My good friend Ferryman is a master restorer of damaged vintage toys. He recently restored a Century 21 Zero X. Ferryman told me "Luckily Woodsy, I had the remains of a remote in my parts box which provided the new cable and plastic to build the retracting wing from. Unfortunately I forgot to take any before photos!" Doh!
Never mind. I think you'll get a good idea what Ferryman did from the photos and his list of repairs:
- resprayed the heat shield silver
- made all the electrics work
- rewired the remote
- removed the melt marks from the remote caused by the cable
- fixed the extending wing and tail mechanism in the main body
- scratch built a replacement for one of the front retracting wings
One thing that needed no TLC was the rare Supremo badge, which came wrapped in its original tissue. A small tip remained missing from the telescopic antenna on the remote but it's a small detail in an otherwise gorgeous restoration.
Have you restored any vintage toys readers?
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