Aston-Martin DB9

Snake45 · November 4, 2020

Got this one at the only remaining Rite Aid in my area, $10. When I got it home, was surprised to see it wasn't a Welly, but a Motor Max. Not sure what year it's supposed to be, but the manufacturing date on the chassis is 2010, so I'll call it a 2010.

This was in the worst shape of anything I've bought at Rite-Aid. It had numerous splotches of a yellowish ick, possibly tape reside with dirt on it. You can see these on the trunk lid, the roof, and right-side door. There were also quite a few little nicks in the paint. It looks like it's been played with, and not especially gently. And the doors open a little too easily, and don't seem to be held closed as normal.

Oh well. I took off all the yellow ick with rubbing alcohol, and touched up the paint nicks with Silver Sharpie--this worked about as well as any kind of silver paint I have on hand. If you didn't know the dings were there, they wouldn't jump out at you. The only other things I did to this one were sand the tire treads, then flow some more black paint into the grille and hit the grille itself with the Silver Sharpie. Can't really find anything else it "needs." It's not perfect, but it sits nicely on my diecast shelf with the Ferraris, Porsches, late-model Vettes, and so forth. Not too bad for $10 and a couple hours easy effort.