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09/04/2019 2:31 pm
Too ambitious?
Dennis, you got me inspired. Disassembling and painting this wrecker may turn into a nightmare, but hell... why not? I want to repaint it red and white and put my Shambles Salvage custom decals on it.George is right... the screws were tight and difficult not to strip the heads. I used some PB Blaster to loosen them and they came right out. After painting the wheels, the hubs wouldn't fit back in so I had to scrape the paint in those locations and glue them back in.
I had one of these DB wreckers in my last connection and "weathered" it. I've always hated the yellow wheels so, last night I took them off, primed and painted them black, and reinstalled. Tedious, but got her done.
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09/04/2019 4:33 pm
Nice Job
But I really want to see that 61 Pontiac when its. done.
10/04/2019 2:48 am
Good work.
10/04/2019 3:32 am
Nice work John ....
Very nicely done
Looks good
Those screw are cinched in good and tight
I like to wrench on real 1:1 from time to time so I know all to well about breaking off a bolt, stripping out a head and have to drill it out
On these lil tiny cars ... I elected to take it easy
Be smooth
Thanks for the PB Blaster tip ... happen to have few cans in the garage tight beside Water Displacement 40
so what is your plan / how are you going to remove the decals and not harm the paint?
Or
You don't care because your repainting the entire body?
Let me know
GR8T pic
Keep us updated
I want to kleen a few tricks from one of the masters ... LOL
10/04/2019 3:35 am
Its a great hobby John Good Luck
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10/04/2019 8:56 am
Funny you should ask, Dennis...
... I was going to see if anyone had advice on removing the decals without damaging the paint. I suppose I could just put a few coats of primer over them, then paint and see if they show through. I'm hoping the wrecker assembly will come off in one piece. If it does, I'll leave it red.
10/04/2019 10:21 am
I've been asking around ... and so far
I reached out to George B
He sez there are 2 types of decals
Tampo ... which I have no idea what that means
Then there is the decal you soak in water and then apply .... I think those are the easy ones to remove
Going to search online
Let me know what you find out
10/04/2019 10:43 am
Decals
Water slide decals can be removed by applying decal setting solution. I have used it on plastic models without any harm to paint or the plastic. Tampo can sometimes be removed with rubbing alcohol and a Q tip. As with any process a little caution and discretion should be used. Good Luck
10/04/2019 12:21 pm
Thanks Robert ... GB said the same thing ... so I'm doing that route first
Topic starter
10/04/2019 3:44 pm
thanks for yalls replies...
different advice is welcomed. I've been building and collecting models for decades but still have a lot to learn:
http://www.shamblesmodels.com/
11/04/2019 1:58 pm
And a lot of knowledge to impart as well, John.
I'm off now to raid the kitchen for aluminum foil. Trying to attempt to replicate a fender that has had many hits and many repairs - a Saturday afternoon dirt track racer.
The project is taking forever as I'm taking on-board some new techniques - but that's OK and as they say on PBS, "learning is fun".