Rolls-Royce No Chemicals, No Paint, No Harmful Glues

[Anglia105E]

26 minutes ago, Big Messer said:

Goodwill is a chain of stores that sell items that people donate. Probably there is something like it over there.

Oh I see . . . We do have charity shops, which is where people bring stuff in for free that they no longer want and the charity shops sell the items quite cheaply.

Similar idea to Goodwill maybe . . .

David

[Big Messer]

9 minutes ago, Anglia105E said:

Oh I see . . . We do have charity shops, which is where people bring stuff in for free that they no longer want and the charity shops sell the items quite cheaply.

Similar idea to Goodwill maybe . . .

David

If you become addicted to it I will deny all the way to the electric chair being the instigator...

[Big Messer]

26 minutes ago, BERT100 said:

Sadly many models, (kits, diecasts, built) are much harder to find at Goodwill or any thrift type store now days. I used to, 3-4 years ago, see models cars, trucks, planes ships and occasionally figures on a frequent basis like 2 times a month. Now days it is a rare thing to see anything, maybe 1 time in 3-4 months.  Even the Hot Wheels types regardless of condition, are more scarce. 

Of course I may not be "at the right place at the right time" but as we go to various thrift stores 4-5 times a week I don't think that is always the case.  So I tend to agree that many stores  now seem to be useing the internet as their sales tool and cutting back use of the store shelves.  

A result of our new digital age I suppose--sigh, I so old😢

All those items are now being sent for auction. Sitting at the shelf caused a lot of damage.

[Anglia105E]

Today I set about polishing the roof panel area of the Entex body . . . Using the proven method ( Eco-Friendly ) baking soda toothpaste, distilled malt vinegar, and micro fibre cloth, the resulting mirror finish of the black plastic was most satisfying. One of the following photos shows a clear reflection of myself holding the camera as I photograph the roof of the model car . . .

The oversized Spirit of Ecstasy radiator grill mascot was removed, and this had only been pushed in, so not glued. One photo below shows the difference in size between the Minicraft mascot in the centre of the three mascots, and the two correctly sized 1:24 scale mascots . . .

I made a point of examining the area of the body where the wings meet the doors at the lower corner of the windshield, and I can confirm that there is no work required in these two areas. The casting is surprisingly good, compared to some examples that I have seen, both in my collection and in online images . . .

David

[David G.]

20 hours ago, Anglia105E said:

What did you think of the OVD 777 car at the New York dealer's for sale website?  Very sad to see any Rolls-Royce in such a neglected state, but someone will restore that once fine motor car. I just hope they do it sympathetically . . .

I think they're excellent photos, I snatched a copy of them for my own reference. As a young man I frequented scrap yards in search of parts to keep my own cars running. I would often spend hours just exploring and visiting the old ghosts that seemed to haunt such places. Poking about old wrecks like the one in those photos you uploaded, I could feel those old cars for what they once were. In some I could see the potential of what they could once again be.

From the photos, this feels like one of those cars. In what it is now I can feel what it was and see what it could be again.

Great progress on the polishing!

I like the properly sized mascot too. I wish I could have found one for the Rolls I built.

David G.

Edited 1 hour ago by David G.
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[Anglia105E]

8 minutes ago, David G. said:

I think they're excellent photos, I snatched a copy of them for my own reference. As a young man I frequented scrap yards in search of parts to keep my own cars running. I would often spend hours just exploring and visiting the old ghosts that seemed to haunt such places. Poking about old wrecks like the one in those photos you uploaded, I could feel those old cars for what they once were. In some I could see the potential of what they could once again be.

From the photos, this feels like one of those cars. In what it is now I can feel what it was and see what it could be again.

Great progress on the polishing!

I like the properly sized mascot too. I wish I could have found one for the Rolls I built.

David G.

Good idea to copy those photos for your own reference. When I was around the age of 17 - 20, I used to visit various different scrapyards with my Dad, usually on Sundays I seem to remember . . . We would rummage among the piled up scrap cars and unbolt any useful parts for my Ford Anglia 105E, and also my Dad's Ford Cortina MK 1 . . . Once you had gathered your parts together, you would take them to a  sort of ramshackle broken down hut or shed, where a man would ask for a few pounds for the whole lot. Very cheap, and the parts would keep both of our cars running nicely . . . Those were the days eh David ?

The correct sized mascots were resin cast for me by a model building friend who sadly passed away recently, and I only have two of them remaining. The Franklin Mint Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I does have the correct sized radiator grille mascot in metal at 1:24 scale, but every single car that I purchased on Ebay had the mascot missing . . . I can only assume that the sellers would remove the part before offering the model car for sale.

David W.