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Have any of you guys successfully repaired a grenaded car body?

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Have any of you guys successfully repaired a grenaded car body?
Posted by Eugene Rowe on Saturday, December 3, 2022 9:35 AM

I accidentally stepped on this Challenger body,breaking it into five pieces...I managed to glue the body panels back together but in some places I had to let the glue dry on one side so that I could rejoin the panels in proper alignment.Laud down the putty and will sand it down and primer it    

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Posted by Eugene Rowe on Saturday, December 3, 2022 10:51 PM

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Posted by Tanker-Builder on Sunday, December 4, 2022 8:17 AM

Hey!

        That looks like how I collected and rebuilt model ships when I was a tad! Awesome! We didn't have Putty back then so I experimented and came up with a mix of Glue and Little plastic bits on a piece of paper. Nowadays we make it in bottles of semi- retired glue and call it Spru-Gloo!

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Posted by Eugene Rowe on Sunday, December 4, 2022 12:51 PM

Whatever works!

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Posted by DUSTER on Sunday, December 4, 2022 1:54 PM

Ahh,I se you used the world famous  Unversal Yellow Repair Spray.   Looks to have worked very well, cant see

a crack any where. 

 

Seriously, great job of repair.

Steve

Building the perfect model---just not quite yet  Confused

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Posted by Eugene Rowe on Sunday, December 4, 2022 2:04 PM

I was surprised how well it came back together,I should have posted pics of it in it's grenaded state.I nearly threw it out! 

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Posted by HooYah Deep Sea on Sunday, December 4, 2022 4:53 PM

Model; heck, I had an actual car that looked like that !!!  We called it the "claymore-mobile", cuz that's what it looked like it had been hit by.

"Why do I do this? Because the money's good, the scenery changes and they let me use explosives, okay?"

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Posted by Eugene Rowe on Sunday, December 4, 2022 5:51 PM

Crazy!

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Posted by Eugene Rowe on Tuesday, December 6, 2022 8:33 AM

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Posted by Eugene Rowe on Tuesday, December 6, 2022 8:35 AM

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Posted by Eugene Rowe on Tuesday, December 6, 2022 9:34 AM

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Posted by Eugene Rowe on Tuesday, December 6, 2022 9:35 AM

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Posted by Eugene Rowe on Tuesday, December 6, 2022 10:17 AM

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Posted by Eugene Rowe on Tuesday, December 6, 2022 3:38 PM

I always liked the Billboards used on 71 'Cudas so I added them to the Challenger.... how to upload forum images

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Posted by Eugene Rowe on Tuesday, December 6, 2022 3:39 PM

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Posted by Eugene Rowe on Wednesday, December 7, 2022 3:14 PM

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Posted by mustang1989 on Saturday, December 10, 2022 5:47 PM

Dang Gene!! That turned out really good despite the "big foot" treatment. Way to stick with it buddy!!! 

                   

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Posted by Eugene Rowe on Saturday, December 10, 2022 8:04 PM

Thanks! I thought it  was was a goner for sure!

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