Mondial non elite stickers

So far the my luck at waiting for the non-sticker Elite has gone unrewarded... I thought about going with the regular stickered version, and trying to remove them - glad I didn't. Sorry to hear about your loss.

 

Sorry to hear this about your model...you can try now painting it black or another color, try your hand a little customization.

Luckily it was not an Elite

 

Mine sat at home for a couple of weeks untouched and then I went and bought a new Ferrari book and in it a saw few cool pictures of Mondi Cabs, so before even trying to remove any stickers( actually I believe they are tampoo printed images) I took my dremmel and removed the roof. The whole thing was going to get repainted anyway, so why not?
Something that I noticed is that this model is not build anything like a Hot Wheels and a lot like a Kyosho. Very high detail and clever engineering in this model. It was obviously worked very hard to downgrade it, but it is still evident it is something else. Also if anyone has noticed, unlike almost any other model before there are no "mint without box" MOndial Elites on e-bay. This makes me think that it is made in a different factory, like the Kyosho.
Anyway, it would be done pretty soon and I'll post pictures.

 

I removed the 60 anniversary logo from the plasctic hood of a black non-Elite F50. I did it by repeatedly putting only a few drops of nail polish remover on a white t-shirt and then rubb it very carefully. It worked on the plastic. However, it did not work on the metal doors where I ended up removing some of the black paint. I have cursed Hotwheels for putting this cheap, ugly logos on these cars. It would have been much better if they had delivered the logos loose in the box instead of sticking them on the cars. Hotwheels just doesn't get it! I have two non-Elite Mondials and I think I am going to take them apart and put the doors and the hood in warm water for a day and see if they come off. I will let you know of the outcome... These cars are almost worthless to me with the logos on them.

 

I know that nail polisher doesn't work too well on plastic, but never had any problems with it on metal. Here is my silver de-decal-ed 60th anniversary enzo:
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I have removed decals several ways. For adhesive backed stickers, You can put tape over the decal, but only on the decal itself and slowly remove it by pulling the tape back at a sharp angle. Aonther way is to dab
3M Adhesive and Wax remove at the edges until the adhesive weakens or you get high enough not to care. Use a little at a time, be patient and use in a well ventilated area. If the decal is the traditional model kind printed on a laquere film, it can be soak in warm water for awhile to soften it and rubit off. If you have messed up the paint anyway, you have a good model to experiment on. Tony

 

Rather than trash it I would be interested in it. I have sent you a pm.

 

Have you trying using Goo Gone? This stuff works great on stickers with adhesive backings. It doesn't work instantly, it can take several minutes to loosen up the adhesive.

 

I used non-acetone NPR on the 60th black F50 with no problems, the hood & doors are metal , not plastic.

 

Good observation!!! You are right!!

 

Not very sophisticated, but I left the decal containing pieces soak in water for 10 days, then I was able to scrape them off with my fingernail without damaging the paint below.

A bit weird, but it worked.

 

the back of the body is soaking in a pot.

 

Is this Enzo the same quality as the standard Enzo (meaning non-Elite) or did they manage to downgrade it? Like this it would make my Enzo list complete and I have some special memories to an Enzo in this color (see my avatar picture).

Bob

 

Soaking? I guess we will soon see a lot of non-Elite Mondials with a flood title on eBay...

 

lol!!!!!!!!!!

 

FWIW... My Elite Modial is sitting in the mail room at work. I will retrieve it as soon as I get there - of course I'll post pics.

(Kyosho Plexi-Daytona is in the box with it...)

 

Non-acetone Nail polish remover works on metal with no problems , been using it for years. I just recently started to use brake fluid (Walmart, about $3.50 or so) to remove the tampos on plastic, works great, but takes about 3 times longer then using NANPR on metal . I'm using the brake fluid method to remove the stripes on a bunch of HW GT500's I just bought. Another method is Acrylic Thinner , although it takes alot longer then brake fluid . Acrylic thinner & brake fluid also work on clear plastic without leaving any marks.
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Finally !!!

10 months after this thread was started I got my Non-Elite MONDIAL full of horrible 60th anniversary ugly stickers

1)I droped my car into a water container .
2) left it underwater for 24 hours ...
3) those stickers can be easily removed by pulling with bare fingernails ....


Now looks much better without those awful stickers

P.S. desirable stickers such as the badge and others won't peel away if you don't touch them

NO rust, as the MONDIAL seems to be plastic made instead of metal.