Strip em' dpwm and repaint baby! Well not Lexan I guess.....

Bob...zilla

Why not? I have stripped several lexan bodies with Castrol Super Clean. It worked w/o damaging the body.

CAUTION!!! IT WILL DAMAGE YOUR SKIN IF YOU ARE NOT CAREFUL!!

Marty

Why not? I have stripped several lexan bodies with Castrol Super Clean. It worked w/o damaging the body.

CAUTION!!! IT WILL DAMAGE YOUR SKIN IF YOU ARE NOT CAREFUL!!

Marty

Cool Marty...didn't know that. Learn some thing every day. :)

Bob...zilla

Being as how Ed hasnt responded with a wise crack yet... :rolleyes:

I'll step up to the plate and remind y'all if it removes paint...

It'll remove skin as well! :freak:

Superclean is butyl based. Removing your skin is the least of your worries when using it. The list of it's atrocities on lab rats can be found on the MSDS.

Look at me...Used to swim in the stuff for years...now I'm a slot tard.

Hmm, the local guys charge about $au3 a body, and when I bought them from Karl he charged me $10 for 3 bodies and a mounting clip, so I may just elect to buy more bodies as it sounds safer ;)

BTW: picked up these two (made in china) bodies today for $au2 for the pair plus a pull back chassis - will make a nice conversion soon ...

Cheers

Richard

They Do make a neat conversion Rich, I did a couple last year and still have 1-2 kicking around Got them for a buck a pair at Big lots

They Do make a neat conversion Rich, I did a couple last year and still have 1-2 kicking around Got them for a buck a pair at Big lots

Excellent - out of curiousity, what chassis did you put it on?

Cheers

Richard

Superclean is butyl based. Removing your skin is the least of your worries when using it. The list of it's atrocities on lab rats can be found on the MSDS.

Look at me...Used to swim in the stuff for years...now I'm a slot tard.
Does it mix well with Pepsi? :thumbsup:

Here's my next project. I picked this Nissan 390 up off ebay. It came from Japan. The photo on the right is of the painted diecast. In the middle photo I stripped the 2nd body as you see it here. It is perfect for the Tyco Pan chassis with the front axle in the forward position. The left photo shows it sitting on a Tomy. I will decide which chassis I want it to fit before making the final mold for casting.

The more important issue is, with a little massaging, I can see my '86 IMSA GTP Corvette hiding in this body. photo attached of the Hendricks GTP Vette

Excellent - out of curiousity, what chassis did you put it on?

Cheers

Richard


Its a Magtrac chassis.. think a 440 will work also...

finally some new work from me, gotta love Batmobiles, chrome 55 chevies , and check out the "business card" billboards.

finally some new work from me, gotta love Batmobiles, chrome 55 chevies , and check out the "business card" billboards.

Nice work - how do you get them so shiny???? :cool:

Richard

"clear" paint over chrome

another pic of a custom resin Vampire Van (with surfboards) that I cast, and a Monkee mobile from Coach and a willys I painted up and decaled

Ed,

Those look fun. Me thinks that contest are taking away from this thread. Hmmmmm no big deal just that all the pics of Custom Cars are being posted on contest threads.

I suggest that everyone that has entered in a contest lately also post pics up here as this thread needs to be like the Energizer Bunny....Keeps on Going!

Will post my Baron Von Buggy picture up here soon, as to set an example for all you high end building slackers. LOL Oooooooooooooh please don't beat me up now....Har *Biff, Bam, Kapow* Ouch that hurt. :cry:

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/anascar9.jpghttp://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/anascar10.jpg

Bob...zilla

Ed,

Those look fun. Me thinks that contest are taking away from this thread. Hmmmmm no big deal just that all the pics of Custom Cars are being posted on contest threads.

I suggest that everyone that has entered in a contest lately also post pics up here as this thread needs to be like the Energizer Bunny....Keeps on Going!

