is one of the few kits I have seen that have the trunk as a separate piece which makes that “opening” a little easier. Nice save on this one and to me it’s still a “new” kit even though it came out more than a few decades ago.
disconovaman Posted August 21, 2020 Author Posted August 21, 2020 13 hours ago, vamach1 said: to me it’s still a “new” kit even though it came out more than a few decades ago. I agree, because of the "modern" tooling...Very well designed and ahead of the game for back in the day and still holds up with today's standards. I have a couple copies. I'm inspired to build one of my own now for sure. However, I won't be opening the doors on my build. Thanks everyone for the comments. Giving the fact that it looks like he put alot of effort in the car, he'd be proud to see it displayed on someone's shelf. It's a reminder to me of kits, when I was a kid, I'd see friends from school build... with the gloss brush paint and "preferred" color choices on the chassis. I know I'd get a Testors bottle paint kit every year at Christmas. I think it's a good representation of those style builds. I read alot of Hot Rod & Super Chevy magizines so I didn't necessarily use alot of different colors on my builds, rather trying to match the real cars in the photos. I discovered silver and black would make a nice "cast" color so my chassis were often black, silver, and a mix of the two. Anywho, Thanks agian for looking...
Spottedlaurel Posted August 21, 2020 Posted August 21, 2020 Well worth the effort of saving it, nice one.
doorsovdoon Posted August 21, 2020 Posted August 21, 2020 Great save, and what a nice result. Looks very nice. I wish I could find kits like this thrown in the landfill!
disconovaman Posted August 21, 2020 Author Posted August 21, 2020 Thanks Friends? I appreciate that, although I can't take all the credit... This build is pretty special, now that I'm examining the unbuilt kit. He trimmed out scotch tape for the door jambs. Pretty creative ?... I took down one that I had opened years ago and didn't realize that I had actually started on this one myself... My memory is going away, need to eat more walnuts I guess....lol Anyways, I'm inspired to finish this one now although I have no idea what to do with it... ?
1972coronet Posted August 21, 2020 Posted August 21, 2020 Outstanding save and reassembly ! I wonder how long ago it was originally built ? I wonder more-so about how and why it ended up in the dump ? For some reason I'm thinking that it was built , say , 20 years ago , then something happened to its builder ---- maybe he went into the armed services ; the unthinkable happened ; his heirs tossed the stash of kits . Or , perhaps less-dismal : he "outgrew" these "toys" and decided to chuck 'em ? Whatever kinds of (hypothetical) events lead to its destiny , it's nice that you saved it , and carefully cleaned and restored it ? . Looks GREAT !
disconovaman Posted August 22, 2020 Author Posted August 22, 2020 5 hours ago, 1972coronet said: Outstanding save and reassembly ! I wonder how long ago it was originally built ? I wonder more-so about how and why it ended up in the dump ? For some reason I'm thinking that it was built , say , 20 years ago , then something happened to its builder ---- maybe he went into the armed services ; the unthinkable happened ; his heirs tossed the stash of kits . Or , perhaps less-dismal : he "outgrew" these "toys" and decided to chuck 'em ? Whatever kinds of (hypothetical) events lead to its destiny , it's nice that you saved it , and carefully cleaned and restored it ? . Looks GREAT ! Thanks, I'm guessing these kits were from a guy who either gave up the hobby or passed away and the build-ups didn't mean anything to the surviving family. There were about 40 build ups in a large tote and my buddy asked if I wanted some models (because he knew I like models) I said yeah... he brought them to me. The tote was in a pile of stuff (Possibly from his neighbor?) to go to the dump and my buddy opened it up and thought of me. They appear to have been built since probably the late 90's nothing newer than 98, nothing older than say 89 or 90.. Aside from an original General Lee with the 500 roofline. Only two unbuilt Nascar models, the rest were built. Lots of trucks... Ford trucks... A few Mustangs and some other kits from around 95 or so.
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