Hi all,
Neat that this is sort of catching on. Fixing up old models is a big part of this.
My thread which Bill is referring to is called ‘Some Vintage Models I am Restoring’ and is in the ‘Autos’ department.
It’s a story about this whole lot of models I scored on ebay. They were built in the 1960’s I reckon, and when I opened the box I discovered some amazing aspects to the builds.
I refer to the builder as Unknown Builder, because I have no idea who the person is, he/she, old/young, I don’t know. But there were some amazing aspects to the builds which have stood the test of time. They have inspired me in my pursuit of the hobby.
Most of the builds in that thread, however were not properly glued together (sometimes modellers can do amazing things but totally lack basics). So my ‘job’ was get them back to a complete state, while preserving the Unknown Builders great work, adding from my own bag of tricks what is needed to create a complete model.
So to me, it was like a time-capsule, and I was able to revive something from the past, from the ‘heyday of model cars’ if you will. I’ve learned loads from the process so far, and this is still a work in progress.
This was a real lucky find tho. Usually the case is more that I’ll have my own adolescent-built glue-bombs to fix up. Or someone elses, if I’m lucky. With the price of and in fact relative scarcity of model kits today, I find that reworking old ones is a very good option. A brand new take on an old butchered build is usually just some Easy-Off and a parts box away 
Whether the subject merits it’s own forum or not, I really don’t know. Restoration is certainly one interesting aspect of scale modelling, that’s what I can say for sure.
Cheers and happy modelling,
Blake
