I've had good success stripping paint from models with Easy-Off "Heavy-Duty" Oven Cleaner (in the yellow can). I also use Scale Coat stripper which is sold in hobby shops; it's a little pricey but is reusable. The body and fenders on this AMT '40 were sprayed with an unknown bright blue enamel that was the only thing I've seen that oven cleaner wouldn't cut at all. The Scale Coat literally washed the paint off in minutes down to the ivory plastic you see here. Looked like it was never painted...
A few images from Stick Shift's "Pizza & Plastic" model car get together, last evening... More pics at the link... http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c214/marty1961/Model Shows/Pizza and Plastic 2011/
There was a hudson in my town that a guy built in the late 50's early 60's running a 6 deuce 392 and push button trans. It was a really cool car. It was chopped and shaved too. The last I heard the owner passed away and the widow sold it to a guy out of state. I haven't seen the car since the early 90's. Matt
Basic Slot Car builds.. Got two wood ovals and a dragstrip... Some east coast mods.. dragstrip stuff .. the 33 Coupe was built for the Slot Car Land Speed record held this summer.. took 3rd in the unlimited class.. all out anything goes.. clocked out close to 1,500 MPH in scale crazy huh.. Thanks Wood
My favorite model: China Doll, built 30 years ago from the IMC kit: Body is channeled with the door bottoms removed. Grille is the custom piece from the Jo-Han '63 Rambler; front bumpers are '55 Pontiac and the front roll pan is cut from the roof and windshield frame of a '40 Ford. Dash is Henry J since channeling it took away some legroom. Continental kit is from the same '63 Rambler, taillights are stock turned sideways with bullet lenses to look like '52 Buick. Rear bumper is thinned-down '49 Merc. I molded the trunk and rear fenders together; basically I wanted it to look like an early Continental. I wish I'd built more customs; I still have sketches of a radical custom '48 Ford coupe based on the IMC kit, a partly-completed chopped and sectioned '49 Ford coupe and a nearly-finished '51 Chevy hardtop in dark purple metallic with Henry J tailfins, '60 Comet taillights placed horizontal below the decklid, '59 Vette rear bumper, and in front an inverted '62 Dodge grille and a '54 Chevy grille bar (minus teeth!) for the front bumper, and '61 Caddy wheel covers.
Wow, what a fantastic Sunday Models this one was! Too many to comment on individually other than saying that every build presented is top quality! Superb! Man I have to get my arse in gear and start building again. Here is an old build, the only slot car I had finished sorry its not exactly HAMB worthy. Check out some other work...... http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v613/docwatson1938/Models/#!cpZZ1QQtppZZ24 Doc.
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