The camaro

I had to strip several layers of paint off the poor model before I could even consider rebuilding it. I tried soaking it in Easy Off oven cleaner, which works to a point. Then I tried soaking it in Purple power cleaner (available at auto parts stores.) and finally had to sand off the rest.

I am told brake fluid will also work, but would recommend caution in using it, eye protection and hand protection are a necessity. Also check it on a small piece to see if it affects the plastic you are using.

Having body puttied and primed this car four times now I am finding it still needs more and the putty on the hood cracked and will need redone.

This model was given to me a long time ago and has obviously been rebuilt and repainted many times before I received it. That was the challenge, taking a paint and glue bomb and turning it into a decent model.

I spent my time last night cleaning up the interior, the frame and the seats. Scraping paint from areas that sand paper will not go into without a fight. I want to re do the interior in a cream or tan color, so I need to remove all of the old black and gold.

I froze the model for several days to "pop" the glue holding it together. There was plenty glue to pop and it was the only way I was going to get the spoiler off of the tail of the car without breaking it. The trick is to get the car apart and not have to fix a lot of broken parts or replace them.