In case the cat didn’t make it obvious enough, I am a person who likes rescuing things.
In mid-August 2014, on Blab, fellow hobbyist Amanda Reed shared an eBay link to the dirtiest FAM I’ve ever seen:
In mid-August 2014, on Blab, fellow hobbyist Amanda Reed shared an eBay link to the dirtiest FAM I’ve ever seen:
She was so gross that people didn’t know what she was - a supremely yellowed and/or scorched alabaster? A partially stripped bay or heavily damaged appaloosa?
Well, she pinged my rescue nerve, so I made an offer significantly lower than the BIN price and to my surprise, the seller accepted. I received her a few days later and broke out my trusty bottle of old Lestoil. I made a thread about her on Blab called “One Ugly Duckling” to track her progress. Most of the photos here are from that thread.
As soon as I started working on her, it became clear that all the brown goo was grease splatter. The seller acquired the model as-is in Nashville, but nothing else was known about her. I wonder if she was just hanging around in a diner somewhere as part of the decor. Here's what her back looked like after the first round of Lestoil and some industrious scrubbing:
After half a bottle of Lestoil, a bunch of toothpaste, and lots time in a sunny window, she looks pretty darn good. She lost some paint from her mane/tail in the process, but I’m really pleased with how she came out. Apologies for the relatively shitty pics; my camera setup back then wasn't the best.
I named her Ducky.
Here are both sides of her, from start to finish.
Here are both sides of her, from start to finish.
(Bottom photo taken today with a much better camera)
(Bottom photo taken today with a much better camera)
Quite the transformation.
Here's a pic of our little rescue man from this morning, also, for tax. He's about the cutest thing ever.
