Barn find restoration

[sonicbloo]

A restoration in 3 pictures.........

As found - abandoned in an old barn



Safely recovered - at home in the garage



Ready to hit the road again



............If only it was that easy in reality !!!!!!

[4321go]

Did you sell the plate to fund the restoration?

[wolfracesonic]

It needs a miniature Johnny Smith for ultimate realism

[gruffgriff]

Love that!
Question is though, did you distress the Viper only to reverse your work in restoration or have you presented the images in reverse, i.e. you started with a pristine showroom fresh Viper, snapped it in the garage and then gave it a kicking for the barn find diorama?
Been watching too many murder mysteries lately so find myself questioning all presented evidence and proposed timelines!

[gruffgriff]

I recall WOW I-IOT was the reg of the first UK demonstrator that featured in all the mags, back in the day...

[sonicbloo]

gruffgriff said:

Love that!
Question is though, did you distress the Viper only to reverse your work in restoration or have you presented the images in reverse, i.e. you started with a pristine showroom fresh Viper, snapped it in the garage and then gave it a kicking for the barn find diorama?
Been watching too many murder mysteries lately so find myself questioning all presented evidence and proposed timelines!

I actually got the 'distressed' Viper in the mid 90's. We have camcorder footage of my eldest son, who is 28 now, playing with it when he was about 2 years old. Over the years it became battered, bits fell off and it actually only has 3 wheels now. So to answer your question, no pristine Vipers were harmed in the making of the model!

I got a second hand replacement (burago 1/18) about 3 years ago. I have approx 20 Viper models, and finally got the real thing in 2015 - but can't find the exact model in 1/18, although I have an Autoart one in red which I might paint to match

Edited by sonicbloo on Sunday 27th March 22:47

[MrVert]

That’s possibly the maddest thing I’ve seen on here….

Love it

[Simpo Two]

sonicbloo said:

Brilliant!

You just need an even tinier model on the model...

[Last Visit]

Fantastic, thats amazing. Top work.