rs2man Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Last week I started building the newly reissued Airfix beach buggy and it was going really well , but then on Friday I decided I wasn't happy with the paint on the body. No problem , I thought , chucking the body into a pot of Revell's excellent paint remover . Then life got in the way and I spent the weekend working on the missus's Volvo to get it through the MoT , so didn't get back into the shed till last night , by which time the paint remover had attacked the plastic . Hopefully I'll be able to pick up another kit at the Stoke model show on Sunday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 If it hasn't distorted or eaten it, shove it in the airing cupboard for a few weeks. I made this mistake on my FROG Comet when the silver paint went wrong. I did recover it, eventually, but it was difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rs2man Posted August 10, 2021 Author Share Posted August 10, 2021 7 minutes ago, bentwaters81tfw said: If it hasn't distorted or eaten it, shove it in the airing cupboard for a few weeks. I made this mistake on my FROG Comet when the silver paint went wrong. I did recover it, eventually, but it was difficult. Sadly , I think it's beyond practical redemption since the stripper has badly crazed the plastic , most severely in all the bits you can't get at to sand such as round the headlamps . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbostream Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Don't know what's in Revell's paint remover (I have never used it) but Tamiya's paint remover seems safe, forgot 4 rims in it for about a week and they were fine. Or is it the plastic in Airfix kits that is the problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redstaff Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 I know where you're coming from, I put a Belkits mantas body a few years ago and the window pillars went that soft they distorted 😣 Managed to source a new shell in the end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rs2man Posted August 10, 2021 Author Share Posted August 10, 2021 1 hour ago, dbostream said: Don't know what's in Revell's paint remover (I have never used it) but Tamiya's paint remover seems safe, forgot 4 rims in it for about a week and they were fine. Or is it the plastic in Airfix kits that is the problem? Airfix plastic is fine - I've stripped their stuff before . Revell stripper must be pretty aggressive though , since it will easily strip Halfords aerosol paints . No blame can be laid at any door other than mine though- I simply left it in the stripper too long . All is not lost though as I have a cunning plan . A trawl of my memory caused me to recall an article in the August 1972 issue of Airfix Magazine converting the Airfix Beetle to a Baja Bug . At that time it involved finding or scratchbuilding an engine and buying a Ford 3 litre GT just for the wheels , but since I have all the bits from the Beach Buggy I only need a cheap Beetle . 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Yuk. I did that with a 3D SLA printed model and some IPA. It expanded and delaminated over a 24 hour period. I did manage to get it glued back together and partially filled, but it'll take a little more work to get it back to factory finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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