Will post my Baron Von Buggy picture up here soon, as to set an example for all you high end building slackers. LOL Oooooooooooooh please don't beat me up now....Har *Biff, Bam, Kapow* Ouch that hurt. :cry:

Bob...zilla

Now that wasn't to hard...was it....Enjoy you Venomous Snake Sucking Vermins. *Ouch* Stop hitting me. :cry:

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/avon1.jpg

Some of my BSRT G3 Sprint Cars I race on a 6 lane MaxTrax 50' banked Indy oval.


http://i19.tinypic.com/85ut5e0.jpg

http://i3.tinypic.com/71nnv5t.jpg

finally some new work from me, gotta love Batmobiles, chrome 55 chevies , and check out the "business card" billboards.

oh man i didnt realized that you have general lee chevy - thats cool man!! how do you that orange paint? just paint over chrome like how? what kind of paint? i got silver chrome 69 charger i would like to do it .

Wes

Ed,

Those look fun. Me thinks that contest are taking away from this thread. Hmmmmm no big deal just that all the pics of Custom Cars are being posted on contest threads.

I suggest that everyone that has entered in a contest lately also post pics up here as this thread needs to be like the Energizer Bunny....Keeps on Going!

Will post my Baron Von Buggy picture up here soon, as to set an example for all you high end building slackers. LOL Oooooooooooooh please don't beat me up now....Har *Biff, Bam, Kapow* Ouch that hurt. :cry:

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/anascar9.jpghttp://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/anascar10.jpg

Bob...zilla

can never have enough "hooters" ehh?? lol.. looks good.

Wes

can never have enough "hooters" ehh?? lol.. looks good.

Wes

Yep Never have enough. lol :) ;) Hooters Chicken Breast Sandwich with Ranch smothered all over it....Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Thanks Wes. The Suburbans look good right off the "RACK" but, love to strip them down and paint them up. Many more to come in the future as I stockpiled these sweet Mamas'!

Bob...zilla

Some of my BSRT G3 Sprint Cars I race on a 6 lane MaxTrax 50' banked Indy oval.

These Sprint Cars look fast and fun to run....welcome aboard the HT train SuperFist...Choooo, Choooo all aboard. Hope to see more of your pics soon!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Ed,

I want to see pics of that Dukes 55 plowing down some road block signs and jumping over a river! Do you think your Chevy suspension could handle a jump like that? ...Har :woohoo: Hey Don't read into this as, it is not a Chevy Bashing question. lol Heck the Charger was a much newer car. That is why nothing ever happened to it........ ;)

Bob...zilla

Ok, Just a few details to clean up but this is basicly it. My latest racetruck:
And a shot with it's competition.

Ok, Just a few details to clean up but this is basicly it. My latest racetruck:
And a shot with it's competition.

That is a lot of Pink... Nice trucks Dranoel. Joez likes pink also and we all think he is KOOL. ;)

Bob...zilla

See Bobzilla monster man, see what you started.
The little bag-o-monsters you sent lead to me buying more, and worse, I have to keep my favorites hid from Seth because he hordes them all in a box, packed with a pillow on top to keep them warm, LOL.

See Bobzilla monster man, see what you started.
The little bag-o-monsters you sent lead to me buying more, and worse, I have to keep my favorites hid from Seth because he hordes them all in a box, packed with a pillow on top to keep them warm, LOL.

That clown is Sweet Ed. Looks like you have found a good source of Monsters. Love the Clown!! You sure put a new twist on the Willys here.....LOL

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/aclown1.jpg

Our son Fletcher is the same way with his Cars from the movie cars. That is neat that Seth likes Monsters. Universal Studios here he comes.

Bob...zilla

See! Scary clown has a hunger for mulleted heads. Get a haircut or scary clown will do it for you.

Anybody seen Joe?

Just made this Jeep up real quick to have a fun runner. I de-Dasied this AW Jeep and Bam....Hooters decal and used lots of Future to keep it in place.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/acrater6.jpg

Bob...zilla

Bob doesn't Daisy have Hooters?????? :freak: :confused: :freak:

Bob doesn't Daisy have Hooters?????? :freak: :confused: :freak:

Dunno Win,

Kinda looks like Daisey was on the Olympic weightlifting team to me. Check out those guns. Looks like she's been hitting the juice to me...even her ponytail is pumped up! ...and we all know what Anabolics do to hooters. :cry:

Unlike it's driver, independent testing indicates that it's one "Clean Jeep!"
Ya never cease to amaze Bob!

