In my quest to patch-up Superfast cars I recently made things worse for one vehicle, a Porsche painted black all over by its previous owner.
To remove the black paint I placed it in a bath of turps.
I forgot that the turps would melt the windscreen too, which it did and the windows just poured out like honey when I got it out! Doh!
The windowless Porsche was nevertheless promptly painted midnight metallic blue, along with this Corgi car.
I left one door as it was on the Porsche as a reminder of its history.
This lovely bronze Superfast racer came my way for touching-up too.
This is before I got my orange pen out.
and after.
Now the work station is ready for another car.
I may try this red Corgi.
But perhaps not continue painting it orange! Yuk!
Metallic silver might be the chosen hue.
Plastics are odd. I remember taking two identical plastic, electronic boxes at work and using a solvent off the chemical shelves to get glue stains from sticky labels to come off. One lid came up nice and clean, the other turned to liquid and dripped into the sink!
ReplyDeleteha ha, that made me chuckle Kev! We are the plastic generation!
DeleteYou've got that pen touch up technique down pat now! That orange Superfast looks great! I touched up my vintage Dinky SPC with transparent red Tamiya paint and it looks almost new. Like you, I left the original stickers in place as a reminder of it's history.
ReplyDeleteCheers Looey, it is a very enjoyable activity. Send us a pic of that SPC!
DeleteI know Scoop has mentioned this on the blog already, by Dettol works really well at removing paint, and would be worth a try next time!
ReplyDeleteGreat tip Andy. I will have to get a bottle. It smells better than turps too!
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