When I was growing up I loved putting together Model Cars. After school was out for the summer I stayed at my Grandma and Grandpa’s house in Indiana. They both worked but they lived just about 10 blocks from downtown. My cousin and I would ride our bicycles downtown to Murphy’s 5 & 10 store. They had a lot of Model Cars to choose from. We would buy two or three at a time. Of course back then you could buy the kits for 75 cents to a $1.00.
The 55 Belair was one of the first Model Cars I did. We would paint them and I always liked to customize mine. I would take the shocks off and replace them with toothpicks and paint them silver to make them look like shocks. I would cut the toothpicks a little longer than the shocks because I wanted to raise the back end up. After all that was the big thing in the 60’s and 70’s.
Painting My Model Cars
When it came to painting our cars we would always use the paint brush to paint the interior. I guess they had spray paint but grandma wouldn’t let us spray paint in the house. So the paint jobs weren’t always the greatest but we did the best we could. AMT and Revell had the best Model Cars to put together. And we used Tester’s paint and glue. I learned all about the engine as I put it together, what the parts was and how it operated.
Building More Model Cars
The Mustang was also one of my favorite cars. So like I said this was back in the late 60’s and early 70’s. My senior year I got on the girls tennis team and played the number 1 spot all season. And then finally graduation!!! My Model Cars building days were over. I got a job out of high school in a Coca-Cola canning and bottling plant. When my brother passed away he had started two models but had never finished them. So I took them and they ended up in my closet on the top shelf for oh I’d say 5 years. Well last year I decided it was time to break out the Model Cars again.
Is that not an awesome Car! He had the engine finished and glued to the frame. Over time some of the glue did not hold. So I popped off the rest of the frame and started over. I found some blue spray paint at Hobby Lobby and took a cardboard box and used it as a spray guard to catch the over spray. There was some scrap wood in the garage to make a holder for the larger parts to set on. I think spray paint really looks much better that brushing it on. This is what it looked like.
This Is The Finished Product
This turned out pretty good considering this was my first one in 30 years. The decal’s were so old they had faded and would not stick to the car. I painted the top Flat Black instead of the lighter blue color. All the parts were there except for the front hood over the engine. It was missing. I looked on line if Revell was still in business. They are but have moved to Germany. This was my first build in a long time. He also had a 95 Ford Ranger truck started. It was a Coca-Cola delivery pickup.
The 95 Ford Ranger Pickup Truck
Mid America Canning had a little Ford Ranger as a company truck. I got to drive that truck a few times in the 13 years I worked there. This paint job wasn’t very easy. This was the first time I had taped up one color to spray paint the other color. But it turned out great. The tailgate folds down just like the real ones . Well I am ready to do more. I found a 55 Chevrolet Cameo Pickup Truck on the Hobby Lobby website. With the 40% off I got it a lot cheaper. I have the engine together and painted. I’m working on getting the tires together. It includes an vintage Die Cast Coca-Cola Vending Machine and Dolly. It’s getting colder now so it’s time to get this one done. And did I say it also has the Coca-Cola decals.
I can’t wait to share the finished Truck with you.
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