Does anyone makeone in blue.Ive about seen every other color but blue.Now i'm blue http://www.nastyz28.com/ubb/frown.gif

Or can diecast cars be disassembled and resprayed??

Thanks in advance

Julio

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1970 1/2 Camaro
468 BBC ATI P1200
T400
9inch 3.50 geared
530rwhp
6.80 1/8 @ 103
11.02 1/4 @ 124
http://camaro_sc.tripod.com

I'm assuming that you are referring to the 1:18 scale diecast cars from ERTL. They don't make one in blue but you can take them apart and repaint them. I had one done in Mulsanne blue.

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1550932&a=11763599&p=42963466&Sequence=0&res=high

Fellow board member, Matt Conte, is making resin front and rear spoilers available to us for $4 each. And I am having a guy try and replicate the decals but it could be a while before he gets to my request.

Here's some directions I got from a friend of mine who has disassembled these cars a few times....

Start with a clean soft towel to lay the auto on. To take the door panels off
you use a thin blade knive. Slide it between the door and panel and twist it
gently moving around the panel. All the ones I have changed turn loose
pretty easy. You will keep spreading the panel apart from the door as you
go around it. Don't twist it too much in one place cause you might break it.
There are four pegs on each door that fit into the pack of the panel. I have
encountered a little glue but not very much. The chassis comes off very
easy - just remove all the screws keeping them separated cause some are
different. Once the screws have been removed, open both doors and
(gently) pop the steering column down from its position in the dash.
The chassis is now ready to be separated from thebody. Sometimes
the interior is attached to the chassis but it can beseparated easily with
a knive. Just stick the knive between the two andtwist them apart.
There are two screws holding the hood hinge to the body -remove
them, the support, the hood and lay it aside clear from the work
area. The dash is held in place with brads. I took a drill and drilled the
head off the brad just enough to separate the dash from the body. The
windows are held in place by pins of sort. They will need to be drilled
out. The windows canbe glued back in later. Do the same with the
other auto and then switch the parts. I put a small bit of super glue
on the pins holding the dash in position for a little extra strength. They
make a "quick setting" solutiuon for super glue. Be sure to get some
of it because the glue will emit fumes that will "fog" plastic and
doesn't look too good on clear plastic. The door panels should (normally)
snap into place. I have uses a little glue on them before - but just a
"touch" and don't worry about the fumes here. The interior will fit right
into the body and then replace the chassis. You might have to "wiggle" it a
little but it will fall back into place. Watch the steering wheel to make
sure it is not sticking "under" the dash. Once you have all the screws back
in their proper place "gently" snap the steering column back into position
in the dash.

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1973 Z28, 4 spd, A/C
www.dinograz.com (http://www.dinograz.com)



[This message has been edited by dinograz (edited April 20, 2001).]

Thanks Dino http://www.nastyz28.com/ubb/smile.gif

Hmmm, that car looks kind of familar....

Bob R

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1973 Z28 Original Owner 6 Year Frame Off Restoration
1971 RS Z28 Frame Off Restoration in Progress
http://www.geocities.com/bobr73z28

Damn....that makes me drool.

Dino,what ERTL kit car did you use as a basis for that one.Is that car still available?Want to sell it?? http://www.nastyz28.com/ubb/smile.gif hehe

And what type of paint did you use?Like the testors spray can stuff of did you mix and airbrush?

You have really lit up my interests.And its got to be a hell of a lot easier than what I did to mine.

Thank you so much in advance

Julio


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1970 1/2 Camaro
468 BBC ATI P1200
T400
9inch 3.50 geared
530rwhp
6.80 1/8 @ 103
11.02 1/4 @ 124
http://camaro_sc.tripod.com

Last nite I was able to find a section with Camaro's on Tommy Toys.Know I went back and nada?????

Is it just me or they only have the black SS and the Motion?

The basis for the blue car is one of the ERTL 1:18 diecast cars. I had a guy in North Carolina do it for me. He got the paint from a body shop so it's regular auto paint. I believe he used an air brush to do it.

Nope, it's not for sale. Hopefully my contact for decals will come through and we can all have a try and doing one of these....