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07-17-2013, 02:09 PM | #31 |
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It works pretty good. Usually I only do it if most of the stickers are really nice, if they are all roached I wouldn't bother. Your restorations really look nice. I just got a Detonator it's pretty mint but so dirty. I really want to keep it all original so I'm cleaning all around the stickers with a clothe and Q tips. I know if I soak it will ruin the stickers. It's a slow process but working ok.
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07-17-2013, 03:35 PM | #32 |
I just want foam gliders.
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I have another JUMP pad with legs and control box, I'm thinking of carefully peeling off the stickers, putting them on wax paper, then cleaning the surface underneath and then re-applying the decals.
Might work, might not... but the stickers, as they are now, are gross, so even if I end up scrapping them entirely, it's no loss. |
07-17-2013, 05:21 PM | #33 |
On Vacation
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Love it.. I do the same.. Just started on my Headquaters. I got the stickers already. Just need to wash it down and peel off them old nasty stickers...
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07-17-2013, 05:31 PM | #34 |
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they look great after just a little TLC
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07-18-2013, 03:51 PM | #35 |
I just want foam gliders.
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Thanks^^^
Well, the giant lot I just got will have me busy for a while. I got a shell of the Hydrofoil and I was pretty lucky to find both seats, it still had both windshields. I got the top turret with gun from the grab bag last month. It still had the steering wheel and both weapons covers. I got all four depth charges and the right side personnel hatch from a lot buy earlier this year. Both main cannons and the hydrofoil assembly is intact and functional, and I just bought a repro searchlight with lens. Here's a pic just sitting in my carport... I'll get a better one soon. I was also lucky to get a Night Raven shell with all three landing gears, cockpit and when I opened the belly launcher, both missiles were still there, that was a nice surprise. |
07-18-2013, 04:03 PM | #36 |
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These looks amazing!!! Awesome work! Question...what do you use to take off the original stickers? Some of them are usually on there pretty good, so I wonder how you get them off without scratching the plastic.
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07-18-2013, 04:17 PM | #37 |
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Thanks^^^
Well, the giant lot I just got will have me busy for a while. I got a shell of the Hydrofoil and I was pretty lucky to find both seats, it still had both windshields. I got the top turret with gun from the grab bag last month. It still had the steering wheel and both weapons covers. I got all four depth charges and the right side personnel hatch from a lot buy earlier this year. Both main cannons and the hydrofoil assembly is intact and functional, and I just bought a repro searchlight with lens. Here's a pic just sitting in my carport... I'll get a better one soon. I was also lucky to get a Night Raven shell with all three landing gears, cockpit and when I opened the belly launcher, both missiles were still there, that was a nice surprise. Awesome score on the Raven! It is a bitch to find parts at a reasonable price...
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07-18-2013, 06:28 PM | #38 |
I just want foam gliders.
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I have a bottle of spray on Goo Gone and that usually does it. Tweezers and my fingernail most of the time. The one thing I've noticed is the plastic under the decal is usually more well preserved than the rest, so at certain angles and in certain light you can see a faint square of where the original decal had been placed 30 years ago, but I use that as a guide to reapply the new decals, lol. Unless the kid was totally goofy on his original decal application, it works okay.
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07-18-2013, 06:31 PM | #39 |
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This thread is great. And terrific vehicles. I give most props to anyone who restores old vehicles. It is the yeoman's work.
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07-18-2013, 06:37 PM | #40 |
Cobra Viper
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j reuben ought to give you free stickers because this entire thread is basically a promotion of his product
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