How do you get doors and roof of modifiers

[Rubberband Man]

How do you get the doors and roof off modifiers? I have tried a hobby knife, do I have to use a saw? or is there some tool that I could use?

[PyRoTeKniKz]

dremel or saw for metal(forgot what there called )

[FlySkyline]

i also hear that you can use scissors because the metal is so weak

[PyRoTeKniKz]

Not that weak..believe me I'v done some things to mods and I know that scissors arent good enough.

[mike@af]

Rotorary tool, or a hacksaw which will be a pain in the ass.

As far as the "weakness" of the metal. Diecast models are made out of a cheap mix of metals called white metal as well as pot metal. The different recycled metals are melted in a pot, hence the name. Thus not creating a stong compound since the chemical molecules do not bond and coincide. I could go on and on if you want...

[FlySkyline]

please do if you dont mind, this is pretty informative

[mike@af]

Originally Posted by FlySkyline

please do if you dont mind, this is pretty informative

Be careful what you wish for...

I'll start off where I think I left off. Various recycled cheap metals are put into a pot and melted together. The product of the melting is not a chemical compound since all that has happened was the metals have undergone a physical change and have not chemically bonded with the other metals. The only way to bond the metals together is if they are the same element, which they are not since the metals are not raw, or if they fit the chemical/element requirements (Im not going into that).

The pot metal is a weak metal for a few reasons. One reason is the product of the melting is mixture and the molecules are not tightly compacted. Also resulting in a less dense, maluble metal. Since it was a mixture, and not a chemical bond, the molecules do not fit perfectly to the molecules of the different metals therefore the bonds are weaker causing it to bend easily, and if bend too far it will rip.

Pot metals melt under a liberal amount of heat. The pot metal usually consists of elements such as Tin (Sb, melting point is 450F), lead (Pb, Melting point is 621F), zinc (Zn, melting point 786F). Those elements are very soft metals to begin with, when you melt them together without chemical bonding the resulting product is much stronger.

Now would you like me to go into other metals, such as 4130 Steel, 2049, 4040, 6060 Aluminum. 8-10 Stainless, etc.

[FlySkyline]

if you can spare the time then yes

[mike@af]

Originally Posted by FlySkyline

if you can spare the time then yes

I'll make a new thread on all the various metals tomorrow while putty is drying.

WARNING: The thread will probably be long as hell...longer than Harry Potter.

[FlySkyline]

great, thanks alot. this is very interesting. and i am sure i can spare some time to understand what i am really spending most of my spare time around, plus you never know when you will use this info. for example, you maybe on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire and the million dollar question has to do with metals

[SeCrEtMoDdEr]

talk about his skyline in his thread

SUCKA

[SeCrEtMoDdEr]

then PM him guy

[mike@af]

Originally Posted by MoneyMike

stop spammin dom

Youre the one thats spamming.

[MoneyMike]

Originally Posted by GTmike400

Youre the one thats spamming.

[Rubberband Man]

ok thanks guys