Cheers Jonny! Well, here's an image of the chassis crack. Pretty sure I won't be able to do anything with that, without it looking rubbish? But the wheel refurb is coming along ok, here's the first one, next to the next one that will be getting treatment........ |
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Last edit: by sheriff.
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Well I don't know ... it's pretty ugly, but is possibly salvageable - but it's a judgement call as to whether it's worth it in terms of time & effort - and whether it'll be as strong as it needs to be... I'm thinking dremel out the crack a little (to get rid of any glue residue & to relax the obvious stretching), degrease & key the underside of the broken area with 240 grit wet & dry, mask over the crack & the surrounding area on the top side, mix up some resin & layer up with fibreglass mat, recut the drive shaft hole, fill the crack from the topside with car body filler & sand back, mask up & prime, sand back with 1200 to 2000 grit wet & dry, & spray colour - I think Humbrol #85 Coal Black Satin (www.humbrol.com...ers-spray/) would be a reasonable match, especially if you can feather the edges with foam J-tape or similar .... That's certainly what I'd do, _if_ getting a replacement chassis wasn't possible - but as they are available, albeit expensively, you've got to balance the cost of doing it, and your time ... and take the risk that it may break in the same place. Overall ... I think I'd shell out for the new chassis, myself.
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Last edit: by Jonny Retro.
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Hmmmm, unfortunately I might have to go for the later (but new chassis), as I struggle for time at the moment due to business (emailing now while machine is cutting graphics!). Thanks for the very good instructions though, it is tempting.
Wheels looking good yeah, not quite as 'white' as I'd like, big improvement though. Will splash out on some new tyres for them (god this car will owe me a fortune!!) |
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Tony (Europro975) has a new Bigwig chassis on Ebay, cgi.ebay.co.uk/...0343563663 - |
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