I recently purchased a complete Jetfire which is still a nice bright white. However the inner calf panels that are made of metal are very corroded and the paint is peeling and flaking off. Because of this I am considering taking them off and stripping them down to bare metal and repainting them a nice bright white used for model cars. I will be putting a coat of white primer down first to stop this from happening again. The red on the wings and forearms has also just rubbed off like it was put on with a marker. I plan on removing these pieces, masking these areas off and painting them with Tamiya Italian red since I believe this will be a nice match to the original red.
I feel confident that I will do this properly since I have been building model cars for most of my life. Below are a couple of pics of some models I have built to give you an idea of my painting skills.
I'm also wondering if this is done would it make it less collectible? I mean would you buy it if you knew the restoration work had been done right?
BTW sorry if this is in the wrong forum I just didnt think it would belong in the customs.
Your thoughts on restoration
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- Gestalt Warrior
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Your thoughts on restoration
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Personally, I would be less inclined to pay a higher pricer for a figure that has been restored. I like to spend my money on an original figure, including all the imperfections that age brings, giving more character. However I will say that I have restored several TFs in the past, but I have no intention of ever selling them off again so the loss of value is un-important to me.
Looking at the cars you have made in the past it looks as if you have the skills to pull this off to a high standard so I imagine re-sell wouldn't be as badly affected as it could be.
If your going to keep the figures and want them looking better I say go for it, return them to their former glory.
Rumble.
Looking at the cars you have made in the past it looks as if you have the skills to pull this off to a high standard so I imagine re-sell wouldn't be as badly affected as it could be.
If your going to keep the figures and want them looking better I say go for it, return them to their former glory.
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Thanks for your thoughts Rumble. I really dont like to restore them but Jetfires paint is pretty bad. His right calf is about 60% bare corroded metal. I guess I should have stated that I dont plan on ever selling my collection but you never know what may happen one day. Also I wouldnt expect to get more money I just dont want it to make it worth nothing.
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I agree with Rumble.
I prefer to keep my figures 100% original, but when I but I don't intend to sell them I usually go ahead and restore them, as long as I'm convinced that I'll be able to do a really good job of course.
You seem to know what you're doing when it comes to painting, so that shouldn't be a problem.
Good luck!
I prefer to keep my figures 100% original, but when I but I don't intend to sell them I usually go ahead and restore them, as long as I'm convinced that I'll be able to do a really good job of course.
You seem to know what you're doing when it comes to painting, so that shouldn't be a problem.
Good luck!