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Step 1: Remove wheels. This should be
nice and easy. 3/6 of my first Busch models I received already had a wheel set
off. The way I do it, is I remove the tires, then grab a hub and pull it
off the axel. You can then slide the axel out with the other hub
attached still. I will then replace the other hub on the axel, and the
tires so that everything is together. There's no glue used on these
parts. It's just a friction fit. |
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Wheel less model. |
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Step 2: Removing the chassis (or at
least the part I'm calling the chassis!). Not particularly pretty the
way I did it, but effective. I slid a knife in between the black plastic
of the chassis, and the coloured plastic at the wheel openings. I then
tried to rotate the knife up carefully, breaking the relatively week
bonds between the black chassis and the body and freeing the chassis. It
might not hurt to slide hobby knife with a #11 blade along the sides to
weaken any bonds there. Do this at both wheel openings. |
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That's how it looks with the chassis
removed. |
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Step 3: Removing the bumpers. The
bumpers appear to just be a press fit into holes in the body. First of
all, push out from inside of the bus on the mounting posts. I then slip
a knife in between the body and the bumper and use that to pry the
bumper off the rest of the way. Should you damage the body, it's likely
going to be covered by the bumper, or else you're probably going to be
painting the bus anyways if you're reading this. |
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How it looks with the chassis removed
and the bumpers removed. |
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Step 4: Removing the lower body. The
green part that you see is one whole peice, including the lower skirt
panels and silver sides. To remove this, I slipped the knife in between
the green plastic and the gray plastic of the interior at the wheel
openings, just like with the chassis. I slightly rotated the knife to
pry the two peices apart, repeating this at the other wheel opening. |
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Lower half of model seperated. |
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Step 5: Remove the interior. This piece
will slide out easily with a little jiggling. |
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Step 6: Removing the window glazing.
The windows are made up of 3 pieces: the windshield, the rear window and
the large piece with all of the glazing for the side windows and doors.
Remove the side window glazing by carefully pinching in on the clear
plastic tabs at one end. Pull the glazing at least part way free of the
window openings, and then repeat at the opposite end of the model. You
should then be able to remove the whole piece of glazing. The front
windsheild and rear window will just pop out after the main glazing has
been removed. |
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Glazing partially removed. You can pop
the A/C unit off by pushing out from the inside on the bottom of the A/C
unit. |
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A disassembled Busch model. Note: I
forgot to include the interior in this pic! |
