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If you're comfortable re drilling the hole,I would fill the hole with plastic rod or even better plastic tube of the appropriate size. If you were to use the tamiya cement with melted plastic as a filler you could run the risk of melting or distorting the wheel.

You could go old school and try stretched sprue. Basically you heat up a section of sprue and pull the ends in opposite directions the heated section will get thinner the further you pull leaving you with, hopefully , the proper sized boot . If you are really good you can get all 8 in one pull.It takes practice but the sprue is free with every kit you buy.

Thanks guys , I thought the pictures looked better than they do I'll try to get some better ones up later.if anyone else has one of these jeeps post it.

I built this out of the box I didn't paint the interior just the outside. the only thing I added is the Rubicon and Jeep decals from the glue kit. the windows are a weird soft plastic. It was hard to not add mirrors , windshield wipers and headlights from the glue kit but I just wanted to see how it turned out with out kit bashing .

Or get a few good coats of clear over the decal touch up with a brush then polish out the brush marks .

Outside of fogging it in with an airbrush, I think trimming into the image slightly would be your next move. But I suspect there will still be a white edge. I don't have any suggestions to fix the decal on the body other than the airbrush. Even a cheap $10 external mix airbrush would work and maybe be cheaper than redoing a new decal.

I looked and couldn't really find anything

Looks great! I like seeing interesting subject matter like this , and it's nice to see diecast getting cut up instead of just sitting in the box on a shelf.

I would use it , unless it just doesn't work for your building space or style.

Nice work . It's fun to see them all together.

One of the old revell parts packs had pistons I think the show display one.

Welcome back to the hobby . I would check out ebay and probably move down to 1/64 scale or HO scale . Those were the only scales I saw large lots of cars for a reasonable price . I searched diecast and toy car looked for plastic and the vintage yielded more results than modern manufacture . Hope this us helpful and we see a model in progress soon .

You could take a look at the 36 ford I think it has a spare.

I like that you get 2 different hoods.

Scott, as you use your new Dremel you will discover how to use it and what accessories you will need . The drum sander gets the most use by far, opening wheel wells, thinning out the edges , deburring , etc. there is also a smaller drum sander that is useful as well . the next most used is a small thin metal saw blade I use it for cutting plastic and alum, brass copper tubing and cutting window posts for top chops and also (after a lot of practice) cuts on the body for sectioning . I like using some of the round shaped grinders for removing trim and badges . the polishing wheel for any white metal parts you may have .

Pretty good for knockin'the cobwebs off. I like the concept and execution.

Pretty sure it is an Excalibur . I know of no models .

How did you make those boots?

Revell made one for the T.V. show the saint , also Hasegawa made a couple .

http://www.kandrreplicas.co.uk/ These guys make a series 3 in 1/24th .

No Randy , That was a 420 .

Wait , didn't airfix do one in 1/32nd scale ?

I think Dean Milano may have turned a toy into a nice replica at one point , I don't remember a kit of one though . revell made an xjs based on the t.v. show " The Saint" .

That's cool, sounds like it was a really fun time. Those are some hard core modelers, 1983 not a lot of aftermarket or even regular market to inspire but it looks like a bunch of very well built models

Is Scratch building out of the question? It looks like a pretty basic shape you could bend out of wire hammer the ends to flatten so you can drill a hole add a pin and paint .because I can't think of where I've seen them in a kit.