I thought I would share my winfall, I guy from work found out I was into modelling & he asked me if I wanted his old stuff, of course I had to help the guy out LOL.
This all stuff from when he was a kid 13 or so. It's all 1/35 & after alot of cleaning this is what i got, its fairly decent builds, good for parts if nothing else. I tried to coax him back into the hobby, but hes found "other interests"

Is "simply green" the stuff that removes paint?

Bruce nice stash. Yes Simple Green will work just great. It'll remove just about all paints, the smell...just a minty green :-) You'll need to soak beteen 1-3 days, sometimes I found that it only took 30 min's. Using a old some what stiff brusk or toothbrush to clean out the nooks and crannys.

I use brake fluid... strips it down nicely with no damage to the plastic or metal... although I'd test it on a small piece first given the age of the models...

Brake fluid.....interesting, well 1st I'll try the simple green, if that's no good, then I'll give brake fuild a try. I will hold the oven cleaner as a last resource.

Thanks Guys

You lucky guy!! And all that for free too!...

Bruce I am glad he gave it to a modeller - a lot of people just trash them so enjoy
Ian

Score!
It's always great gettign free models (especially if they are clean builds)
One day walking to my local I walked past a house with a whole heap of stuff out the front - with a FREE sign.
Admist the trash, a built stug3, stug4, sturmtiger, PZ2 and a number of sirfix horses.
I was happy - even happier on the way home from the local :-)

simply green is a household cleaner

strong but not for paint removal methinks

you can use brake fluid to remove paint, by brushing it on

reb

Wow,
What a great day! I've used "easy off" oven cleaner, as well as "Simple Green". For me the easy off works best, but definitely outdoors. If you must clean them inside, go with the Simple Green.

try Castrol Super Clean

Has anyone ever tried using Purple Power? It's a heavy duty cleaner/degreaser that you can buy from auto parts stores. It's main use is cleaning engines. I've never used it for stripping model pain, but have used it for cleaning old gunstocks. So far no finish I've ever seen has held up to it.

Hey, why go to the trouble? How'bout invite your friends over for a scale Gottdammrung with fireworks and lighter fluid?????

If you are going to use the oven cleaner get one of those big plastic ice cream buckets and after you spray the model put it in there and put the lid on. Also i got my oven cleaner from Deals. Only a buck.

Lots of good ideas here.......ones gotta work
If all else fails, out comes the sand blaster :-)

Thanks for the input Guys

Wesley's "Bleche white" a tire cleaning product works very well also. I use it for all of my "accidents".

Nice haul Bruce..

You could try the Castrol super Clean.. a bit strong on the olfactory organ though.. .

Dave