Dunno Win,

Kinda looks like Daisey was on the Olympic weightlifting team to me. Check out those guns. Looks like she's been hitting the juice to me...even her ponytail is pumped up! ...and we all know what Anabolics do to hooters. :cry:

Unlike it's driver, independent testing indicates that it's one "Clean Jeep!"
Ya never cease to amaze Bob!

RALMAO.....Bill,

Ginger said that also...she (not Ginger) used to be a super Hero and even trimmed some of her off...oh dang.

Luckily I did not glue her in and just drilled her from the bottom and put a plastic stick to hold her into the seat which, I also drilled a hole in...looks like she is getting a trim and re-paint job. Yeah now that I look at her...she is kinda buff. :cry:

Bob...zilla

Bob doesn't Daisy have Hooters?????? :freak: :confused: :freak:

Now I have to re-do her TODAY! Will post pics later as we have guest over now.

win43,

Yet another reason that your 442 post are not done yet. LOL

Bob...zilla

Daisy,? I thought it was Joez with a hair dye.

That jeep is hot business! What are those wheels, aluminums all around?

For those of us who watch EvilBay, Buds HO likes to put 3 bodies at a time up for auction. Im crouched in the bidding position waiting for some of these CJs so I can work my own majik on them...

Daisy,? I thought it was Joez with a hair dye.

No saving that version for a painted up pink one...Har!

That jeep is hot business! What are those wheels, aluminums all around?

For those of us who watch EvilBay, Buds HO likes to put 3 bodies at a time up for auction. Im crouched in the bidding position waiting for some of these CJs so I can work my own majik on them...

grungerrockjeepe,

Hope you get all the Jeeps you need. These Jeeps are great for drivers and thought about putting a rear spare tire on (used some Poster Putty to hold one on to see how it looks) but, first I need to fix my Gal.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/abaaad1.jpg

Yep they are aluminum rims (say that while holding your tongue...wait that's "SHIP" you do that with). These are some old ones I picked up off of Pay Bay and jigged them up in my Battery Operated Dremel chuck to polish. These rims are the ones with the teensy tiny allen lug to hold them onto the smooth axles. This picture does not show how shiny these rims really are (like a mirror) but, the picture from my last post here does.

I use a small piece of white plastistruc tubing that holds my axle and lets the jaws of the dremel just barely tighten down. Then grab a piece of that red scrub pad that they use to polish up copper fittings before hard soldering (like the green kitchen scrub pads...those will work also) Put some Mothers or Eagle One Aluminum Mag polish on your scrub pad and jam it into the rim real good and apply power till you get smoke...really!

Then just take a paper towel and clean up all the black gunk left over the same way. Now you have high polished aluminum rims. I did this on some front Cone AJ's also and they shined up very well on Baron Von Buggy. Hey be careful when removing the polish.....moving parts and all....paper towel is what I use because that will rip first before it can tear up your hands.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/abaaad2.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/abaaad3.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/abaaad4.jpg

Had to use ELO (EASY LIFT OFF) to get the white paint off of the headlights. AW really does not want these to be clear...soaked and scrubbed, soaked and scrubbed.....that white paint they use for the head lights on this Jeep is tough stuff. When taking off the tampo Eagle detail...ELO was used and came off fast and easy. I always use rubber gloves when working with ELO. If you don't then your hands are going to feel PAIN! Once was enough for me thank you. :cry:

I used some plastistruc with wire inside of it to mount the Hooters girl. Drill a small hole with my hand Mandrill just big enough that you have to jam it into the seat and it stays in that way. Keep it flat with the underside edge to keep it out of any moving parts as this baby has tight clearance.

Luckily this Hooters gal was not glued in. She has a hole drilled up her waist by using a Hand Mandrill that just kept her on very well. Whew cause this Chick is way to BUFF.

