Rate My First Diecast Mod

"Tripper" (tripe46) 04/02/2020 at 18:07 • Filed to: None

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Ok so the paintwork is really sloppy. Particularly the details on the quarter panels, yeesh . I should have just left them body colored. Anyway, I let it be rather than trying to fix/touch it up so that I have a benchmark on which to improve. The below Datsun 510 started as pictured. Then I dismantled it and let it sit in some aircraft stripper for a few minutes. I sanded, primed and painted. I went with red because it’s the only color I had at the time. It came with “real wheels” but I wanted them for another car. So I dug through my unopened cars and found a gold set off an Escort Cosworth...welp at least they’re different.

EDIT: I am almost certain now that it was not the Bluebird , but the green (header) image. So hopefully it was a $5 car and not a $300 car that I stripped haha.

I also did a quick wheelswap on a duplicate 934 RSR that I have.

Brickman > Tripper 04/02/2020 at 18:13

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You str iped the rare and valueable Vintage Racing BRE Datsun 510?!!! They sell for over $300!

MonkeePuzzle > Tripper 04/02/2020 at 18:15

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your paint is certianly no worse than it is from the factory. I say pat yourself on the back. good job

Tripper > Brickman 04/02/2020 at 18:18

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Hmmm probably not at least hopefully not. I doubt I’d have anything rare in my collection, then again I wouldn’t know if I did. I had a really hard time finding a picture of what I thought was it...I forgot to take a before pic.

Tripper > Brickman 04/02/2020 at 18:24

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Ok I found it it was the Car Culture 510 released this year! Phew!

ClassicDatsunDebate > Brickman 04/02/2020 at 18:25

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Me thinks we are being trolled by the before pic....

ttyymmnn > Brickman 04/02/2020 at 18:33

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I was wondering about that. The fenders are different on the two cars. 

shop-teacher > Tripper 04/02/2020 at 18:53

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Looks good!

shop-teacher > Brickman 04/02/2020 at 18:53

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Seriously?  I have one of those.  It’s loose, but mint.

Monkey B > Tripper 04/02/2020 at 19:00

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nice! More progress pics! I’m about to embark on this hobby...starting with vans.

Tripper > Monkey B 04/02/2020 at 19:28

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https://oppositelock.kinja.com/diecast-weekend-1841574551

Monkey B > Tripper 04/02/2020 at 19:52

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nice! I’ll be contributing soon. Very nice work!

Spaceball-Two > Tripper 04/02/2020 at 20:02

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Looks great! I did a wagon last year. Fun build.

Tripper > Spaceball-Two 04/02/2020 at 20:10

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Aw man that looks awesome !

Brickman > shop-teacher 04/02/2020 at 20:27

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Yep, even one sold for $549 +$20 S&H. That’s insane!

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=hot+wheels+vintage+racing+bre+datsun&_sacat=0&rt=nc&LH_Complete=1

Brickman > ttyymmnn 04/02/2020 at 20:28

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yep it sure is, hard to tell with the white fenders

Brickman > Tripper 04/02/2020 at 20:28

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Whew! It looks good red with gold wheels

Discerning > Tripper 04/02/2020 at 21:26

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Very cool. What grit did you sand it with? What did you user during reassembly to hold it together?

My sandpaper was too course and I plan on using jb weld again. 

Tripper > Discerning 04/02/2020 at 22:07

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1500 grit and I do my best to be delicate with the drill so they’ll snap back together. If it’s loose I use jb weld or gorilla epoxy.

Discerning > Tripper 04/02/2020 at 22:16

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I definitely went overboard with the drill this time. Oh well

shop-teacher > Brickman 04/02/2020 at 23:06

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Gadamn! Maybe I'll sell it and buy some Lego sets.

Noodles > Tripper 04/03/2020 at 11:29

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Nice work. I use OOO steel wool instead of sandpaper on the bodies. It's way easier to work with. 

Tripper > Noodles 04/03/2020 at 12:26

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OMG thank you! I use 0000 to polish exhaust tips and have a bunch of it

The Compromiser > Tripper 04/03/2020 at 17:59

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I give it a 1:64.