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Hey, guys, I found this Riv in a box away from all my other old models - forgot I had it. It was beat up and missing three of its wheels. I decided to give it a facelift. I built this model probably in 1966. Yeah, I'm OLD!

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I cleaned it up and gave it a coat of silver for a base for candy green. I'm adding a Continental kit which covers up the bullet taillights in the roll pan, so I moved them up near the trunk lid.

I sprayed it with Testors candy green and gloss black. I masked off a panel on each side, then removed the tape after the 1st coat.

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The photos suck, but I'll have better ones when it's finished. It's kinda fun restoring an old model like this.

I hope you'll like it when it's done.

Sam

UPDATE: It's done.

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It looks better than it did before, I think!

Sam

Edited by Sixties Sam
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Stunning paint on that oldie! I remember I did mine in gloss Olive Drab way back then... was a racer thou.. ehehhe

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