Banger Custom Tips And Tricks

[bangerboy]

POST UP ALL OF YOUR TIPS AND TRICKS HERE

before painting a model, lift the front of the roof up with pliars.
this gives the "hiab damaged" effect

now its your go, type away!

[Dan]

drill the base and remove the shell from the base and wheels to avoid getting paint on them.

[bangerkid45]

If its a police car and has a light bar, and there are holes when you remove it, put a piece of plasticard under it, and fill in the holes with milliput

[snakey13]

Get a flat lid of somesort and measure distances between wheels and make holes in the lid where the wheels go. To easily paint without the car moving if you dont want to remove the shell.

Also you can chop down an Arial for an easy made H-Frame.

[garnett111]

i use LARGE machsticks for my Hframs one LARGE machstick will make a good Hfram with a little bit of super glue.

[Dan]

use a pencil for sign writing, just dip in some paint and away you go!

[snakey13]

Sept 2, 2008 14:02:06 GMT -1 Dan said:

drill the base and remove the shell from the base and wheels to avoid getting paint on them.

How exactly should I do this, Dont want to ruin the models lol

[Dan]

Nov 17, 2008 13:37:48 GMT -1 snakey13 said:

Sept 2, 2008 14:02:06 GMT -1 Dan said:

drill the base and remove the shell from the base and wheels to avoid getting paint on them.

How exactly should I do this, Dont want to ruin the models lol

drill the rivits that hold it together, or just unscrew the screws if it has them ;D

[Zotez]

Drilling Out a model:

1) Firstly take the model and hold it upside down on a flat surface which will not move with vibration.

2) if the rivits have an indent in them, skip to step 4

3) get a small drill bit and drill out the centre of the rivit

4) use a drill bit that is slightly larger than the rivit to drill it away

5) take car apart Note:if the car does not come easily, DO NOT force it with a screwdriver, you may bend/snap the base and ruin the model.


Hope this helped.

[snakey13]

Cheers mate, top stuff. probably sounds easier than it is bit I'm sure I'll be able to do it ....Still propa chuffed bout that Roller lol Nice 1!!

[Dan]

it is a good idea to keep all the bits for the car together (inside the car held together with tape is best i think)

[brad162]

i use aluminium for the door bars if the cars are IE 1:24 scale (quite big cars) but if the cars are smaller i use coke cans for the roof fin and door bars

hope this helps ;D

[bangerboy]

if you are trying to achieve a "steel" look effect on the wheels, paint them black

[Dan]

Dec 2, 2008 12:28:14 GMT -1 bangerboy said:

if you are trying to achieve a "steel" look effect on the wheels, psint them black

ive just done that on my TSB volvo ;D

[daveyca55]

When doing complicated signwriting, draw the outline of the font on your model with marker pen first and then paint over it!

[snakey13]

Pencil to mark out signs is alot more effective as you can rub out any mistakes

Also, if making a limo from 2 identical model that you have chopped in half...wen filing down and trying to make them fit as best as poss, hold the 2 ends in place, and look at the joints infront of you computer scren, or tv of anything light...this will show exactly which bits need smoothing etc.

[snakey13]

Making A Chain From Scratch. How I Do It.

Sorry for poor photo quality.

Step1:
You will need...Some thickish metal wire stuff (depending on how thick you want the links) and some thin tip pliers.


Step2:
Put say 1mm of the wire in the pliers and grip it.


Step3:
Bend this about 180 degrees.


Step4:
Use the tip of the pliers and grip the same bit you just bent.



Step5:
Bend this bit round till you have a kind of circle curl.



Step6:
Now you need to cut the curl off as close to the curl as possible.



Step7:
After cuttng the curl off you should have a single link like so.


Step8:
Make more of the same the same way till you have enough.


Step9:
Link them together whilst opening and closing the links so they fit inside one another using the pliers.


Step10:
Glue each end link to the undersides of both cars at the places you want them. My cars wll be infront of one another like this.


And your done, note on the last pic mine arnt glued in place as i need to finish the 2 cars first.

Hope this is useful to someone.

Cheers

[brian200]

Very clever thinking mate, i was wondering what i could use for mine and you gave me some ideas, cheers

[Daz10]

very cool

[Dan]

what a clever idea nice one!