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<blockquote data-quote="staermose" data-source="post: 461541" data-attributes="member: 9170"><p>Last week I got two Kenner AT-STs. None complete. But between them and my spare parts bin, I now have one that is only missing it's top gun, and the small round hatch.</p><p>I didn't use peroxide for this restoration, although I have with others.</p><p></p><p>Besides trying to get a complete vehicle, I also needed to clean the parts. One of them was especially filthy, to a point where I suspect that it may have been buried outside. I unscrewed all the screws of both walkers. Disassembled the walking mechanisms. And pried the cockpit apart.</p><p></p><p>Then I carefully removed all remaining stickers.</p><p></p><p>I took all the plastic parts and gave them a wash in my dishwasher. This is extremely effective for removing any dirt that may be in hard to reach spots. And so far hasn't warped any parts.</p><p></p><p>With clean parts, a full set of stickers I put the best of the parts together for one decent AT-ST, and one that looked ok, but lacked stickers, and had some severe discolouring on some of the parts, especially the cockpit. And some scratches to some of the leg parts. And some loose stickers. This was sold, at a price reflecting it's condition.</p><p></p><p>My point by all this is, that is relatively easy to remove, and reapply original stickers. And this gives option of both giving it a better clean, and a peroxide treatment if wanted/needed.</p><p></p><p>The newly restored AT-ST is the one on the right.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]166507[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="staermose, post: 461541, member: 9170"] Last week I got two Kenner AT-STs. None complete. But between them and my spare parts bin, I now have one that is only missing it's top gun, and the small round hatch. I didn't use peroxide for this restoration, although I have with others. Besides trying to get a complete vehicle, I also needed to clean the parts. One of them was especially filthy, to a point where I suspect that it may have been buried outside. I unscrewed all the screws of both walkers. Disassembled the walking mechanisms. And pried the cockpit apart. Then I carefully removed all remaining stickers. I took all the plastic parts and gave them a wash in my dishwasher. This is extremely effective for removing any dirt that may be in hard to reach spots. And so far hasn't warped any parts. With clean parts, a full set of stickers I put the best of the parts together for one decent AT-ST, and one that looked ok, but lacked stickers, and had some severe discolouring on some of the parts, especially the cockpit. And some scratches to some of the leg parts. And some loose stickers. This was sold, at a price reflecting it's condition. My point by all this is, that is relatively easy to remove, and reapply original stickers. And this gives option of both giving it a better clean, and a peroxide treatment if wanted/needed. The newly restored AT-ST is the one on the right. [ATTACH=full]166507[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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