"Come Together" Valiant - Wheels/Tires

[soooperdave]

A while back I had gotten a big junkyard full of parts, that once I sorted them out, I realized I had 2 Valiant bodies, one with a good front half the other with a good back half. Just for fun I thought I would see if I could restore this rare old model. I have a really nice promo of one and also one I am doing as an AWB.
As you can see from the first photo, it is definately made from two halves. I sanded and sanded and primered and sanded and primered till I got it just about right. Those vent windows were way out of scale so I am going to fix that later. Today I painted it. I'm gonna let it gas out and maybe work on it a little this weekend.

[Starry Eyes]

Nice job Sooop.. What was your paint choice? Good save on a rare kit!!!


Chuck D.

[gearbuster]

Nice work. Old valiants are cool..

[snakeplissken81]

Sweet. What color is that "Burnt Orange" maybe?

[gfgcollects]

Dave, I almost hit the floor laughing! ;D The outdoor primer grey shots reminded me of my late Grandma's somewhat larger 1963 Plymouth Belvedere. What a unit that was, push button automatic, slant six etc. and eventually that same primer grey color. Nice melding of the two bodies, and great finish color (you couldn't get that from the factory in 1963)

Gerry G

[rustybill1960]

aaaahhh sooooperdave
another tasty treat for us!
that color looks like dupli-color orange mist, yes?
nice very nice!
more please

[soooperdave]

It's Duplicolor alright but I can't find the cap. The mist is more reddish on the can. I did sprayit over a silver basecoat. It has a number on it - 424155a but I can't seem to get a hit on that on any of the search engines.

[Tim Nolan]

Yet another awesome save and incredible build on the way! Your a master Dave! Paintwork is beautiful as well.

[soooperdave]

Thanks to all for the encouraging words, I really have fun doing restorations like this. It's challenging and even tho I don't plan to make a soooper detailed model out of this, it will make a nice shelf model. Possibly to display with the altered wheelbase version of this same promo I have on the back burner. Who knows, matbe someday I will cut the hood open on this model and throw a slant six in there hehe. Or a hemi! This little diversion from my other more serious builds allows me to relax and enjoy, while watching football. I actually sorted out about 25yrs of wheels and tires today, searching for a nice "look" for this little hot rod. I hope you like my selection. Oh by the way, I am searching desperately for the other tail light! DOH!

[models4life]

The wheels really set the car off.!!!!

[ira]

[glow=red,2,300]Nice Save, Great Paint!!![/glow]

[donculley]

Great save ! Maybe Modelhaus has those taillights. They have helped me out in the past with some of those impossible to find bits

[Bert]

Lookin' good there Sooper Dave! ;D

[badroadahead]

Those wheels look great with that car.

Again, great color!

Dave

[dbash2006]

great job Dave!! love it!!