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Post  mikero Fri 22 Jul 2011, 7:30 pm

How did people paint/treat them? My front springs, having been kicking around in the factory for some months, were looking a bit rust-spotted so I took them apart and cleaned them up on a linisher. My thought now is to spray the faces with ACF 50, a corrosion inhibiter, and then paint the whole assembly with Hammerite once it is back together. Any other ideas?

Mike
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Post  atomenter Sat 23 Jul 2011, 5:19 pm

Hi Mike

Rightly or wrongly I have used red and black smooth hammerite for all of the chassis and the axles, springs etc. Will find out in a few years if it was the right thing to do.
Enjoy the build - I only have about 6 kits to go.

Regards

Tom A
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