Battery Cover Repair

[chilli]

Hi all,

please move this item to where ever it fits best.

It is always a tricky one to decide to repair a toy, but sometimes if the
item will not work without a repair then I reckon it is worth while.

In this case the clip on a battery cover was missing so a new one was needed.

Also some nasty acid rot holes needed patching.

Now this might not be the recommended way but it was my way.

I first got rid of the rust with abrasive paper.

The holes are always difficult to filler so i thought of paper covered in super glue would give me a firm base to apply filler.

it worked ok, at least i could see what i was doing.

I found an engine mount from a toy battery elephant and used a dremil to
shape it to fit.I then used solder to attach to the battery cover.

The edge of the cover was missing so i put a thin layer of superglue paper
then as with the rest of the holes coated the areas with an epoxy resin
double tube mix. This is harder than standard car filler.

Then I rubbed it down with wet and dry paper.

Then i applied car filler and rubbed down ( a lot of times!!!!) then built and rubbed down using thick primer.

Eventually after 2 days work sprayed it with a can of black car spray. it needed
"textureizing" to match the bodywork but looks ok now. Not perfect but a
lot better.

Hope it is of some use.

cheers

Chilli

[Roboto]

Turned out great.

[robot polishing his rocket]

just an amazing job! if you compare the first pic with the last, it's light years away.

mark, because of the unique design of the battery case, make sure you don't use the oversized d-cells. otherwise, things may start to crack, and we don't want that.

i say this just to be on the safe side. of course, you never would do that in the first place.

[chilli]

Good point, cheers Chilli

[Racerxc70]

Thanks for the great info, I use a similar method, but I coat the item with pure RUSTOLEUM and let it dry for 24 hours before using the filler it changes the structure of hidden rust.

Great job!