Vintage A4 Skyhawk from Airfix

George Robertson
Intresting what is the idea behind the tinfoil and Dettol?

Edward Carl LANGLEY Autore
It's not tin foil its just the rag that I laid the A4 on. If you need to strip any paint from a model, use 50-50 dettol and water, submerge your model overnight and all the paint, be it acrylic or enamel, will peel off. The plastic stays unharmed. Just wash with warm water and Fairy liquid.

George Robertson
What a tip 🙂 what if you have used primer?

Maciej Bellos
That's one tip! Nice end result!

Naram
super nice recovery of an old

Edward Carl LANGLEY Autore
The dettol takes everything off. See the picture of all the A4 parts cleaned and on the cutting board

Edward Carl LANGLEY Autore
I can't take the credit for this. I got it on YouTube

René (Lord Bilbo) Bartholemy
Very nice result. I always use a Sodium hydroxide solution to the same effect, but I'll try your system next time. Thanks.

Edward Carl LANGLEY Autore
Please see the link.
Youtube Video

Edward Carl LANGLEY Autore
I had dramas spraying gloss varnish and ruined another old classic, the Airfix Boeing Clipper. I've just re sprayed that with Mr Surfacer 1200. Should be sorted in a couple of weeks, IF I can master spraying gloss varnish