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midget 427!?!?! i do think so.


blueoval92

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While shopping around at hobby town today the owner informed me about an upcoming model show and contest they are gonna be having in store on Oct. 13. He was telling me that they will be a hobby town only kits catagory and only kits purchased from hobby town would be allowed to enter that category. So i decided to build my midget racer i got from there as a break from my current project. While taking it off the shelf i happened to look at my ford 427 parts pack engines i got in a little while ago and a crazy thought crossed my mind.

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parts to be stripped removed from tree.

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i was reading about this in a post and decided to try it.

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will start soaking the chrome parts and glueing the body together and try to prime it tonight. should be a fun, interesting build.

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got the chrome parts soaking. man that stuff works great. they have only been sitting for an hour or so and are almost completely stripped. I got the body parts primed and drying. Trying to decide right now what color to paint them.

Glad to hear that stuff is working. I love it. Cheap too $1 a bottle. :)

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what are you guys using for chrome stripper? i use castrol super clean.... how long does it take your stuff to work? and im sure it is cheaper than castrol......its like 9 bucks a gallon!

cheers

bryan

The name and stuff is listed in my thread Bryan. Used it today. $1 a bottle.

http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=63246&hl=

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the third pic at start of thread is what we are talking about, thats the half gallon bottle i paid $3 for it.

Chrome is all scrubber, rinsed, and stripped. Also got the main body parts primed and are about ready to start glueing, may leave them to dry a little more over night.

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also decided what colors to use. going with wimbledon white and a custom mixed red.

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little better shot of the red

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got the parts fully primed and drying, sorta fixed my old "poor man" paint oven so i can cut the time down to 2-4 hours. will start glueing the body and frame together so i can start trying to fit the engine once it is painted.

Pics to come, just not sure if they will be on tonight or not, i plan to work kind of late on this one.

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well due to my airbrush clogging for a reason i have yet to find out, have it sitting in some solvent right now, i have been forced to stop for tonight. got a couple of body parts painted, engine block, heads, and intake painted. and several other small parts painted. gonna try and clean my airbrush in the morning and get to spraying some more parts. here where im at so far.

some parts sitting in my drying oven.

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the creatix didnt do so bad. i mixed it a little thin at first and it ran slightly but i corrected, sanded the part, and resprayed with no problems.

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some body parts with color on them

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also got the frame glued to the bottom body pan and the rear axle assembly glued together.

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