Tamiya 1/12 312T4 Resurrection

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Thats great, thanks for posting your build!
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long canadian winters make great modellers ...lol , fantastic job
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:shock: Wow :shock: it can’t be denied that you really got a hold on those TS cans! :D
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Nice job! I am a humble rattle can user. Did you use clear over the TS-17?
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Very nice Restoration, thx for sharing :) .
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tubegenius wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 1:47 pm Nice job! I am a humble rattle can user. Did you use clear over the TS-17?
Thanks! No. The only clear I used was a couple coats of matt clear on the 3D printed tires. Other than that, the rest of the model has no clear at all.
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Post by Steffen_T »

Fantastic work!
The red looks great. Especially if you compare it with the dull red on the first picture.
You really brought that car back to live.
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Have you used any product to disassemble the parts without damaging? I have some old kits I would like to restore but I'm afraid to break parts.
Time ago I remember a member that used an ultrasonic machine to remove paint and parts became disassembled
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Joaquin wrote: Sun Mar 24, 2024 9:58 pm Have you used any product to disassemble the parts without damaging? I have some old kits I would like to restore but I'm afraid to break parts.
Time ago I remember a member that used an ultrasonic machine to remove paint and parts became disassembled
It depends on what are they glued with. Totally different plan for every glue...
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Yeah, I know procedure should be different depending on the glue. Supposing that polystyrene cement was used, is there a safe way to separate parts with minimum risk of breaking?. I know that cement dissolves the plastic to make the join but, may be there is a product or method that can help to separate
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