Spider Wales
Hero member
- Location
- Newport South Wales
Many years back, (2000) I bought a 1000 tank that had obviously had dents and the badge recesses filled, but was apparently quite sound in all other respects.
After 20 years of it sitting on a dusty sheld, I have stripped all of the paint and filler from it with the view of using it on my TS.
As you can see from the photo's, it has had a bit of a catastrophe in the past, (I think whoever repaired it had shares in a filler company!) there is damage to the r/h side on the front edge and the side where it looks like someones knee has squashed it, as well as the mangled front l/h side. Asides from this damage, it is in reasonable condition, surface rust inside, but no apparent pinholing or heavy corrosion, (the underneath had about three layers of a sort of bitumen mastic over the original paint, this has proved, "interesting" to remove!) so apart from the battering it has received in the past, it looks repairable.
Now to my questions, there have been many comments on here over the years about the simplicity of repairing dented tanks, this is great if you have the ability to weld, an ability I don't have unfortunately, so, has anyone any suggestions other than what an internet search will provide in respects of getting the thing straightened out? I realise that it will need a degree of filling to get it looking reasonable, but I would think that it would be cost effective to sort it out, given that Boba asks 600 notes for a tank and if a steel one does come on the market, (usually dented) you are looking at about 500 or so anyway, (my budget doesn't reach those sort of figures either to be frank!)
So, any suggestions Gents? Or am I looking for rocking horse shit here?
I am UK based.
After 20 years of it sitting on a dusty sheld, I have stripped all of the paint and filler from it with the view of using it on my TS.
As you can see from the photo's, it has had a bit of a catastrophe in the past, (I think whoever repaired it had shares in a filler company!) there is damage to the r/h side on the front edge and the side where it looks like someones knee has squashed it, as well as the mangled front l/h side. Asides from this damage, it is in reasonable condition, surface rust inside, but no apparent pinholing or heavy corrosion, (the underneath had about three layers of a sort of bitumen mastic over the original paint, this has proved, "interesting" to remove!) so apart from the battering it has received in the past, it looks repairable.
Now to my questions, there have been many comments on here over the years about the simplicity of repairing dented tanks, this is great if you have the ability to weld, an ability I don't have unfortunately, so, has anyone any suggestions other than what an internet search will provide in respects of getting the thing straightened out? I realise that it will need a degree of filling to get it looking reasonable, but I would think that it would be cost effective to sort it out, given that Boba asks 600 notes for a tank and if a steel one does come on the market, (usually dented) you are looking at about 500 or so anyway, (my budget doesn't reach those sort of figures either to be frank!)
So, any suggestions Gents? Or am I looking for rocking horse shit here?
I am UK based.
