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Yet another Phantom Craftman's Truck


PatW

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Built Box Stock but decals old and crusty, although I did prise a few off of the backing, by firstly giving the decal sheet 2 coats of gloss clear. Then soaking in near boiling water and getting a craft blade between the decal and paper and sliding the decal away!

As the kit decals were in short order, I found others in my collection to add to the build.

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I found that the front sat up a bit, but after checking the instructions and mounting points it was put together right.

If I can find another Nascar Truck Kit I'll have to see how I can lower the front, so it looks as they do on the tele!

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Thanks John for your comments. Yes the decals were a pain but I've learnt a bit more about decals. 

Got another Nascar in the post today from an ebayUK auction. It's an AMT ERTL 1/25 No.88 UPS Taurus, but it's whole chassis/interior is already built but not painted and they've stuck the hood and trunk on!

I've turned the body on it's roof and given it a careful dose of enamel thinners to hopefully disolve the glue. I'm also looking at lowering the front suspension (the only thing that wasn't on the chassis).

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Thanks Bruce, the Potenza decals were the largest I have because the kit Goodyears were too damaged to get off the crusty decal sheet. And it's interesting to note that I have aftermarket tyre decals from 3 different sources and none include Goodyear, must a copyright thing!

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