Do you ever unscrew your mods? Why and when?
Nah. JBWeld does the job perfectly fine, and, if you're carful, you won't NEED to take the car apart.
if you ever do have to take it apart it's entirely possible as well, with caution.
JBWeld is also a cheaper option if absolutely necessary.
I've been screwing cars together since I started this crazy hobby about three months ago. Of course I do have a drill press in my garage. And I can only tell you that makes things incredibly easy but the tip here for all you screw screwers And those who are intent on tapping their own threads with the screw try this. I add one final step to my preparations on the casting.
most all of the videos I seen on screw screwing diecast use a 116 inch bit for the initial hole into the rivet and then a 3/16 bit to drill out the rivet. Then the 1/16 bit is used again to perhaps make that initial hole a bit deeper. The extra step now is to use a slightly larger bit. I use a 5/64 and then drill just the tiniest amount into the casting stub. Probably less than a millimeter or so. This gives the screw head. I guess the screw tip a easy place to perch on the casting before you then line it up and apply pressure to start cutting threads. since adding this extra step, I've had a few if any issues with the screw going in at a weird angle or something like that.
I would add one more thing and that is if you are a screw screwer then at least get yourself a decent screwdriver that fits the heads of the tiny little screws. You're gonna try to drive into your casting. And to make things extra fun I even use tiny little washers on those tiny screws. It's tiny good fun.
Always use screws unless I butcher the hole. Bought new bits and they are pretty cheap, so I'm with Blueline & Bent Rod~ sharp or go get new ones.
I also use a second body now when lubing, & save the one that is painted. Or wait until last to paint & decal the car.
I have no idea how my '67 Mustang exploded at the French touch....first time for that. She has screws.
Once all my work is done I make a race car sandwich with JB Weld and cross my fingers. If I miss perfection it’s no big deal because I have many cars being built at once. Sometimes they turn out awesome, straight and fast.
Solid 54g, rolls straight and fast. I really like this one, she was an easy build and even the white wheels don’t look stupid.
Well to be I have been using the soldering iron method and it seems to work pretty well. I now have all of the tools to do screw and I will trying it once I get some time. J and I have only entered one race so far and I would like to enter more once we get a little better at it. Running the track here at the MOuntain of Doom takes up a lot of time. But, thanks to everyone and their tips!! This is awesome.
Thannks everyone!!
K
Very new here and to the hobby. Yet, have already needed to unscrew multiple builds not long after closing them up. Closing with screws has already proven invaluable for me
I screw around 2 out of 3 builds, the others I just crazy glue the posts and body.
I also usually use liquid crazy glue to fix the axles to the body... I know, I wouldn't recommend that hahaha! I'm getting pretty good at it by now, but I often "finished a car", glued the axles, reassembled the car and glued/screwed it together. I had to disassemble a few because the glue accidentally got in the wheels, so yeah, was pretty relieved when it happened to the cars that had screws xD