The moldiest MOC Ever - Beater MOC U-Grade Salvage

[poncho]

Ta dah! and It Smells more than it looks bad It smells rancid!

dare i mention it a Cut card and then U Grade Candidate! on no Think Again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

a pair of Gloves,anti Bac Wipes, Sun light, a pen knife

and Boom in your face afa ugrading scum another one saved :twisted:

the smell has mostly gone too

and one for my moc budget run the bubble is firmly attached still and is ding and crack free 8)

some before and after shots

enjoy

 

[aussiejames]

Nice save- not sure I'd want to smell it

Reminds me of a mouldy POTF AT-AT Driver from memory Plantman saved

 

[theforceuk]

Nice bit of work, well done.

 

[benny100]

Well done mate, good save

 

[pizzathehutt]

excellent work mate! 8) love your focus.

 

[hellhippie]

nice job I wouda just opened him and trashed the card

 

[edd_jedi]

Great job, many would not have bothered!

 

[Michael Sith]

Great work, another vintage save

 

[Richard_H]

Chris hope you don't mind by whacked this on FB. Tommy Garvey recommends wiping it in white vinegar.

 

[steve obi wan]

Well done great work

 

[ScruffyLookingNH]

and Boom in your face afa ugrading scum another one saved :twisted:

A good a noble thing to do, poncho. Good work mate I wouldn't have thought it would have turned out half as good as it has.

 

[jedi_mister]

Well saved but I'd seriously consider getting him in an acrylic case. You don't know what might be growing on that even though you've given it a good clean!

 

[poncho]

Well saved but I'd seriously consider getting him in an acrylic case. You don't know what might be growing on that even though you've given it a good clean!

its been nuked in sun and under a heat lamp. i do have a couple of acrylic cases but il think i just whack him in starcase

 

[poncho]

Chris hope you don't mind by whacked this on FB. Tommy Garvey recommends wiping it in white vinegar.

which Fb group rich?

 

[Richard_H]

The ROTJ one. 1983-85.

 

[spoons]

Poncho you are a legend 8)

Great work

 

[indianawars]

full respect to you my friend, well saved.

 

[x-pack]

Nice job. Where had it been stored to get like that?

 

[Jez]

That's a great job Poncho. You are the restore man!

 

[Pomse2001]

Great work chris, great to see collectors save items like that :wink:

 

[poncho]

Great work chris, great to see collectors save items like that :wink:

cheers lars

 

[Dublinjeff]

Fair play Chris....nice job!

 

[MarkG]

One huge thumbs up from me.

Super restoration.

 

[poncho]

nearly 3 years later just a little bit of mould has returned ive put it in the sun as its hot day some condensation appeared in the bubble but card is now dry and the litho damage is nice and dry and hardened up. see you again in few years my imperial commander MOC. still smells lol

moc preservation!

 

[Cazza]

Nice update! Glad it's hanging in there and still smelling nice :lol: 8)

 

[user 5830]

It's alive I tell you... it's alive!

 

[StarWarsFan]

Blimey

 

[Darth Bobby]

That's true devotion, well done man.

 

[Darkest_Logic]

Nice, I don't think I would have been able to touched the card before hand :lol:.

 

[poncho]

Nice, I don't think I would have been able to touched the card before hand :lol:.

i used sterile gloves. ive no idea what it was but it was nasty :lol: