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Changing wheels on franlin/danbury mint diecasts


junkyarddawg
03-04-2006, 10:40 PM
Is it possible and where can one find wheels to fit as I have a 60 falcon and a couple pick ups that I would like to put big and littles with torque thrusts or any 5 spoke mags. Jeff

nosliw2004
03-04-2006, 11:05 PM
your crazy! lol. no clue but i know that danbury mints = $$$!!! well good luck w/ that.

junkyarddawg
03-04-2006, 11:37 PM
I bought a bunch cheap from a friend who got tired of them so I want to modify some of them. Jeff

nosliw2004
03-04-2006, 11:56 PM
dude that's pretty sweet you have a bunch of danbury mints. buy yeah i dont' own any so i can't help u there.

Quick Nick
03-05-2006, 08:14 AM
its almost like my situation with my danbury mint car ... dude good luck with that i would never mess around with modifing one of those but if you do just be really careful ... ps check out my avatar ... thats my danbury mint!!!

LA-CUSTOMS
03-05-2006, 12:20 PM
pos some pics of the car we may be able to help you out ... :)

nosliw2004
03-05-2006, 02:54 PM
just wondering do you have the rolls royce or bentley from either of those mints?

blubaja
03-06-2006, 08:33 PM
I have the Bentley from FM. Just be carefull taking everything apart. If it breaks..just glue it back together..Superglue is your friend. But yea. Get some pics of said model and maybe we cna help better.

nosliw2004
03-06-2006, 08:39 PM
@bulb i was actully asking junky but it's all good. wonder if he's even seen our posts? kinda annoying when thread starters vanish. but guess he's just busy.

blubaja
03-06-2006, 08:45 PM
Sorry nos..None of these threads ever stay on topic anyway.

junkyarddawg
03-06-2006, 09:23 PM
I think I might start taking apart the cheap department store diecasts before I get to the danbury but I want to put mags on the danburys,I wish they would send me a completely dissassembled model when I order one so I could modify it but I know they wont. Jeff

nosliw2004
03-06-2006, 09:29 PM
pretty much what we are asking of are pics. especially of the chassis so we can locate the screws. on most model cars the screws would either be on the edge of the whole undercarriage or in the middle. sometimes mostly on higher end cars they stick the screws under the wheels so you can't reach them. but yeah just show some pics.

blubaja
03-06-2006, 09:40 PM
Junk: FM released a '57 Bel Aire as a kit one time. You could build it as either a hard top or convertible.

Doing cheaper diecasts might not help that much since most manufacturers assemble things differently. Don't be afraid to dig into it. Ok..so if you break something you can hold be responsible ok? hehe

rasta_dubbed
03-06-2006, 09:47 PM
OT:

@blubaja : can you post your FM BENTLEY.. in a new thread? so we can see it.

thanks.

junkyarddawg
03-06-2006, 09:56 PM
Sorry I cant post any pics due to I do not have a digital camera,I am slow to get with technology as I just got my first car stereo with CD last week. I was over 40 when I got my computer and I still dont know how to operate all what it can do. Jeff

nosliw2004
03-06-2006, 10:36 PM
a little off topic but didn't cd players come out like a decade ago literally? so junk how do you like your nes? lol. anyways you can get a disposable digi cam.

blubaja
03-06-2006, 10:42 PM
Sure thing Rasta. Just give me a few days.

WTF guys..this is the fuckin ADD forum? And you wonder whey Mike gets mad.
But I shouldn't talk since I am OT too:(

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