A big pile of melted parts. This is going to be fun. One poor guy has lost his head and a hand, but they were in the bag, so some surgery will be done to reattach them.
The culprits, the "Dirty Eleven".
The combined radio and steering wheel. The radio should be salvageable as the controls didn't get damaged. The back half of the radio is pretty melted, but it's just a grill, so I will fix it up.
The top of the fuel tank luckily only got damaged on the inside. A bit of putty will sort it.
The front of the radio, which miraculously escaped damage.
Nothing to see here, apart from a big shiny wheel shaped mess
Yes, that's a wheel completely stuck to the wooden seats.
The front of the truck bed will be needing some new railings.
This truck is equipped with the latest Goodyear differentials.
These guys needed some major surgery. The one on the left had lost his hand and water bottle, and his head was detached. He has a new sprue bottle and Milliputt hand. The other guy had his hand reattached and his melted arm and leg fixed up with putty.
Steering wheel rim rebuilt with a piece of copper wire and some putty. The radio is about 50% putty.
The differentials were fun to rebuild with masses of putty. Two wheels needed their rims rebuilt with Milliputt and Tamiya putty. One needed a new wheel nut.
Anyone seen my Tamiya putty? Never mind, I found it.
All patched up with Evergreen stryene sheet and strips. New bolt heads made from Deluxe Materials Roket UV glue (awesome stuff).
The other side of the rebuilt truck bed walls.
Don't mess with this guy.
The new, improved radio. There was a decal for the controls, but all the detail was quite raised and I'm sure it wouldn't have conformed. I used part of the decal for the tuning bands in the middle and painted the rest of the controls.
This is the guy with the new water bottle made from sprue and a prosthetic Milliputt hand. His original head was successfully reattached.
The truck bed is on a bit of a slope as the chassis was bent. No amount of hot water would straighten it out.
The star on the left mudflap was the worst affected decal. It had a bit of melted sprue stuck to it and a small bit flaked off, but amazingly it still stuck.
gorby Considering the state of the parts at the start, the result is miraculous. Well done!
14 May, 11:11
David Orr Thanks Gorby. I'm amazed that it came out so nice myself. I almost threw it in the bin when I saw how much of it was melted, but then I thought I might as well try and rescue it. It's very weird how the styrene goes when the tyres melt it. You can cut the melted bits off but it is soft on the inside and it will melt again. Thank goodness for Evergreen Styrene, Tamiya putty and Milliputt.
14 May, 22:17
Neuling A very nice result. I like it very much. Mission accomplished!
15 May, 05:22
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A disaster of a kit from my fathers 50 year old stash. The tyres were loose in the bag and had melted a large number of parts. There are 11 tyres, so it was quite a mess.
Despite the horror of the melted parts, I was able to restore them all to a respectable standard. The radio ended up being about 50% putty but in the end looked great. Luckily the controls were not affected by the tyres. The steering wheel, which was melted onto the radio, needed part of the rim rebuilt. It's a bit wonky, but you can't see it with the driver in place. The front section of the truck bed needed a bunch of new styrene added to fix all the melted bits. Most of the rest just needed the sticky plastic cut off and filled in with Tamiya putty or Milliputt. The soldier with the drink bottle had lost his hand and drink bottle completely, and his head had been knocked off. His head glued back on easily and I made a bottle from some sprue and a new hand from Milliputt. Painting was difficult in places, especially on the chassis. After priming, painting and clear coating, the edges would go powdery and rub off. This seems to be a common thing with the old Revell kits that I have been building. The plastic is very strange, unlike the 50 year old Airfix kits that I have built which had no issues with paint at all.
gorby
David Orr
