Mopar Garage

[bill-e-boy]

A couple of my models in for some service

Dodge Challenger - Our local model club put on a display and I could not get there to pick up my models. A fellow modeler being a good Samaritan wrapped the model in bubble wrap. My jar dropped when I unwrapped it - the windshield had been fogged up by the plasticisers in the bubble wrap. I partially dissassembled the kit to get the glass out. Tried to sand back the fogging with first 3200grit cloth - made no difference. I worked my way back to 800g and still no joy. I then polished out the exterior of the glass to 1200g and the inside to 2400g. I will paint the inside with smoke transparent paint to see if that makes a difference

 

Next up was the 68 Dart. The windscreen had fallen in - an easy fix with some Kristal Klear to glue it back in

 

The intersting thing about the Dart is that I shoehorned a Hemi from the Revel GTX into it well before the Hemi Dart became available. The build style is a "what if" if Dodge went into full production with the Hemi Dart so it represents a day 2 car

It has been a week of repairing some damaged kits - a 29 Roadster, 34 Tudor and a Viper got the once over as well and are now residing in full glory in the model cabinet

Thanks for looking

 

 

 

 

 

[espo]

First off, beautiful looking builds and nice fine detailing. Sorry to hear about your problems with the bubble wrap. I have always used at the very least Kleenex or soft paper towels to wrap any model before using any other type of protection or padding for the model itself. The only exception is to use a microfiber towel which is how I transport any model going to a show. The damage to the windshield looks almost like you will have to replace it. Should none of your other efforts work maybe a last-ditch effort would be to dip it in a floor polish product we call Future Floor Polish. I don't know what products you would have access to that would be similar. Even then I would experiment with a drop or two in an area that would not be seen if that doesn't work. Good luck.   

[bill-e-boy]

I sanded to screen for about an hour and a half and I could not cut through the haze so I gave up. Future wont work as I will end up with a nice shiny hazy screen. If the smoke tint doesn't work out I will cut out a screen from clear film 

And yup I always use paper tissues as well for packaging but I like the micro fibre towel idea. Yje only issue I see is that the fibres always seem to catch on something

 

[bill-e-boy]

I tired painting with clear black but although better it still had that frosted look

 

 

So I bit the bullet and made one from clear sheet.

Much more better now. So back to the model cabinet and back to working on my WIP's