namfreak
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I've just got them back from the Car Bodyshop.
3 Control Panels and 2 bezels I collected over the last few years, in readiness for restoring my upright cab.
None were great - cigarette burns, cracks and dings on all except for a NOS bezel I paid dearly for - and even that wasn't great!
Decided to take them to a quality car BodyShop and ask their advice - I thougt it would be a similar restoration job as a plastic car bumper.
Cracks were repaired using melted plastic filler, and was reinforced on the back where required with plastic mesh.
Colour was matched using a Spectro-photometer on my NOS bezel. It was a 9.3 out of 10 match with a Renault Silver, but they altered that standard colour to match the original Sega colour perfectly.
The bodyshop is an Approved Mercedes bodyshop, so I hoped I would get a better service than some back street gorillas.
They were very concientious, as they were not sure of the 1980's plastic used, and so did not employ a method that required "slow baking" in the ovens, which might have melted these hard to find parts!
Needless to say I am absolutely delighted with the results.
The excess quantity (2 CP's and 1 bezel) are available, although I'll post in the For Sale section - or PM me
3 Control Panels and 2 bezels I collected over the last few years, in readiness for restoring my upright cab.
None were great - cigarette burns, cracks and dings on all except for a NOS bezel I paid dearly for - and even that wasn't great!
Decided to take them to a quality car BodyShop and ask their advice - I thougt it would be a similar restoration job as a plastic car bumper.
Cracks were repaired using melted plastic filler, and was reinforced on the back where required with plastic mesh.
Colour was matched using a Spectro-photometer on my NOS bezel. It was a 9.3 out of 10 match with a Renault Silver, but they altered that standard colour to match the original Sega colour perfectly.
The bodyshop is an Approved Mercedes bodyshop, so I hoped I would get a better service than some back street gorillas.
They were very concientious, as they were not sure of the 1980's plastic used, and so did not employ a method that required "slow baking" in the ovens, which might have melted these hard to find parts!
Needless to say I am absolutely delighted with the results.
The excess quantity (2 CP's and 1 bezel) are available, although I'll post in the For Sale section - or PM me
