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It's not just the wing, it's the grille piece too And a big crack in the bonnet.
I think that's too much to build from scratch, so you either find another body that's broken in different places & do a cut & shut, or get new body & nose & swap the glass & tailgate over. Or get a Lexan body (as included in the Brat re-re). Another alternative, repaint & then artfully weather that corner to look like crash damage. TBH though, I don't know if you want a boxart Mud Blaster, but without spending a lot of money it's still going to be a shed - so I'd stick a Beetle body on it, call it a "Mud badword" & have fun with it in circumstances you'd be worried to ruin/get dirty something better Mad Max or zombie apocalypse style mods would also be appropriate under the circumstances..
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Thanks, there's some nice ideas there to think about.
I was wondering if the plastic can be heated in boiling water & reshaped into its basic shape & rebuilt with some kind of filler. Plenty to think about. 🤔 |
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This what I've got so far, I beat it into submit ion with a paint stripping gun, shaved the plastic as flat as I could with a Stanley knife backed it with some plasticsrd & rebuilt it with milliput.
I don't think it will survive a crash but it should look OK on display. Detailing this body is a complete pain, hopefully it'll pay off. Excuse the colour, its all I could find in the shed. 😬 Attachments:
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That is pretty badword good, especially considering what you started with
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Thanks, I'm pretty pleased with it so far. I'm enjoying the challenge more than anything. 👍
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Wahhhooo very nice work. Congrats.
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Wow very nice job !
You were brave to follow that path! I would have gotten a body shop to cut out the parts and replace them. Anyway, great result! Proud owner of the Bruiser Family
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