Bandai 1/16 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost 1908 - "Balloon Car"

[Tim Marlow]

Reading up on it I think Pete might well be right with cascamite. “Dries glass hard and impervious to water” is how it’s described and that seems to mirror your experience Jim. The only remover I can find described is acetone. Try it with a spot of nail varnish remover if you have access to it. Good call Pete :thumb2:

[JR]

I'm in Jim.
Looks a beast of a build, with out doubt you will manage it well.

[Tworrs]

Looking good so far Jim, I'm sure your fettling skills are well up to the challenge.

[Jim R]

I tried acetone without any effect. Luckily it is brittle and with patience can be chipped away. I have cleaned up all the chassis parts - side rails and cross pieces and started to fit it back together.
Thanks for your interest and suggestions.

[Si Benson]

Evening Jim, great to see your busy with a bit of a challenge and something not many of would tackle.

Looks like your off to a great start :thumb2:

I keep a bottle of fairy power spray for stripping back too….does a good job :smiling4:

[Waspie]

Blimey Jim, looks like you enjoy a challenge. Good luck, although it looks like you're off to a superb start!!

[Jim R]

Thanks guys for your support. It means a lot.

Sanded back the ends of that cylinder thing. The original was beyond clean up :sad:


The little oblong bits fitted back onto the block.


All the bits that had had a Fairy Power Spray bath have been cleaned up. The cylinder needed a lot of sanding which destroyed the 4 bands so replacements were made from pewter.


And most satisfying of all we have a chassis that is square and sits level.


So I'm almost at the stage of seeing where I'm at per the instructions. So far it's all been remedial work.

Thanks again.

[The Smythe Meister]

Some lovely repair work and scratchduggery there Jim,.
Gotta admire your patience too:thumb2:.
It's coming along excellently so far.

[papa 695]

Something to really get your teeth into Jim, and some cracking work so far.

[JR]

Great work Jim, esp using a jig like that. The pewter work on that cylinder takes it to another level.
Keep it going.:thumb2::thumb2::thumb2:

[Allen Dewire]

Wow Jigs!!! I just caught up and this looks to be a kit that's right up your alley. I know you love a challenge Jim, and I am very sure you will do the kit Justice...I too, have never seen or heard of a kit that uses string for the spokes. An interesting concept. Drive on Sir!!!...

Great work Jim, esp using a jig like that

That's why we call him Jigs, Dude 2...............He has other nicknames too..........

Prost
Allen

[colin m]

And most satisfying of all we have a chassis that is square and sits level.

This doesn't look like a build, more of a restoration - just like the real thing.

[Jim R]

Thanks so much for your posts. Always good to have support but especially appreciated when a kit has "issues" :smiling:
The chrome plated sprue has been stripped of it's finish in bleach. I don't like using the chrome finished parts for a few reasons. Firstly the chrome is often quite thick and obscures detail. Secondly it looks false, in my opinion, when used on a model and perhaps the main downside is that if any sanding of seam lines etc is needed it's virtually impossible to touch up neatly.


The engine requires some wiring and I have bought some wire which should be suitable. Thanks for earlier suggestions :thumb2:

[wotan]

Fascinating stuff Jim and bravo for the patience to restore this one. Great stuff.

John

[Jim R]

Very little to show although time has been spent. Been over to my daughter's and the missus has dragged me off Christmas shopping a couple of times.

All I've really done is clean up parts and in some cases build small subassemblies.






First of the tiny missing parts scratched.


A bit early but Happy Christmas to you all.