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Originally Posted by willimo
I always wonder though, why restore an old kit instead of getting a new one? Is it the sentiment?
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thanks all. Willimo, I think it was just to do something different and a challenge. sentimental reasons apply too I think. I dont know if I would have bought this kit new, mind you.
actually, Tigeraid, I found this model sitting in my mom's garage years ago and felt sorry for it, lol. I think my brother was using it for target practice with his pellet gun, as there is damage in the interior also.
there was no door with this so I scrounged around and found this '53 chevy panel door.
I glued scrap plastic on to the panel door here and there and shaped it with some sand paper and it fits pretty well.
here it is with most of the body modifications and repairs. I had no headlight bezels and I wanted to some body work too so I filled in the holes for the lights and tail lights. I sanded off all the body detail and re-scribed the panel lines and a new gas cap. I airbrushed on some scrap paint to show up defects and quite a few are showing. the roof repair went quite easily but the window strut in the middle took me over 2 hours to get to look right.
to fix the roof, I glued stretched spruce on the outside of the body matching the body contours. from the inside, I superglued small bits of plastic onto the spruce until no daylite was showing. then I sanded off the spruce and shaped with a small file and wetsanded until I had the shape I was looking for. like I said, it was easy and took about 20 minutes. scribing the windshield trim took a little longer but still was an easy procedure.
thanks again for looking,
Les