Some collectors find themselves in possession of un-finished or non-riveted cars and some castings look normal, until you pick them up. Others like the Datsun 510 Wagon look like a gasser minus the engine and some, like this '71 Porsche 911 Mail In car, have a huge gap between the body and base, the airspace is annoying on display. You can fill the space and give it a modded look. But if you want the HW OEM look, what to do? And how?
Staring at mine for a day or 3 I came to surmise that a tiny o-ring should do the trick and set about finding the proper item. Not easy to find and eyeglass repair kits scarce. Keeping this in the back of my mind and not dwelling on it, I stuck the Porsche in it's temporary storage display and carried on. Then one day while researching Teak Tuning Pro-Quality Fingerboard Products, I spied a truck tuning kit with small o-rings. The smallest appeared to be too small while the larger of the 2 looked like a possible fit. The kit includes 4 washers and 4 o-rings in 2 different sizes each.
I received my kit today and most of the time on painted cars, one of the rivets might be bare and the other painted. The largest o-ring is the only choice as the smaller one is far too tiny. The o-ring went on the bare rivet with direct pressure, like a boss while the painted rivet took more work to fit on. Both fit perfectly and most importantly, work! 2 o-rings definitely work as intended and now you have extra parts left over... Added them to the modeling parts stash, the smallest size washer might even work as a steering wheel on a project car.
The look is up-tight and for how it sits when finished, guessing on this, I should have been in Vegas... Info below if you think this will help you in a situation similar to mine.
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