Project 908 rescue; saved from certain death

[aurfalien]

So it's been over a year since I built anything and longer since posting anything of value to this rather fantastic forum.

At any rate long story short, a few years back I had rubberized the body due to an alcohol bath and I don't mean Jack Daniels.

At the time I thought to re enforce it with a combo of resin, styrene and super glue.  While this did sort of work, the body always look warped.

Recently I had soaked it in SuperClean which pretty much stripped it bare of all that junk.  However what was left was a straight but rubber body.  I had then soaked it in water over night in hopes to leach out any chemicals and then stuck it in the freezer.

What was left was a noticeably stiffer (between slot car and styrene) and still straight body.

I've decided to only used CA and recently ordered Milliput to work the model.

While it's still pretty soft in areas, attaching it to the tub will give it more structure.  Also of note is that the more I work it sanding etc... the more stiffer it seems to be getting.

At any rate I am getting a lot of pride and sense of accomplishment restoring this wonderful Fisher kit.

It will be a roadster.

 

 

Edited May 26, 2020 by aurfalien

[slusher]

Nice classic to save..

[dwc43]

I want one.

[Gramps46]

Hope all your effort pays off for you.