Lunajammer Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 "...As exciting as watching paint dry." I've seen a few posts lately about how folks accidentally melted something by heat, chemical or otherwise, in an effort to cut a corner, speed something up or plain old negligence. It's amusing to see how many ways that happens (and I think we've all done it). So, how'd it happen? Mine was typical. Put a part by the heat register to speed up the paint drying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 (edited) I was a kid. Took the first decent paintjob model I'd done, a '63 Pontiac, on vacation to work on it in the motel room at night. Left it under the plastic convertible window in the back of the car one afternoon. Very sad. :( Edited November 17, 2013 by Ace-Garageguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunajammer Posted November 17, 2013 Author Share Posted November 17, 2013 a '63 Pontiac Oooooooooo. That hurts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 When I was a kid, we melted our models on purpose. Styrene burns real good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin T Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 When I was a kid, we melted our models on purpose. Styrene burns real good! Choose your weapon: Fire crackers or Roman candles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LokisTyro Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 I still have the remnants of one that became the victim of a torch. I tried to create a car that was in an accident. In a sense I achieve my goal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKcustoms Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 I've melted parts with glue and one time I melted a body with too much thinner in my paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chillyb1 Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 I was trying to correct a slight warp in this BMW hood; as you can see, it fit perfectly after my correction: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shardik Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 I was trying to correct a slight warp in this BMW hood; as you can see, it fit perfectly after my correction: Maybe you could iron it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 I was trying to correct a slight warp in this BMW hood; as you can see, it fit perfectly after my correction: Oh, that's sad. Makes me cringe... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrherald420 Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 I was trying to correct a slight warp in this BMW hood; as you can see, it fit perfectly after my correction: Time for a big block chevy swap with a huge blower on top of it.....no need for a hood then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Handley Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Time for a big block chevy swap with a huge blower on top of it.....no need for a hood then! Sounds like it would make a good phantom Roadkill project car, I think they've only had a few cars on there that they could keep the hood on for the entire show........most of those were driven during a real winter or during the spring when snow started flying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Eh? Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 (edited) Bill, I too was a kid. I had completed the Gemini capsule, detail painted it and all. Thought that it looked good sitting on top of the lampshade of my desk lamp. The heatshield could not hold up to the heat given off by the bulb and the bottom melted out. : ( Edited November 17, 2013 by Bill Eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Dehydrators are bad.....humkay (especially the ones without temp control like mine) WIP '36 Ford Roadster with '37 head light buckets, trying to make a Danbury Mint styrene copy. Top was a clear piece of unknown origin (kit historians?) anyhooo....placed it in the dehydrator and took a nap.... woke up to this major FAIL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooneyzs Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Many many years ago (probably 20 years ago) I remember building the LAPD pro stock camaro and well I painted the roll cage and I had put it under my desk lamp to heat it up to help it dry faster. When I came back to take a look at it, I moved the lamp and well the part was gone. I then realized I put the lamp too close to the roll cage and it was stuck to the light bulb. And we'll it wasn't the same shape anymore and it was jacked up. I learn to never put the lamp that close anymore to help paint dry...lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toner283 Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Dehydrators are bad.....humkay (especially the ones without temp control like mine) WIP '36 Ford Roadster with '37 head light buckets, trying to make a Danbury Mint styrene copy. Top was a clear piece of unknown origin (kit historians?) May have been out of the AMT/Ertl 37 Chevy cabriolet kit. It had a convertible top molded on the clear sprue. (had a custom smoothie hood molded in clear too!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDO Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Somewhere on this site is a picture of a distorted pink and purple Packard boattail speedster that I left in the back seat of my car for a week. This was in February. In Texas, of course. It was after the San Antonio IPMS contest. I accidentally broke off the hood ornament the night before, and it was my only Packard model. Eh, it's IPMS. They're all about tanks and planes. No one will notice a Duesenberg ornament. Uhhh...they did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randx0 Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 I had just started earning money and purchased a vintage Imc Volkswagen kit for $35 (regular kits were going for $7-$8 Johan kits $5) the body was slightly warped. I read some where to place in hot water and bend back to shape , well to me hot water was boiling water . That sucker shrunk faster than a Shrinky Dink . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 (edited) I've never melted a model but I did leave a bag of Gummi Bears (note - correct German is Gummi not Gummy) on the dashboard of my '66 Valiant once. They melted into the defroster ducts and the car smelled great for at least a year! Edited November 17, 2013 by Tom Geiger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisBcritter Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 I have a '60 Chevy wagon promo that had some warpage; placed it next to a wall heater to try to straighten it a bit. The plastic had other ideas... now I just display the driver's side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 I've never melted a model but I did leave a bag of Gummi Bears (note - correct German is Gummi not Gummy) on the dashboard of my '66 Valiant once. They melted into the defroster ducts and the car smelled great for at least a year! I know what I doing this summer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 May have been out of the AMT/Ertl 37 Chevy cabriolet kit. It had a convertible top molded on the clear sprue. (had a custom smoothie hood molded in clear too!) Thanks...gonna place a request for one in the Want Page Gotta put a '36 back on my build pile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenrat Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 (edited) I use a strong caustic soda solution to strip chrome. Caustic Soda dissolving in water is an exothermic reaction (it gets hot). I forgot just how exothermic when stripping some Revell 32 Ford suspension parts in a fresh batch. Edited November 17, 2013 by zenrat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jantrix Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 I know what I doing this summer Use Jolly Ranchers. They smell even better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathgoblin Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Never melted a model doing this. I've melted my share of cassette and CD cases in my various cars, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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