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Friday, 18 November 2011

K.E.V.I.N D.'S R.E.S.T.O.R.E.D S.W.O.R.D

Reader Kevin D has painstakingly restored some of his SWORD and C21/JR21 toys. Kevin explains Here are a couple, a before and after of a JR21TB1 that I got on ebay and a Apollo Saturn that had no nose or front fins when I bought it. Woodsy says Amazing Kevin!
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6 comments:

  1. WOTAN11/18/2011 9:19 am

    damn ive got to get me a Saturn. I love thatdesign and its one of the models thats eluded me longest too.

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  2. SCOOP11/18/2011 10:40 am

    Superb restorations. Got to agree with Wote, I've got to get me mits on one those Saturn's - a really nice looking toy.

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  3. WOODSY11/18/2011 4:57 pm

    Beautiful work Kevin. How did you re-create those red fins from scratch?

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  4. KevinD11/18/2011 5:00 pm

    Thanks. The fins were made from plasticard cut and sanded to profile, the nozzles in them were parts of pens. I always keep lots of bits and pieces for scratchbuilding so I usually have a chance of making the parts.

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  5. Anonymous11/18/2011 5:27 pm

    It wouldn't even have crossed my mind it had been restored. Super job, Kev !!

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  6. Anonymous11/18/2011 5:28 pm

    Wish I had the skills to repair and restore and scratchbuild. Sigh.

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