Was going to trim her Buffness off today but, some good friends of ours and their kids came over for most of the day. Then tried to get a trailer sticker made up and can't get the colors to print out right (friggin printer)....Aaaaaaah.

Will post picks of this Jeep again but, with a new slimmed down Hooters waitress version. Plastic Surgeon Bob...zilla on the job.

Bob...zilla

Nice work on the rims, Ill try that polishing trick on my next set. I need to score a ton of extra ansen sprints (like AFX put on their CJ-7s) for my future AW cjs. Id love for someone to copy those someday, slot mags look KILLER on a jeep. Pretty much everything else too.

Where do you get that ELO? Ill have to get some of that and do some experimenting.

And also where'd you get the hooters girl and do they have any other styles of little dudes? Id like to find a little spike haired, goateed alterna-dude so I can full on complete my replica of my own Jeep....

Great Jeep, Bob! :thumbsup:

I don't s'pose they come in pink? LOL

Daisy,? I thought it was Joez with a hair dye.

AhHA! Gotcha, Ed!
Clearly, from ol-Bobzillas pic, that buff chick doesn't have a mullet! The hair is all pulled back into a ponytail! :D

yeah great jeep man!!!! :thumbsup:

Wes

This is the fixed up version of the Hooters gal...

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/agirl.jpg

This is the before...

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/acrater6.jpg

Another project done...finally!

Bob...zilla

good Job Bob, now she has boobies lol...


Coach

Always cast in color,never painted..i just loooove them Nomads!!
DRAGjet Resins

Did this car about 5 years ago or more.
DRAGjet

Nice to see you posting some of your awesome work Chris. I love that yellow nomad with green glass.

:thumbsup: Love those Willy's!
DRAGjet

Front tire against chassis shadow looks a bit squared off!LMAO!!

Coming soon: Colder than a witches _ _ t here in Nebraska but, managed to squeeze off 6 cars yesterday with the aid of a heater and hair dryer in the garage. Just felt the need to spray....so I did.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/afuture1.jpg

5 of these were sprayed in flat and one (amazingly didn't drip) in gloss yellow that was primed first. Never fear as YES there was failure with a blue 57 Suburban....aaaaaaaaaaaah that is the one I needed the most. Oh dang!

After these flat painted cars get decaled and detailed the Future will be applied and they will shine like a diamond. This is how the Mullet Beer truck started out...flat. A slot car builder has to do what a slot car builder has to do......brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr freakin' brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr..... :drunk:

Bob...crazed painter...zilla

Easy come and easy go... this one already was claimed in a recent trade.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/ared2-1.jpg

If you have not noticed yet "red" is my favorite color! More to come...

Bob...zilla

Yes it was claimed.. in a heavy trade!!
I now am the proud owner of a Zilla custom..I like it. still hasn't seen the track.. but then neither have I..
Nice Job Bob!
It stay in the collection.. !!
Chris

I've just started moulding and casting, so mine are a bit rough, a couple of unfinished BMW 2002's ...

I'll trade you with a resin cast Ferrari F50
You can see it here:
http://www.hobbytalk.com/bbs1/showthread.php?t=208819

I dont me the first cast, I'll cast another for you blue/white/yellow

It will cost us about $4-6 for mailing to each other, maybe we can add more things to make more out of it.

i cast this renault alpine a-310 body from a tomica diecast...

Beautiful Alpine!! I have a Lancia Fulvia of yours from ebay.
Did you ever get my e-mail message about clear-coating? I want to protect the decals from peeling.

Future? Varnish spray?

I'll trade you with a resin cast Ferrari F50
You can see it here:
http://www.hobbytalk.com/bbs1/showthread.php?t=208819

I dont me the first cast, I'll cast another for you blue/white/yellow

It will cost us about $4-6 for mailing to each other, maybe we can add more things to make more out of it.

I'm always up for a trade, but we're heading off overseas on holidays tomorrow ... have a look at my site http://routedtrack.hobby-site.com as I've cast an Enzo Ferrari and Datsun 240Z as well, if you're interested.

Cheers

Richard