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Post subject: Vehicle restoratoin project!  Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 3:42 pm |
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having bought a beaten up x-wing i decided to repair it and make it disaplayble needless to say its not going well, I stood on it my accident and snapped the wings  . first step its off to homebase for superglue lol.
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Post subject: Re: Vehicle restoratoin project! Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 1:10 pm |
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that must have sucked had i ones with a restord board i was hanging them and the ones that had to waith theire turn , no iam all in the zone but accedently kinda loose my balance and , had no other choice then to put my foot where i could on the nose of a restored board , and the bondo part crackerd clean of  goodluck with glueing them back tho
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Post subject: Re: Vehicle restoratoin project! Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 12:29 pm |
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glued back on last week! it took me ages to unscrew it. there was a secret screw underneath the landing gear! 
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Post subject: Re: Vehicle restoratoin project! Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 6:36 pm |
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ponchobelt wrote: having bought a beaten up x-wing i decided to repair it and make it disaplayble needless to say its not going well, I stood on it my accident and snapped the wings . first step its off to homebase for superglue lol. Good effort! 
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Post subject: Re: Vehicle restoration project! Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 12:30 am |
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ive just won my second cannon on ebay! so 2 more cannons togo. i have set my self of getting all four cannons for less than 8 quid exc postage. it makes the project last longer
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Post subject: Re: Vehicle restoratoin project! Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 1:13 am |
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good luck
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Post subject: Re: Vehicle restoratoin project! Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 11:45 pm |
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3rd and 4th guns are on the way in the post. now too clean the body and make it white not grubby and put new decals on.
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Post subject: Re: Vehicle restoratoin project! Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 1:33 pm |
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still havent assembled it! i since bought a beaten slave 1 and now after 3 months ive found all the parts on ebay! so 2 ships to clean and assemble and display now!
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Post subject: Re: Vehicle restoratoin project! Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 10:39 pm |
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I have an X-Wing in bits at this time. It was my first one I had in 1979. The problem is the black marker pen I used on it for "more" battle damage. I have l even left it in bleach for two days but the marks are still there. What I want to do is paint it and then put some funky green or blue decals on it. Anybody got any ideas on how to paint it, spray or brush? Also what colour for the fighter it's self?
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Post subject: Re: Vehicle restoratoin project! Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2010 4:12 am |
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Spray your base colour. Use a professional sprayer. Then brush the detail. For stripes or squared paint, find a straightedge of some kind to keep it straight. Great thing about spraying the base is if you make a mistake, just spray over it. So if you're painting the body green with blue stripes, spray the whole fighter green, then brush blue stripes, or squares on the wings, etc. For battle damage, sponges can be useful, then articulating blast points with a brush.
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Post subject: Re: Vehicle restoratoin project! Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2010 10:51 pm |
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Thanks for the tips, I will let you know how I get on.
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