Just found this F40 how to get it looking good again?

[Daston]

So going though some boxes that I haven't looked inside of since we moved and found my burago 1/18 scale F40. I remember my Dad getting this for me when I was around 6 or 7 and loved it. Sadly its looking a little sorry for itself and I wish to bring it back to its former glory.

I am an experienced war-games modeler but not tackled any die-cast restores.

Here is what I am dealing with























Everything appears to be in good order, decals are still on the interior (under the dust) and the bodywork has all the clips etc.

The front right wishbone seems to have taken a whack at some point tho.



Are there any sites that do upgrade kits or spare parts for these? Or am I better of making my own out of brass rod?

Also if I unscrew the 6 screws along the bottom am I able to lift the body off?

[Daston]

EagleMoto4-2 said:

These can be totally disassembled so should have no trouble restoring it. Just undo the screws you mentioned and the body will split in half along the grooves that are painted black on the real car.
I painted the interior of mine back in the day. Plastic polish should sort out the misty windows, unless that is just a layer of dust? Likewise the body might need polishing as well.
Depends whether you want to just clean it up or want to paint the interior as well?

The interior and engine bay might be given a fresh lick of paint (nothing that I can't handle). I would like to rub down the body work and repaint it but don't want to lose the decals. I guess I could attempt to remove them but not sure if that is possible.

The windows is a mixture of dust and UV damage.