1921 Damaged Snowbird T repair?
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ivaldes1
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1921 Damaged Snowbird T repair?
Hi, as you can see this snowbird T has a missing/damaged front leaf spring, frame maybe, and missing front radius rod on the drivers side. I am wondering if it can be repaired or those parts replaced? If so how? The body is die-cast but the parts missing/damaged are plastic.
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mtntee20
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Re: 1921 Damaged Snowbird T repair?
I would purchase styrene (model plastic) in the correct thickness and cut out replacement spring parts. Heat them a little to bend into proper radius then glue them together and paint to match. For the radius rod, purchase styrene in the correct size, cut, glue, and paint. Voila, you're done and no one will ever know except you.
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CudaMan
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Re: 1921 Damaged Snowbird T repair?
You can make styrene rods of any thickness by heating scrap sprue (the frames that model kit parts are attached to) over an old fashioned light bulb, then pulling it until it is the correct thickness. Then let it cool and cut to length.
Mark Strange
Hillsboro, MO
1924 Cut-off Touring (now a pickup)
Hillsboro, MO
1924 Cut-off Touring (now a pickup)
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Phoenix88R
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Re: 1921 Damaged Snowbird T repair?
Most shape plastic parts can be 3D printed in good detail. Many colors and types of thermo plastic materials are available even elastomers and glow-in-the-dark. Affordable home printers can't match quality of injection molded. With light sanding and painting think it would be undetectable. A sketch with enough details/dimensions to make a CAD model (scale drawing) would be required. I know several 20-30 somethings with home 3D printers. If you could draw up what you need, I'm sure I could get it printed.
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ivaldes1
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Re: 1921 Damaged Snowbird T repair?
That is intriguing. The passenger's side parts are intact but I don't know how to do CAD or a 3D printer.
Phoenix88R wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 10:11 amMost shape plastic parts can be 3D printed in good detail. Many colors and types of thermo plastic materials are available even elastomers and glow-in-the-dark. Affordable home printers can't match quality of injection molded. With light sanding and painting think it would be undetectable. A sketch with enough details/dimensions to make a CAD model (scale drawing) would be required. I know several 20-30 somethings with home 3D printers. If you could draw up what you need, I'm sure I could get it printed.
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CudaMan
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Re: 1921 Damaged Snowbird T repair?
Mark Strange
Hillsboro, MO
1924 Cut-off Touring (now a pickup)
Hillsboro, MO
1924 Cut-off Touring (now a pickup)
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ivaldes1
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