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This hardly qualifies as it turned out to be just a body swap - but it was done on the bench too 

A Facebook Marketplace find, I wasn't bothered about the Parma controller but was interested in the 1/24th scale BRM Porsche 959. The seller wouldn't separate them but for £35 post paid it was still a bit of a steal!

Click on the photo and see what you think.  Rough but restorable?

   

My mistake. 

After removing the RC style vac-formed spoiler the red tape behind it had been used to cover a multitude of attempts to repair and/or install other spoilers. As well as that, the arches had been cut to allow the wheels to protrude way beyond the body. I was able to even up and round off the arches then Dremel 5/8" off the axle to get the wheels back inside the body, which helped with the looks. Even more so after I'd cleaned off all the raceworn factory transfers and shaved back the repair attempts to the correct contours.

However, by the time I'd tried to source replacement wing mirrors (unobtainable) and decals, costed up model filler, paint to blend in the repair, time and materials for a home made spoiler and the requisite postage it just wasn't cost effective.

Casting around for a solution I was amazed to find Pendles still had one or two factory finished replacement bodies and I was lucky enough to grab the last Coke body, with wing mirrors! for less than £20. Even less with the club discount.  

Bit of a cheat really as it was just a case of undoing three screws and swapping the new body in but I'm well pleased. An 'as new' 1/24 BRM/TTS Porsche for? - a heck of a lot less than eBay prices! 

Here it is in all its glory.