Restoring two old builds, a 69 Gto and a Shelby Gt 500.

[Nxr]

Well, i absolutely hated the 3 builds i had in my large built model car pile and decided to entirely take apart and overhaul these cars ( the cuda is also going to get redone, i really have to overdo the whole street machine thing and probably mix the kit with an aar cuda kit i have that's missing parts) but that is not now and i am only doing the GTO and the gt 500, i built those about 5 or 6 years ago not sure and you can see they are not the best looking models, so i made them even more ugly with some tamiya weathering and paint markers and then decided to strip and repaint the bodies and other body colored components of the cars, i will also be adding some "restoration aftermarket" parts and new parts to these cars like the ford valve covers and air cleaners from the drag version of the GT torino i just built and did not use, could not let them go to waste and since my gt 500 427? engine i believe is missing its valve covers and air cleaners i will do these instead, the cars were parts cars for a while so some parts were taken. I will do them both stock as i was lucky to still have the leftover stripes and decals even for the engine, i did some street machine thing back then and didn't use some stock parts so i had a brand new 69 hood and face piece for the GTO and many other new parts, also got them brand new radial tires and new wheels, unfortunately the PMD decals for the center of the wheels could not be saved. I did save the original hood tachometer decal and the shelby caution fan decal as well, so i hope with the new wheels and the GTO update set the car will really brighten up, even though i wont be using the 68 grills and markers, many other parts work for the 69. I picked these colors as the restoration colors ( sorry i am crazy and really enjoying taking old builds apart and reviving them, i almost would do that over new kits)

[Kennyboy]

I like this! It is like getting two new kits to display.

The GTO is going to look great in that bright orange!!

You should throw some Pegasus wheels on the Mustang to really change it up!

[Nxr]

which ones do you think? i have some Pegasus Ferrari like low slicks and big wheels but i wont use that, would it look very stock with some others?

[Kennyboy]

You should check out the Pegasus "T's" they look great on Mustangs!

[Nxr]

Progress on the two builds and some cool stuff like the 1/64 cars i got, a 76 Cadillac i am restoring, a 65 Buick build as well as a 59 Lincoln i got for 10, planning to restore it in a Cream color with lots of foil and antennas, this is also my first time using BMF so i tried my best, hopefully you will like the pictures compared to the older way the model was built a long time ago. Printed some plates for the cars and future builds as well.

Edited December 31, 2013 by Nxr

[Nxr]