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Originally Posted by KTem

That's because I stumbled across a thread in which someone said Castrol Super Clean was a good paint stripper. Since that's a brake cleaner, I figured other brake cleaners might work as well...

Jesus, this is wrong on so many levels!!! Yes, CSC is a very good way to strip paint off a model, but what ... made you think it's brake cleaner? It's not!

Have you looked in the FAQ? It has everything you needed to know to avoid the ballsup with the chassis! It describes what CSC is and also mentions brake cleaner.

Too bad you didn't bother earlier, because otherwise the model already looks quite good and has all potential to look great with some more effort that, as I see, you're prepared to put into it.