NB Center Model Question

I asked a question a while back about the glue used on the NB Nash Healey. Julie Evans at BRK responded that they are using a stronger glue for the NB models, but did not definitively say if it was water-soluble like the old BRKs. My only advice is to be real careful.

Curiously, i did not see the Buick i mean the real car at the museum nowhere in photo?

@michel-lemieux 

It wasn't there, neither was the '54 Cadillac Fleetwood.

@mg-harv 

Thanks for your response and words of caution.

@michel-lemieux Two of the 1:1 cars were not available on the dates of the meet - the Buick Wildcat and the Cadillac.

I know the Wildcat is in Italy - I assume the Caddy also!  Gotta have something to drive over there! 😯 

@karl, both cars are in Rome. 

I would be wary of their 'stronger glue'.  Would it be better to use a very fine pair of wire clippers [not the clumsy pairs in my workshop] and neatly clip it off at its base?  Most of the upmarket Buicks came with a power antenna and I think the model may actually look more authentic.   But either way would I dare touch a $300+ model?

@mark-lampariello 

I had a similar thought, and from my model train tools I have a clipper designed to do a nice straight cut.  Like you, would I want to do it?

Interesting, because the "standard" version comes with the antenna in the down position. 

Also, the rear wheel well moldings above the fender skirts on the NB Center version are not factory correct.

I LOVE this model!

@moe-parr, you're right, it's a nice casting. Keep in mind that the NB Center model is a replica of the actual car in the NB Center collection.