Beware of FS nutbar/rivet-counter reactions to any 1/24 portraits of your old rides ![Shocked :o](http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/Smileys/clabIcons/shocked.gif)
I don't recollect having any remaining photos, probably because "admissible evidence".
This looks to be a good brown-color starting point, then add a decade of New England salt-weathering before it wound up with me.
Rust rot was in the quarter panels, IIRC
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/RF-3a-600x450.jpg?resize=600%2C450)
Now that we're triggering latent memories, I think the Bondo was more of a flat pink. Maybe that's due to how I mixed it?
Anyone else suddenly hearing Blue Öyster Cult ? ![Grin ;D](http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/Smileys/clabIcons/grin.gif)
All I remember hearing was what I could pull in on the AM radio, which was interesting on the maiden (solo) voyage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H56qRqHfSRQ