dlwracer Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 I just picked up some Racing Champion diecast and one of them has bad paint cracking, and the windshield looks like it "shrunk" and disconnected in a couple key areas. My thoughts are this model must have been sitting in direct sunlight for a long time and maybe the heating up/cooling down shrunk the plastic windshield slow enough that it didn't just "break' or crack, but rather disconnected from the glue points and slowly shrunk. I'm guessing there's nowhere to get a replacement for that? The paint may also be a result of sitting in the sun, inside the package for alot of years. The "model year" of this diecast comes from the 97 season of NHRA races, so I'd imagine it was made in 98. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get severely cracking paint to look a little better? In a previous life I was a body/paint guy and the only time we had to deal with cracking paint was the clear coat cracking which sometimes could be fixed. But with these diecast's there's no clear to fix so is there any solution other then a total repaint? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THarrison351 Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Well, I hate to tell you, The body is going to fall apart. The Zamac is corroding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geno Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Yep, I've only ever had one do that and it went pretty quick. FM's '57 Bonneville. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randyc Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 What those guys said. If you do too much handling , it may start falling apart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Van Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Looks like ZINC PEST which there is nothing you can do. Be happy you do not own some of the O scale trains that have ZINC PEST and cost owners $2500.....it's happening now!!! The window deal may be more the zinc swelling and moving. Toss it or live with it.......nothing you can do to fix.....raid for parts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 I have a yellow 1/18 scale Cobra doing the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlwracer Posted October 24, 2020 Author Share Posted October 24, 2020 Thanks guys....I kinda figured there wasn't much in the way of fixing it....but I thought maybe I would be able to strip it and repaint it but sounds like the actual metal is failing....I did read through a topic on here that was talking a bout that issue. Well at least I didn't pay much for it! Thanks again everyone for your replies/education! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1959scudetto Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 David, the windshield has not shrunk, but the body has expanded - sooner or later it will fall to pieces (I had the same thing happen with 2 or 3 of my (cheap) diecasts. There is no way to stop this process, unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AC Norton Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 I HAVE , UNFORTUNATELY PURCHASED ONLINE FROM TIME TO TIME, A FEW RACING CHAMPION 1/64 PIECES THAT SUFFERED FROM THAT CRACKING PAINT PROBLEM....RIGHT IN THE CAN THEY GO, BECAUSE AS STATED HERE THERE IS NO FIX UNLESS A COMPLETE PAINT RESTORATION IS IN THE WORKS....CHEAPER TO JUST WAIT AND FIND A MINT ONE, I WOULD SAY.....ACE.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 I bought a Buick Grand National front fender emblem when the cars came out. It is diecast and the chrome is failing, so I think it has the same issue as these models. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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