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Maybe but I know that the Kent is one of the best. The wurstis good too but the odour...

I'd be careful with brake cleaner if I were you, it's a solvent specifically designed for degreasing, & most stuff like that goes for most plastics.

Probably a bit late now, but if you have a look in my Thundershot resto, I've highlighted the various points to look for splits/cracks in the chassis/suspension mountings. You can avoid the splitting of the harder plastic by heating the screws up before screwing them in, or warm them up with a soldering iron once they're installed, to relieve the stress that causes the splitting

eddrick wrote:

Probably a bit late now, but if you have a look in my Thundershot resto, I've highlighted the various points to look for splits/cracks in the chassis/suspension mountings. You can avoid the splitting of the harder plastic by heating the screws up before screwing them in, or warm them up with a soldering iron once they're installed, to relieve the stress that causes the splitting

Thanks Eddrick, i will keep that in mind for the next resto's

Very interesting method Eddrick

Well, it works, so why not....
Theory is the plastic splits cos it's always under stress cos the screw doesn't properly cut a thread in it cos it's too hard. So, if you make the screw hot, it moulds a thread into the plastic thus relieving the stress.

Works well for getting seized/rusty screws out of plastic too

Hi all,
Well it's been a while since i started this topic...
I hadn't much time to keep the progress going on as baby N° 2 arrived august the 19th
Of course the night are a bit short and i managed to keep the work going on while the baby and the rest of the family is sleeping

I finished painting the driver figure, from the outside as the brake fluid and brake cleaner could not remove all the previous paint.


Note the small "sabelt" stickers on the safety belts They're left overs from a 1/24 scale Rally car i've built


A few flaws on Benny's helmet I had to repaint the white part after sanding the red flaws

And the finished car














This Thundershot will join my other cars on the shelf now
for a few week only.
I'm moving ending october to my new house and i have to pack all my models carefully hoping that nothing will get dammaged during the transportation.

Thanks for looking
Manotas

Top job mate good luck with the move

Very good job Manotas

Very nice work.
And congratulations on the new born!

Manotas wrote:

Are you playing "Hannibal"?