Yes Pics would be nice love to see your toys.And Yes the work to smooth out would have been fun NOT!.The cast alloy in all the earlier victa parts is very poor,and only runs about an 8% silicone content so to weld is actually quite hard as there are so many impurities in this metal,even cast iron,Its not far off Die Cast/White Metal which cannnot be welded....ok ok Im sure someone can but its near impossible.All the crap comes to the surface and the alloy does not run well due to the low silicone content,so sometimes its a case of weld,grind weld grind until you get the desired run and it often makes a higher build,hence the laboured smoothing out process.And a shame neither of you are in Sydney as I Alloy weld Also and Alloy Braze to..YES braze,And oxy and stick and mig and brazing, soldering and fabrication and lead lining and cast iron and erm thats about it lmao. Just curious VC why did you get a model 5 base welded? This all you had? A shame since ive thrown so many out,Not good enough to sell,not worth the space to keep...
