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[Andym]

Broj five....









....two easy one left now, a smaller scale taxi and a (heinkel?)bubble car. My problem with the last two is I need to strip them first. I'm going to try the 'dettol' approach, anybody got any experience of this?

[Doomsdave]

Lovely cars.  Love the license plate on the yellow one. Clever.

[Damas]

Hi Andy,

I've used dettol on a few Lledo with no problems.  There are plenty of posts on the forum giving differing methods but this is mine. Caveat utilitor!

Get the original dettol. WEAR GLOVES!
50:50 mix with warm water in a sealable tub.
Disassemble car as required and place in liquid.
Seal and leave for two or three days, shaking occasionally.
When paint begins to lift when shaken, open lid and, using an old toothbrush or similar, scrub the paint off in the dettol. DO NOT WASH UNDER THE TAP!  This causes the paint to turn to sticky gel.
When the paint has been scrubbed off, then rinse in warm water with a touch of washing up liquid.
Allow to dry.
Paint/assemble as required.

[stone-cold-lead]

Get the original dettol.

Now which one is that? I've been looking for a good paint stripper ever since they changed the formula for Mr Muscle kitchen cleaner (making it crap for paint removal). Everyone says Dettol is the way to go but there are so many Dettol products on the market and the few I've tried haven't exactly impressed me.

Maybe a pic of the bottle so I know exactly what to look for? 

[Sixmilletoe]

How do you achieve the Frosted/weathered look on your car windows Andy?

Cheers

Chris

[Mason]

Yet more quality used cars from Andy's Motors.
 
Now you just need to be able to reverse the trick on a larger scale and you could put Arfur Daley to shame!

How do you achieve the Frosted/weathered look on your car windows Andy?

I keep forgetting to ask you that....
Is it glue?

[aircav]

More superb stuff 

[zemjw]

@stone-cold-lead

The dettol I use can be seen here - http://www.firstaidwarehouse.co.uk/xpp-dettol_liquid_500ml.html

The only problem is the figures stink for weeks/months afterwards, and plastic feels slightly brittle

[Michi]

a (heinkel?)bubble car

That is a BMW "Isetta" that you have there...
http://www.google.com/search?q=bmw+isetta&hl=de&tbo=d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=lqa4UPWTMc_csgbbioAo&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAA&biw=1280&bih=857

[TimK]

If it's the old Corgi one it's actually badged as a Heinkel - had two or three as a kid. The BMW/Isetta and the Heinkel were identical externally except for the badge on the front.

Tim

[Damas]

The dettol I use can be seen here - http://www.firstaidwarehouse.co.uk/xpp-dettol_liquid_500ml.html

The only problem is the figures stink for weeks/months afterwards, and plastic feels slightly brittle

What Zemjw said, but if you wash in warm water with some washing up liquid and rinse thoroughly in lots of water, the smell goes in less than a week in my experience.

[stone-cold-lead]

What Zemjw said, but if you wash in warm water with some washing up liquid and rinse thoroughly in lots of water, the smell goes in less than a week in my experience.

Cheers Fella's 

[Centaur_Seducer]

Bloody awesome!

[Galloping Major]

Really clever stuff 


www.gallopingmajorwargames.com

[Elk101]

These may be the best cars I have seen!  I hope I get to Salute to see this.