I Love rebuilding die cast models. being able to take them apart with screws instead of the 'glue bomb's' you get with styrene. and the fact that they usually have opening doors, hoods and trunks lends to being creative -especially with abandoned and rusty junk. I mostly work with 1/18 scale and I don't strip them anymore- just wash and scrub with scotchbrite and soap and ready for paint! as you can tell I build a lot of the first F series trucks...