Hot Wheels Disassembly Question.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Evansville, IN The GOCC, rebels without a clue.
St. Jude Donor '06
Hot Wheels Disassembly Question.
Before I go prying around, does anyone have any experience with taking one of the little Hotwheels 1/43 cars apart? I'm going to be painting one, as I can't find a machine silver coupe.
Thanks,
Don
Thanks,
Don
Melting Slicks
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From: the GOCC are everywhere, even back from "band camp"
Look no further than a brother GOCC. Depends how neat it needs to be underneath, but I usually just grind the rivet down with a dremel, paint strip, prime, paint, detail and reassemble using some 5 minute epoxy on the rivet. Sometimes I have enough rivet left that the epoxy is not required.
Bruce
(I"m not sniffing glue, I'm smelling to see if it's dry yet...)
Bruce
(I"m not sniffing glue, I'm smelling to see if it's dry yet...)
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Melting Slicks
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From: Evansville, IN The GOCC, rebels without a clue.
St. Jude Donor '06
Originally Posted by b_pappy
Look no further than a brother GOCC. Depends how neat it needs to be underneath, but I usually just grind the rivet down with a dremel, paint strip, prime, paint, detail and reassemble using some 5 minute epoxy on the rivet. Sometimes I have enough rivet left that the epoxy is not required.
Bruce
(I"m not sniffing glue, I'm smelling to see if it's dry yet...)
Bruce
(I"m not sniffing glue, I'm smelling to see if it's dry yet...)
It's like it was explained to that little girl in Kansas, sometimes you don't need to look any further than your own back yard.
Thanks, Pres.
Don
Melting Slicks
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From: the GOCC are everywhere, even back from "band camp"
Good deal. I have several die cast Corvettes waiting to be painted Millenium Yellow. Unfortunately the die cast industry does not share my affection (or affliction) with wagon wheels. Odd, the real car is plastiic, and the models are metal...
Bruce
(sniffffff...nope, not dry yet)
Bruce
(sniffffff...nope, not dry yet)
Melting Slicks
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From: Rochelle Illinois
C6 of Year Finalist (stock) 2019
Originally Posted by BlackOps
I now have a machine silver coupe in 1/64, 1/24, 1/18, and 1/1 size. Woo Hoo.
Thanks, Pres.
Don
Thanks, Pres.
Don
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Melting Slicks
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From: Evansville, IN The GOCC, rebels without a clue.
St. Jude Donor '06
Originally Posted by Silver85
Sounds like you are all set except fot the Mattel 1:12 scale in Silver!
Bruce, aka b_pappy helped get me started in this addiction, or as he puts it, affliction. I spent a night at his house in his spare bedroom, surrounded by his diecast collection. I haven't been the same since then.
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Originally Posted by BlackOps
Silver, nice collection. I really like your display cases. I hear that IKEA has some nice cases that do well as display cases also. Mine are getting kind of dusty, so that's my next investment.
Bruce, aka b_pappy helped get me started in this addiction, or as he puts it, affliction. I spent a night at his house in his spare bedroom, surrounded by his diecast collection. I haven't been the same since then.
Bruce, aka b_pappy helped get me started in this addiction, or as he puts it, affliction. I spent a night at his house in his spare bedroom, surrounded by his diecast collection. I haven't been the same since then.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Evansville, IN The GOCC, rebels without a clue.
St. Jude Donor '06
Originally Posted by Chucks87
Don, Are you looking for a 1/12 silver c5. They sometimes have them on sale at Mattel. I could keep an eye out.
I sent you a PM also. Thanks for the use of the banner.
Don
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