02-01-2010, 10:28 PM
Since I was sitting around at the workbench anyway, I decided to make a start on this tonight. I took the car apart, and removed the weight from the floor. Cut of the melted plastic nubs holding it down, but it was also glued. Took some cutting with a hobby knife between the floor and the weight to get it off.
Then I sanded the floor a bit to remove the high spots left from the glue, then filled in the center depression and glue spots with green putty. Shaved of the grabs, stirrups, and door rails, and removed the data from the right side of the car. Also dug through my stock of doors, found these 7 footers which will serve, even though the proto photo has 6 foot doors.
I also noticed that the rivet line at the top of the car by the roof is completely wrong. I'm debating whether to shave it off or not. If I was completely repainting the car, I would shave it off, but since I will be using the blue color of the plastic, it would be tough to hide the modification.
Just noticed that the bottom sill is different too. A little bit of cutting should fix that.
Then I sanded the floor a bit to remove the high spots left from the glue, then filled in the center depression and glue spots with green putty. Shaved of the grabs, stirrups, and door rails, and removed the data from the right side of the car. Also dug through my stock of doors, found these 7 footers which will serve, even though the proto photo has 6 foot doors.
I also noticed that the rivet line at the top of the car by the roof is completely wrong. I'm debating whether to shave it off or not. If I was completely repainting the car, I would shave it off, but since I will be using the blue color of the plastic, it would be tough to hide the modification.
Just noticed that the bottom sill is different too. A little bit of cutting should fix that.
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