Joe Handley

Ford had a major issues with fires years ago, IIRC, it went back farther than 1992 as shown in this. https://www.autosafety.org/ford-cruise-control-deactivation-switch-recalls-and-history/ BMW was also having issues with this, not just on the BMWs as shown in the articles, but with Minis too. https://abcnews.go.com/US/bmw-recalls-million-vehicles-fire-risk/story?id=50922136

Salt water is a good way to neutralize Lithium batteries?

I want a uniform surface for the filler, cement/glue, primer, and paint to adhere to. I'm planning on use Evergreen engineering shapes as well as sheet to fill in all the many, many odd shaped holes that were either part of the kit or created when I cut/ground/filed/carved/sanded time machine stuff off of it. I can't test any painting procedures on the chrome since the body appears to be a different, better chrome than used on the rest of plated pieces in the kit, or any other Round 2 kit I've bought from any of the different brands offered by them.

I’ve had bleach work in years past, I’m beginning to think that I’m going to need to just bare down with sand paper on this one though.

I may to try that if the bleach doesn’t work, otherwise, it’s a lot of sanding since this is a surprisingly hard surface and I don’t want to get too aggressive with the sand paper.

That’s what I was thinking after seeing that copper layer too, looks just like what I’ve seen on How It’s Made for chrome plastic auto parts. I am kinda baffled why they went this far on this kit, but don’t appear to have on other kits though.

It’s supposed to work on paint and chrome, but this chrome seems to be automotive grade, there’s hints of copper where I cleaned up the release lines, so I’m hoping that the bleach might actually work for this!

I got some yellow can Easy Off to strip the chrome of this Delorean and all it’s done is waste time an money! It’s been soaking in it for over 20 hours now. I’m about ready to try bleach at this point!

It is amazing how much that changed the look of this truck, isn’t t?!

Thank You!

Here’s that Delorean from last weekend, got a few things done with it this week. And the Futura!

Thanks, I'm looking forward to warmer weather so I can get it into primer and then finish any body work on it!

Thanks guys!

I’d rather keep the weight light back there, though a 2.4l Twin Cam engine or a 3800SC would be options here…….even if one is an Olds engine and the other is a Buick engine.

Here’s a few pics of my build compared to the kit in the box posted to show the difference. This body is far better than the body I’m using for the conversion and would be good for making into the movie car, just need to do something about the severely warped chassis! And here’s how warped that chassis is!

Thanks! Not gonna be engine swapping it though, it’s a curbside with a manual shifter molded in the center console floor pan and an automatic transaxle as part of the chassis plate???

Thanks, I was surprised how well they fit the car and how much of an attitude change they made for it to!

Thanks, and I did see that after watching their Tesla powered C10 build. There’s some stuff I wasn’t crazy about, but liked the direction. Think if I were going to build a Delorean and keep if ICE motivated, I’d consider a 3.6l Pentastar V-6 with some sort of better transaxle. Reason for that engine is that they’re light, compact enough to fit in a minivan engine bay, have all 3 exhaust runners Siamesed into a single port on each head that would make exhaust much easier to build, even with mufflers and cats in the equation, plus make good power with the non-Hybrid versions. My 200 and Dad’s Grand Caravan are both rated at 283hp on plain old 87 octane, and these engines take well to boost as well as corn fuel too!

Ok, I’m getting this Polar Lights Delorean started too now. I wanted to get the time machine stuff removed and and the stance set with the Big and Little Pegasus Hella wheels. Still need to fill in all of the holes for the time machine parts that were to be clipped on as well as molded in place, rebuild the portion of the center stack I cut off, and if anybody has a suggestion on how to get rid of this plating on the body, I’m all ears since the Purple Pond only seems to have removed the matte or semi-gloss clear from the plating I haven’t ground through to remove the molded in external wires. I don’t want to finish filling in those holes in the body until that’s gone. Here’s the box for one of the 2 kits I have. Then here’s my mock up with the Big&Little Hellas from Pegasus. Now how it sits now, after removing most of the molded in time machine stuff then modifying the wheel openings to better clear the tires, though there may be some slight tubbing in the chassis plate’s future. Finally, here’s the semi assembled interior showing off all the holes I need to fill between what won’t be needed and what holes I created cutting molded in things off……..as well as drew a little blood in the process there……..

I’m getting started at cleaning the time machine parts off the Polar Lights BttF Delorean and clearancing the fenders for the big Pegasus rolling stock, but have found removing the wiring around the flares tricky and am trying to use the purple pond to strip the plating, but I think all it’s done is make it shinier at this point, like there is a dull or semigloss clear over the plating. Has anybody else done any of this work on one of these kits? Here’s the mock up pic from that thread as I haven’t shot any pics of what I’ve done so far. Thanks

Not sure about the boat, but the car is the Olds Aerotech, it was used for R&D and set a bunch of records with the Olds Quad 4 and Aurora V8 engines.

That had to be frustrating!

Yeah, it is. I’m kinda surprised that the Futura body turned out as good as it has so far though, I was expecting more of a fight from it.

Thanks!

Ok, got the stance set, now it’s just body and paint work………..wish me luck