Paul Payne

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I have been interested in turning a Maisto knucklehead into a bobber for some time. Having 2, as well as 2 Danbury Mint examples, I decided to try disassembling one in order to rebuild it. Yes, like all of us, I need another project like a hole in the head...... I had thought of this in conjunction with my truck, boat, and trailer project- maybe in the back of the Power Wagon. I have included a couple photos of what I might be going for, as well as actual disassembly photos. Although called a diecast, the only diecast pieces were the tank and engine. With the exception of a few pins everything else is plastic. Most of the plastic seems to be a fairly soft and flexible plastic more like vinyl than styrene. The light and horn, shifter, and one or 2 other parts do seem to be styrene. The engine has the air cleaner molded directly into the cylinders- no carb at all, and I will probably grind it off and file in the cylinder ribs- or make a mold and use the resin casting for the rework. There is a lot of parting line, as well as gouged areas from too aggressive sprue removal at the factory, plus parts like the shifter linkage are much to heavy. This is what my father-in-law would call a 20 footer- looks pretty good from a distance, but up close you see things. The disassembly itself went pretty well- took about an hour- biggest chore was removing the axle and steering pins- enough slack and flexibility to get side cutters in and snip them. After looking things over, there will be quite a bit of scratch building involved. I had planned on a new shifter, plus brake, oil, and fuel lines, and plug wires, but I think more will be happening. Just discovered I am having a file issue -things are coming in as jfif instead of jpeg- so only one disassembly photo- will try and add more when things are working right again.

Since we are talking hot rod, they are always being tweaked, modified and generally worked on, hence the relocated shocks as well as any other changes you might spot. Everything you have done is great and I am looking forward to more progress!

Guys, any of you out there? Let's get back in touch.

What a great street sleeper! Can't wait to see it finished as well as some under hood photos!

Doing some assembly work and also working on the bumpers. Found some adhesive foil in the odds and ends box, cut it into narrow strips, wrapped the edges of the tail lights, and glued them in with clear gloss. Also installed the grille and hood, and mounted the body to the chassis/interior assembly. Getting to be the home stretch- bumpers, rear view mirror, windshield, and license plate, and the Hurricane Typhoon will be complete!

A lot of work, a lot of imagination, and a great looking result!

Thanks! It's been a journey, doing some things I never did before, and starting with junk!

It's been awhile, but I'm still working on it. I finally got a decent coat of paint on the hood, with clear coat. The dashboard and steering wheel have been installed in the body- I test fitted the shifter just for jollies- the console is part of the dashboard and rests on the transmission hump and driveshaft tunnel. I had applied some Molotow to the grille, but a lot of sanding scratches appeared- I sanded everything again and have applied Molotow to one half. When it's dry, I will see if its smooth enough to continue. I filed down the outside of the headlight buckets creating a small lip, then filed a bit on the headlight openings so now I have a nice fit. A little chrome touch up and they will go in. The big project has been the 12 bumper blades- 3 each side, front and rear. I rough shaped 12 pieces, then tried gluing a stack using Elmer's white glue, in order to sand everything to the final contour. Unfortunately, the glue didn't hold, so parts of the stack would come apart. However, I was able to get to the point where I could soak everything apart and do the final shaping using the best piece as a guide. In my stash I located 2 bumper guards of unknown origin. These were white glued together and 3 horizontal notches were filed into them for the bumper blades, then holes were drilled for the brass rod which will be covered with aluminum tube and mounted to the body. I also want to check out finger nail decorating tape, which seems to be available in 0.5mm width, and maybe even narrower. I want to try this for some chrome accent strips as well as door and panel lines.

I don't think the tape would work due to all edges being sanded/filed and adhesion surfaces would be very small. Thanks anyways.

Thanks, Dan, I will check that out.

I have a project requiring 12 identical shapes which I would like to shape as a single block, then soak in water to separate them. They will be formed from flat styrene sheet. I have tried roughing out the shape, then gluing and clamping these together with Elmer's glue. The problem is that the sheets separate when I begin working them. Any suggestions for a glue which is water soluble but will hold things together?

Snoopy would like it..............

Love the weathering! I will use it as reference for my Dodge Power Wagon.

Beautiful model- the white paint accent is very well done. I assume a hemi?

Welcome back, that 40 is great! Looking forward to more projects.

We model car builders like some good music!

Is the Agawam diner still there? Used to live in Gloucester. Hello and welcome aboard.

1961 Lincoln Continental

Roger Taylor's (Queen) I'm in love with my car.

Got mine in yesterday's mail. Excellent! Especially enjoying the rebuild of the Renwal Pierce Arrow.

That is brilliant! I think Rembrandt would like it!

Queen and Adam Lambert Live Around the World.

Queen- Night at the Opera tour- Music Hall in Boston with perfect acoustics- Concert starting with Freddie sitting at his piano backlit onto a screen- I see a little silhouetto of a man- best concert ever even after 40+ years!

Crew safe, ship burning, nice cars toasted.