Restore or realistic

[Dojo Dave]

So I received a Wild Willy a while back that was in pretty rough shape, grill busted out and window hinges broken off and missing. I have recently decided to fabricate window hinges as I have nothing to lose on the window as it was a total loss. I backed the window frame with styrene board and sandwiched some clear plastic for a window. The hinges I used 1/8 styrene rod and squared it up with some model putty. Now that I'm fairly happy with the Windshield I've started a Willy's wheeler project with the chassis and don't know whether to do a full restore on this body or leave it rough as a runner body.  I like the roughness but want to do something to restore aspects of its former glory. The stickers are original areas of black paint are rubbed down to green plastic.... kinda torn on what to do....

[Dojo Dave]

Make shift, I guess it will do for a runner body.  I like the age on it.  

[Nitomor]

Maybe try your hand at a purposely weathered look body. Loving what you've done with the hinge!!

I just bought my first 2mm (HIPS -high impact poly styrene) styrene board on ebay last night. What glue do you use with it, Tamiya cement?

cheers

Nito

[Percymon]

1 hour ago, Nitomor said:

Maybe try your hand at a purposely weathered look body. Loving what you've done with the hinge!!

I just bought my first 2mm (HIPS -high impact poly styrene) styrene board on ebay last night. What glue do you use with it, Tamiya cement?

cheers

Nito

I've used this, melts the pieces together for  a bond as strong as the material itself - only takes a few minutes to flash off and 5 minutes should have a bond strong enough to move to the next piece.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EMA-Plastic-Weld-Glue-Liquid-Poly-Cement-Glue-For-Hard-To-Stick-Plastics-Weald-/201419656168?hash=item2ee58c0be8:g:52wAAOSwyQtV5wcj

 

[Percymon]

3 hours ago, Dojo Dave said:

So I received a Wild Willy a while back that was in pretty rough shape, grill busted out and window hinges broken off and missing. I have recently decided to fabricate window hinges as I have nothing to lose on the window as it was a total loss. I backed the window frame with styrene board and sandwiched some clear plastic for a window. The hinges I used 1/8 styrene rod and squared it up with some model putty. Now that I'm fairly happy with the Windshield I've started a Willy's wheeler project with the chassis and don't know whether to do a full restore on this body or leave it rough as a runner body.  I like the roughness but want to do something to restore aspects of its former glory. The stickers are original areas of black paint are rubbed down to green plastic.... kinda torn on what to do....

I'd just add some weathering - either some paint brush flicks of acrylic paints in earthy colours, or the Tamiya mud weathering stick (crayon) work well, topped with some of you good ladies eye make-up

[Nitomor]

47 minutes ago, Percymon said:

I've used this, melts the pieces together for  a bond as strong as the material itself - only takes a few minutes to flash off and 5 minutes should have a bond strong enough to move to the next piece.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EMA-Plastic-Weld-Glue-Liquid-Poly-Cement-Glue-For-Hard-To-Stick-Plastics-Weald-/201419656168?hash=item2ee58c0be8:g:52wAAOSwyQtV5wcj

 

Thank you, have ordered it. Sounds a bit like Tamiya's thin cement with water like properties. I'm looking forward to it. 

I've bought a Bruiser front cab section and grille for the vintage hilux, and managed to source a vintage rear bulkhead with some damage on it which I plan to use as a pattern to make up a new cut down one out of styrene combined with the Rere rear window. It's the same thickness 2mm. If only I could find a vintage rear bed! I've also ordered some repro decals for the vintage as I'd like to have a crack at my own shell painting for it.

Cheers

Nito

[Percymon]

2 minutes ago, Nitomor said:

Thank you, have ordered it. Sounds a bit like Tamiya's thin cement with water like properties. I'm looking forward to it. 

I've bought a Bruiser front cab section and grille for the vintage hilux, and managed to source a vintage rear bulkhead with some damage on it which I plan to use as a pattern to make up a new cut down one out of styrene combined with the Rere rear window. It's the same thickness 2mm. If only I could find a vintage rear bed! I've also ordered some repro decals for the vintage as I'd like to have a crack at my own shell painting for it.

Cheers

Nito

Re-re rear window isn't quite the same shape as the cut out in the vintage cab rear panel - just so you know

 

[Nitomor]

Yes I know, but it fits into the new cab section perfectly of course only it drops into the realms of where the vintage bulkhead would bolt to the back of the seats. My plan is to make up a cut down version of the original bulkead for the lower section, and the rere window for the upper if that makes sense. The new rear bulkead will maybe use 2 of the seat fixings and a bent aluminium bracket riveted to the rear lower panel and screwed at the base of the front cab section and the rere window perhaps the middle seat fixing and glue. The seat will then be botled to the front cab by its four mounting pounts on the newer cab section. All other holes will be filled in the front section.

This will also allow me to use the more realistic front grille and indicators etc, basically modernising it to a more realistic level while keeping the other body original.

[Dojo Dave]

Thanks for the input, and im glad you sorted you own needs on the subject at the same time lol. Tbe body is pretty weather as is so im just going to set it aside for now and think. With four bodies and three chassis (fourth will be a wheeler)  im not in a rush. Was going to sell the worst body but you just never know with these guys what the best thing to do is.... peace 

[Nitomor]

Lol, yes sorry for the thread jack.

I think paint the hinge and try out the rust/salt/spray technique employed to great effect by others on here. I wouldn't sell any of them, potential projects they are! I'm looking forward to trying out a rusty weather effect scrapper and experimenting with Styrene.

That 3mm ish styrene rod you've used, is that easy to manipulate? Do you just apply heat to get the shape you want and what did you use to shape it with?