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Graemevw77 wrote:

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My plan on this is to clean the area up as good as possible and maybe use some clear resin to rebuild that section of window. Anyone attempted anything similar?
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I've used Humbrol clearfix to make small windows & carefully bonded sacrificial bit of other clear windows & CD cases to fix holes

Graemevw77 wrote:

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It will never be run with am radio gear and the 2.4ghz aerial will probably be able to be hidden inside but im still unsure. Leave the hole? After all, it is period. Or fill as it would look better on the shelf?

If it's going to spend most of it's life on a shelf I think being the best 1:12 representation of the real thing is the most important, not being 100% period correct or the best setup for the 5 minutes you're going to run it ... I'd fill the hole & paint the wing black

Jonny wrote:

Graemevw77 wrote:

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My plan on this is to clean the area up as good as possible and maybe use some clear resin to rebuild that section of window. Anyone attempted anything similar?
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I've used Humbrol clearfix to make small windows & carefully bonded sacrificial bit of other clear windows & CD cases to fix holes

Graemevw77 wrote:

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It will never be run with am radio gear and the 2.4ghz aerial will probably be able to be hidden inside but im still unsure. Leave the hole? After all, it is period. Or fill as it would look better on the shelf?

If it's going to spend most of it's life on a shelf I think being the best 1:12 representation of the real thing is the most important, not being 100% period correct or the best setup for the 5 minutes you're going to run it ... I'd fill the hole & paint the wing black

Went to youtube for info, clearfix looks good! I have a local model shop that will no doubt stock it too. Thanks.

There was a 1/12 scale Countach in the Tamtech Gear series in 2008 (57105). That used a polycarbonate body, but it included the body accessories tree from the original 58005 just for the dash panel. All of the other parts were just extra. I probably still have those parts lying around somewhere which would include at least the wiper and the exhaust.

blakbird wrote:

There was a 1/12 scale Countach in the Tamtech Gear series in 2008 (57105). That used a polycarbonate body, but it included the body accessories tree from the original 58005 just for the dash panel. All of the other parts were just extra. I probably still have those parts lying around somewhere which would include at least the wiper and the exhaust.

Thanks, but i should be sorted for body parts now. Im sure someone out there would be very keen to get hold of that tree though!

I'm looking forward to seeing your restoration of this body work, looks like a challenge

Jonny wrote:

I've used Humbrol clearfix to make small windows & carefully bonded sacrificial bit of other clear windows & CD cases to fix holes

I bought some of this today. Just wondered if you had found anything it wont stick to. I was thinking of making a barrier and backer to help in building up a missing area.
Also, any experience of shaping and maybe polishing it once set?

Ill experiment with it but thought i may as well ask if you had already tried such things.
Thanks.

Slow going on this, not getting much time.
Roof repair is super strong now, mixes some sprue offcuts with solvent to make a slurry to use to fill imperfections



Planning to do it all without glue or filler. Just need to get some more wet and dry, run out of a few grades.

Nice work.

Got a couple of hours on this today. I flatted out the mould lines, finished the repair works, flatted out the whole body to level the panels and try and remedy a few moulding bad areas. I then re drilled the holes for the number plate, mirrors and wiper and used solvent to re attach anything i felt should be on before painting.

There are a few little niggles that if i had made it from scratch, id fix, but i want to it look like a tamiya rc model thats been built well rather than a full on scale model.
Things like the little gaps you get from the location slots on the roof panel.

I could fill those, but this is how tamiya made it so ill leave it.
This is how it sits right now

A little more prep and a real good clean and maybe tomorrow ill get the primer on.

I also decided to leave the aerial hole. I was going to fill it but its an rc car, it should have an aerial (i did add some plastic to tidy up a chipped edge though).
I plan on doing a stealth 2.4ghz conversion on the futaba rx so it will get a short aerial tube.