Thank you Baron that helps a lot when removing paint in such a small area. [Y]
It worked! Until today, I had enjoyed virtually no success in stripping paint off plastic models. Purple Power (a Canadian version?) didn’t touch it, and oven cleaner was scarcely better.
Yesterday, as a result of this thread (and others I’ve seen in the past), I bought a 350ml container of Unival “disc drum & ABS Brake Fluid”. Before bed last night, I placed a tail fin from from a stillborn Airfix Hampden bomber model that was headed to the model cemetery into a small bowl of brake fluid and let it sit overnight.
This morning, the brake fluid was cloudy but most of the paint (one coat each of Tamiya acrylic spray primer and RAF green) seemed to be intact. But an old toothbrush removed most of the old paint in about 10 seconds, and another 15 seconds, using an electric toothbrush with an after-market brush, it was stripped down to the original dark-grey plastic. I’m impressed! I wonder how well it will clean my teeth? [*-)]
Bob
Old threads are useful !! Glad it worked.
Isopropyl alcohol and an electric toothbrush work too…right down to the bare plastic. [H]
Cool! I’m glad that worked for you Bob. I’m about to start an old AMT Indy car kit and I don’t like the chrome parts that came with the kit. I was thinking about using oven cleaner to remove it. Maybe the brake fluid is the way to go.