thinner has eaten away my chassis. im in indescribably deep trouble
firstly, for those who had to read my unedited post, im sorry if i sounded awful, things were getting a little overwhelming for me. apologies.
i feel stupid. here is my problem, help would be really appreciated.
i needed to strip the paint from my single piece chassis of my tamiya enzo, so i tried using oven cleaner. it wasnt easy off brand, it didnt work. i had earlier stripped the paint very effectively off a small part painted with laquer spray. thinner seemd to work where oven cleaner didnt. so i dipped the chassis into the thinner, adn tehn i went tot eh bathroom. when i cam back, i found that all the fine detail had been mushed up, and everyhting was getting gooey. i detected a problem. pulled thing chassis out, but it was too late.
basic shapes of the chassis remain, the alignment ought to be acceptable. now i need to see if i can salavage things. will the plastic be permanently softened ? if it isnt, i think i can attempt to recreate some detail, but i doubt myself, ive never even used an AM kit before, let alone scratchbuild.
if things are too bad ( i have a sinking feeling they are going to be beyond repair ) then how can i get a replacement chassis ? i live in singapore, so mail ordering parts from the tamiya catalogue system might be tricky, i dont know.
any help will be really appreciated, this model was supposed to be my magnum opus, but things are looking extremely bleak. any help would be really really really appreciated. thanks.