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Resealing a 12-Back Palitoy Jawa
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<blockquote data-quote="Snaketibe" data-source="post: 527070" data-attributes="member: 7379"><p>Because the right-hand and top edges of the bubble lined up so neatly with my Palitoy card, my first job was carefully slicing off the excess litho with my trusty X-Acto knife:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]64905[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]64906[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Now it would have been a damn sight easier if I could have simply stuck the bubble and litho straight onto the Palitoy card, however I decided it was simply too difficult to get the litho flat and wrinkle-free beneath the bubble, whilst also satisfactorily repairing the ripped area of litho, and whilst also leaving enough room to insert the Jawa and footer. Consequently, I reluctantly took the decision to completely remove the litho from the bubble, and then attach first the litho to the Palitoy card, and then the bubble. I was reluctant, because I knew perfectly well how difficult it would be to perfectly line up and glue the litho pieces in place so that they were in exactly the right position for the bubble to then line up perfectly on top of them... but difficult or not, I still felt it was the preferable option, and so I tore off the litho! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]64907[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]64908[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]64909[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Perhaps counter-intuitively, I actually prefer tearing the litho in this way to cutting it, as the litho tends to separate / split nicely at the bubble's edges. The top-most layer of litho with the printed image tends to get left behind on the bubble, whilst the layer of white paper beneath the print comes away from the bubble. In my opinion, this in turn makes for a more seamless final join when sticking the bubble back on top of it compared to what would be achieved if it had been cut (and also, you would need to cut it right along the bubble's inside edge to disguise the join, and that's easier said than done.</p><p></p><p>Next, the left-hand side of the Palitoy card needed its litho graft performing. To hide the join as seamlessly as possible, I took Ian's (Palifan's) advice and hid the join in the dark slanting line within the silver racetrack around the card's edge. However, because the Palitoy card had a rather extreme cut, with no black litho at all outside the racetrack on its right-hand side, it meant its left-hand side had an extra thick black line of litho which was wider than the litho donated from the Kenner card. Therefore, to cover the difference, I applied a black pen line (using an Edding fine-tipped art pen) down the left-hand side, before carefully sticking down the litho strip with UHU (which dries extremely quickly, so you need to make damn sure the piece you're sticking is exactly where you want it!:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]64910[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]64911[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snaketibe, post: 527070, member: 7379"] Because the right-hand and top edges of the bubble lined up so neatly with my Palitoy card, my first job was carefully slicing off the excess litho with my trusty X-Acto knife: [ATTACH type="full" alt="08 - Before X-Acto.jpg"]64905._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="09 - After X-Acto.jpg"]64906._xfImport[/ATTACH] Now it would have been a damn sight easier if I could have simply stuck the bubble and litho straight onto the Palitoy card, however I decided it was simply too difficult to get the litho flat and wrinkle-free beneath the bubble, whilst also satisfactorily repairing the ripped area of litho, and whilst also leaving enough room to insert the Jawa and footer. Consequently, I reluctantly took the decision to completely remove the litho from the bubble, and then attach first the litho to the Palitoy card, and then the bubble. I was reluctant, because I knew perfectly well how difficult it would be to perfectly line up and glue the litho pieces in place so that they were in exactly the right position for the bubble to then line up perfectly on top of them... but difficult or not, I still felt it was the preferable option, and so I tore off the litho! :-) [ATTACH type="full" alt="10 - Before First Tear.jpg"]64907._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="11 - After First Tear.jpg"]64908._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="12 - Litho Pieces.jpg"]64909._xfImport[/ATTACH] Perhaps counter-intuitively, I actually prefer tearing the litho in this way to cutting it, as the litho tends to separate / split nicely at the bubble's edges. The top-most layer of litho with the printed image tends to get left behind on the bubble, whilst the layer of white paper beneath the print comes away from the bubble. In my opinion, this in turn makes for a more seamless final join when sticking the bubble back on top of it compared to what would be achieved if it had been cut (and also, you would need to cut it right along the bubble's inside edge to disguise the join, and that's easier said than done. Next, the left-hand side of the Palitoy card needed its litho graft performing. To hide the join as seamlessly as possible, I took Ian's (Palifan's) advice and hid the join in the dark slanting line within the silver racetrack around the card's edge. However, because the Palitoy card had a rather extreme cut, with no black litho at all outside the racetrack on its right-hand side, it meant its left-hand side had an extra thick black line of litho which was wider than the litho donated from the Kenner card. Therefore, to cover the difference, I applied a black pen line (using an Edding fine-tipped art pen) down the left-hand side, before carefully sticking down the litho strip with UHU (which dries extremely quickly, so you need to make damn sure the piece you're sticking is exactly where you want it!: [ATTACH type="full" alt="13 - Left-Side Before.jpg"]64910._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="14 - Left-Side After.jpg"]64911._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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