Surprise a little OT

[Niel Hoback]

This came in the mail today. I don't know for certain yet, but I believe it came from an ebay sale won by my son and sent direct to me. Its been painted by someone so I will probably not be able to resist a little restoration. All four tires are good.

[Greenbomb]

Cool! You raised a good son! That will be fun to play with.

[Captain Neon]

I considered bidding on that auction my self, but chose not to. I am glad that you got this car, and are going to do some work on it. The irony is that I wanted to give it to my own father.

[randroid]

Niel,

I'd think that if it were full-scale you could grab a few sheets of open-grain 220, a couple rattle-cans of semi-gloss black, scrape the rust off the tires and either be invited to work for the local police force or have the most elusive taxi Humphrey Bogart ever rode in.

Being a model makes it almost more difficult to restore properly yet being a model builder I can appreciate the challenge of doing it right. I wonder if this might be an opportunity to learn how to use the spray-on chrome that was featured last week to restore the bumpers and grill and, if you have a steady hand, the side trim? Maybe you could hire Malaysian girls to paint the components with one-bristle brushes?

This could become an (eeks!) project!

-Randy

(Ben, you know of course your post out-posted anything that will be posted for some time to come? I tip my hat to you sir.)

[Niel Hoback]

Right now all I can do is sit here staing at it afraid to do anything. The hard rubber tires are still in great shape, but dirty. Again, I am afraid to mess with them because they look and feel brittle. I think I'll just look at it for a while longer. I've screwed up enough good stuff to know when to back off.

[BobT-47P15]

Niel, is that made of metal or some other material?

Nice gadget to have for your collection!

[Niel Hoback]

It is made of diecast potmetal. It has some slight damage to the roof and hood, which I will not mess with. I found a good color for it, and later tonight I will try some detailing.

What do you all think the windows should be, black, silver, grey, or something else?

The tires will remain natural rubber white.

Yeah, Bob, my "collection" has gotten way out of hand.

[Niel Hoback]

Ben, bid on the next one that shows up. Give it to your Dad. If it makes him half as happy as I am with this one, you will have done a good thing.

[Captain Neon]

I've gotten him a station wagon already. I can tell you are the guy to have this one. There is no way that I could have made it look that nice. It likely would have just set in my father's curio cabinet as purchased next to the station wagon.

[BobT-47P15]

I think maybe the windows could be silver or light grey.......

I see nobody else has ventured a guess yet.

[Niel Hoback]

You win, Bob, the windows are now flat aluminum. On to the wheel wells.

[BobT-47P15]

Hmmm.....lucky guess, I guess.

Looking forward to a picture of the completed resto.

[Niel Hoback]

Well, this is where I quit. Detail is a little less than perfect, but overall, I'm pretty happy with it.

[Don Coatney]

All four tires are good.

Looks like the tires are a bit over inflated and most likley out of balance:rolleyes:

[P-12 Tommy]

You win, Bob, the windows are now flat aluminum. On to the wheel wells.

One things for sure...you don't have to worry about seeing out of the windows.

Tom