My bodys' all twisted up!!

[Hartness53]

I just bought 4 old model cars from a guy at work. 3 1/25 scale and 1 big one(a chord I think). One of the small ones is a 69 Z28 while I was looking at it I noticed the body is twisted is there anyway to straightin this out? Maybe heat it up and bend it or something Thanks, Christian

My total take was a 1928 Lincoln (future rat rod) a 39 chevy coupe ( future dirt track racer) the 69 Camaro and the big Chord. I gave 14 dollars for the lot. Did I do ok?

[george 53]

Yeah Chris,you did good.Take the Camaro apart, holdthe bare body under some hot running water,and try to twist the body a little bit past the warp and then put it in or under some cold water while holdingit straight do it a couple of times an the warp SHOULD come out.Hope this helps.

[CAL]

Yup hot water, I get the tea kettle out and boil some water. When it's whistling I pour it over the body in little doses at a time.

The trick is holding it while it cools. Otherwise it just stays warpped or warpes worse. You need to hold it a little further opposite of the warp because you will get some spring back. You just have to play with it until it springs back into the corrected shape.