Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Die Cast Cars (Rick Moseley)

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Rick,

If you hunt around on Fchat (in the models/collectibles section), you'll find 
that some of the guys there have exactly the display cases you're looking for.  
Pretty sure you'll find suppliers, too.

As far as repainting, once you've completely disassembled the model, you can 
strip the old paint off with various chemicals - some actual paint stripping 
stuff, some as common as Easy-Off oven cleaner (though that requires a bit more 
effort).  You can then touch up blemishes in the metal, spray with primer and 
then the color of your choice.  Airbrush is obviously the best painting tool, 
but some have good success with rattle cans by warming them in hot water.  The 
key there is many light coats with one final "wet" coat.  That last one is the 
trickiest - wet enough to get a smooth, shiny finish, but not so wet that it 
runs.

An alternative (if you're using something like Testors model paint) is the 
color coats, and then their gloss clear lacquer.  The lacquer is more forgiving 
and can be rubbed and polished if it doesn't come out perfectly.

BTW - what I've done is to get the gloss clear lacquer in a spray can 
(pre-thinned that way), and transfer it to my airbrush bottle via a small 
funnel that I make with rolled up tin foil (this contains the overspray and 
prevents splatter).

Good luck!

gp

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