[gophred]

So I am going thru my sons 129. This ride came from a farmer who did a decent job painting the fenders and outside of the frame but the rest of the yellow was just painted in place. I have the front axle, rods, parts that hold the wheels and the grill painted and plan on doing the parts I can remove including the tower. I was having trouble deciding what to do with the hood, it's only has a few scratches and no rust at all, but it will stick out as old compared to the new paint,. Then again, I can't see spending the $ on a decal set. I was cleaning up the tranny cover and thought how do you paint over this? It's tough to see in the pic, but the decal and the metal at the corners are clearly worn from many hours of kids feet riding there. Then I got thinking "Patina" that wonderful fade/wear that let's you justify not painting it. So I think I am going to touch up the frame, paint all the small stuff and let the rest tell it's story.