Diecast Help

"Sam" (samwellington) 01/05/2015 at 19:28 • Filed to: None

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This should probably be shared to LaLD.

So, my mom wants a diecast of her car, a W123 Mercedes 300TD. Surprisingly, one popped up on eBay. The only problem is that it's green, while hers is tan. So my plan is to repaint it for her, but I'm not sure I can take it apart. Any ideas?

Pictures of the car -

carcrasher88 > Sam 01/05/2015 at 19:40

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I don't have any experience with Gama diecast cars, so I shared it to LaLD. Hopefully someone there has more knowledge of these than I do.

The assembly method of this seems quite different than the kinds I'm familiar with.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Sam 01/05/2015 at 19:42

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Treat it like any real car, either strip it down to just the body or mask off anything you don't want painted and paint the rest.

But holy hell is that insanely awesome.

Sn210 > Sam 01/05/2015 at 19:44

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what's holding the base on? Is it a screw or rivet? I'd start there , and the interior will come out with it.

Did you get it already or are those ebay pics?

Not sure about the trim, headlights, or luggage rails on the roof...

XxxxXxxx > Sam 01/05/2015 at 19:54

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Looks like two rivets, just like most small die cast. Just drill those bad boys out, disassemble, strip the paint, repaint and reassemble. You don't want to do making and painting over the old paint, it's a mess.

Search YouTube and the web for "disassembling hot wheels", "making custom hot wheels", etc.

jedimario > Sam 01/05/2015 at 19:55

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You're going to want to disassemble it completely to get an acceptable coat of paint on there. That might be tough to do, especially since the lights (and possibly the windows and roof rack) are probably attached in a way that will make them easy to break when prying off. Putting it back together may be difficult as well. If you have any kind of experience that will help you get through those two steps, it could be a nice little project. But if not, you are probably better off looking for one already the right color.

XxxxXxxx > XxxxXxxx 01/05/2015 at 21:13

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Oops, that's "masking" and painting over the old paint.