Topic: old Restoration topic

[Luke Sprywalker]

Incredible job on the decals...blown away by the quality work these rehabbed figures are getting!

My centiments exactly! Ray these card are fantastik! I can see a lot of love has gone into these! Well done!

[Tamer]

Ray, I am utterly speechless to describe how great I think these are. And new decals to boot, how cool is that! That bootleg looks fantastic and I do think you may have created every single vintage rendition of the Driver that was made. I am seriously pleased with these and am crossing my fingers that we can get these shipped back across the big pond. I leave that in your capable hands, but please accept my thanks for a job that has far exceeded any expectations I had. You ought to be working at this for a living. Of course I am taking this to the front page, if my internet connection holds out. Just brilliant.

[mr.Jedi1977]

Hey man i am speechless you have done something that i think all of us have wanted to do . But you have gone more extensive here with the amazing amount of attention you have paid to the details . Looking forward to seeing more.  Keep it up.  would love to know how you manage to recreate the cards , i am still new to the customizing world and i would love to experiment trying my hand at re-carding some figures

[Wookie-Balls]

Thanks Art, those are some really kind words :-)

Work rumbles on and post vacation I've been thrown into the thick of it, however I do plan to carry on with my restorations and a large scale project - that I've dreamed of since childhood...

A Vintage Hoth Diorama

For this I'll be using both of my Kenner Hoth Playsets and as many of the ESB Hoth figures and vehicles that I can muster! My aim is to eventually have a Dio for each of the three original movies on display in my renovated garage (when I finally get the work done!)

My first aim is to build my "Imperial Invasion Force."

 All figures will be hand restored, by myself and I will be taking on 'beaters' where I can find them for pennies and utilising them in this project! I'm looking at

5 x Hoth Stormies
2 x AT-AT Drivers
1 x AT-AT Commander
1 x Darth Vader 
1 x Imperial Commander
1 x Probot (on playset)

1 x AT-AT Walker
1 x Tripod Laser Cannon
2 x MTV-7 minirig
1 x INT-4 minirig  

So far, so good - just 3 Hoth Stormies and the two drivers left to restore (I'm quite experienced in those now Tamer!) and I need another Vader...

Pics over the next few weeks as I crack on. Once these guys are done it'll be time to look at my Echo Base Rebel Forces!

Thanks again,

Ray

[Tamer]

Yeah, I bet those Hoth Drivers are fairly easy for you now!

Sounds like a project right up my alley. Looking forward to seeing it.

[Wookie-Balls]

Thought that you'd like that idea Shawn - however I have upgraded my plans...

Well I've decided that despite the Olympics I shall try to progress  a few restoration projects that I've been sitting on for a while...

As I'm going for a ESB run as my current project which includes my Hoth focus.

I also plan to restore my VERY battered Slave One. She will need a repaint, replacement parts and replacement stickers. And of course she will need a refurbished Boba Fett to pilot her.

I have also acquired an ESB USA battle damaged electronic X-Wing that will need a lot of TLC as well. I hope one day to display this with a Dagobah playset and figures. The stateside vintage X-Wings were different to the UK Palitoy version.

I'm hoping to start producing my own replacement vintage stickers in the near future so stay tuned for that!

So in total over the next three months I hope to compile
loose, complete, restored versions of the following :

5 x Hoth Stormies
2 x ATAT drivers
1 x ATAT Commander
1 x Imperial Commander
1 x Darth Vader
1 x ATAT Walker
1 x INT4 Minirig
2 x MTV7 Minirigs
1 x Tripod laser cannon
1 x Wampa
1 x Probot

5 x Hoth Rebels
2 x Hoth Rebel Commanders
1 x Hoth Han
1 x Hoth Luke
1 x Hoth Leia
1 x R2D2
1 x C3PO
1 x 21B
1 x FX7
2 x Tauntauns
2 x X-Wing Pilot Lukes
1 x Radar Laser Cannon
1 x MLC3 Minirig
1 x PDT8 Minirig
1 x energiser Minirig
1  x Snowspeeder  
1 x Rebel Transport

1 x Imperial Attack Base Playset
1 x Turret and Probot playset 


1 x ESB Battle damaged X-wing
1 x Dagobah Playset
1 x Bespin Luke
1 x Yoda
1 x R2D2
1 x Ben Kenobi
1  Darth Vader

1 x Slave 1
1 x Boba Fett
2 x Bespin Guards
4 x Imperial Stormtroopers
1 x Lobot

That looks like quite a lot of toys! I shall use my own childhood toys and wherever possible source beater figures / vehicles to restore and thus save them from landfill hell. I will also endeavour to save original parts paint/ stickers / weapons where possible and produce as many of the needed items myself!

Looking forward to bargain hunting and compiling all of these!

WB Out!!

[Tamer]

Wow, that ought to keep you busy for awhile.

[Wookie-Balls]

Thanks Tamer -

Today I made some headway into 'Project Empire.' my parents bought me Slave One back in 1980. Over the years this ship followed me about the globe (I was a military brat.) and for the last decade and a half she's sat in my loft, yellowed and missing her stickers...



Today I took her down and stripped her - you can see just how dirty and dusty the toy was...






Next every piece was hand washed in warm soapy water to remove the decades of grime and any sticker residue



Next I resprayed the outer shell of the ship with 'Light Royal Grey'



Finally I rebuilt the ship and applied just shy of 40 replacement stickers that I made...







Finally here is the restored Slave One parked in my Boba Fett area of the Wookie-Bunker. The other S1 has now been removed to make way for my childhood one...she's no longer a beater!

Thanks as always for reading

WB Out!!

[Wookie-Balls]

[Tamer]

Wow Ray. Who needs new items from hasbro when you can make the old Kenner stuff look like this! On the fp.

[wheeljack]

I love the restoration!!!!!

[botwt]

Outstanding!!! 

[Mando Assasin]

So awesome!

[Luke Sprywalker]

Oh my that Slave 1 is minty now! Excellent work Ray. I just love that 12 inch Boba Fett!

[Wookie-Balls]

Hey guys!

Glad you like the Slave One! Pretty proud of her myself, another childhood toy repaired...

Next up? Electronic grey ESB X-Wing, I've tracked down a tinted canopy and cannons, I'll be producing replacement stickers for her too. Even though I can produce reproduction battle damaged decals I shan't be doing that for this one as my other vintage X-Wing is already sporting some!

I also need to crank out some MTV-7 Minirig stickers, some ATAT ones and a set for my old
Forest Ranger!!

I've also got my hands on a 21B, a Palitoy landspeeder,  anther Hoth rebel for my dio AND found an old Palitoy/Kenner ROTJ poster too!

It's been a good month for vintage toys!!