Ultra Magnus Cab Restore

[liegeprime]

Just additional to what digger has said

1. When Painting the surfaces using spray on paint - if you cant remove any parts that isn't supposed to be painted in that colour (e.g. windows, smokestacks), best cover it well with masking tape then while the paint is almost dry remove it carefully.

2. Of course get the missing parts for the cab and trailer. Good thing UM parts are easier to find on ebay these days than say pretender parts - based on the picture you just need well - UM head, waist plate/cab connector, chest plate, big and small fists, foot plates/ramp and his gun.

3. Make sure before you spray paint of brush paint that the surface is cleaned up from grease and residue - use babywipes as this is gentle enough not to cause damage but give it a good ol elbow grease if quite dirty.

4. Patience is a virtue, drying your coats before the next paint apps is a must. Otherwise you get a sloppy work turnout.

5. Make sure to wear proper protective gear for your eyes, mask and do your spraying /painting in a well ventilated area. Also proper lighting helps.

[GoktimusPrime]

kudos on finding a G1 Ultra Magnus cab with rubber tyres and painted face with unbroken smokestacks!!

[kup]

That Magnus is in better condition than mine when I first bought him

Diggers instructions are pretty good but I will add this:

All you need is white and silver paint. Clean up the toy as much as you can and only paint the spots where the paint has chipped - Don't paint over existing factory paint. You'd be surprised how much just a few paint chips take away from the look of the toy and covering them up with a paint pen would be enough to bring it back to a decent condition. Your toy is not as chipped as it looks, its a quick paint job to fix.

If the white plastic has yellowed bathe it in Hydarogen peroxide for a few days but you need to disassemble the figure for this as Peroxide is corrosive to metal.

http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showth...light=peroxide

Do the same with the silver paint, don't paint all over do only the bits were it has worn. Only paint it all if you can get that magical chrome paint everyone is talking about.

The next step is to hit ebay for accessories and reprolabels as Digger mentioned

[16364279]

you guys are champions.

in regards to the chrome parts, because i will be spray painting them will it be okay to spray the whole part even though the paint isnt fully chipped?

what would be the best way to clean the trailor apart from baby wipes to bring out some of the colour ?

so skull white paint + super chrome automotive paint is the best stuff for him ?

[gamblor916]

...so skull white paint + super chrome automotive paint is the best stuff for him ?

Tamiya fine white primer is a really good though you'll also need gloss white on top.

[turtle boy]

Pulling a prime cab apart is't a hard task, it's really quite easy, all chrome parts come out when you take all the screws out and split the plastic. They are all on little pegs. When you take him apart, you can even tighten up some of, if any loose joints by realigning them.

This is the first Prime I have re done.





It wasn't completed then, but it is now, you can get an idea from that though

[TheDirtyDigger]

in regards to the chrome parts, because i will be spray painting them will it be okay to spray the whole part even though the paint isnt fully chipped?

That's fine. The chrome isn't really chipped like the white paint but worn so spray will still go over smooth.

what would be the best way to clean the trailor apart from baby wipes to bring out some of the colour ?

Wait until you've given the trailer a thorough clean with baby wipes first. If it is truly discoloured then nothing will bring it back to an original or near original colour except a good bath of hydrogen peroxide and some sunny sunshine. Now the trailer is a big thing. You'd want to dismantle it as much as humanly possible without breaking it, unless you want to spend a fortune on H2O2.

[kup]

The trailer parts are way too large too for a H2O2 bath so he would need to spend a fortune on it anyway and also a good large glass container that can fit the part in and be sealed.

Since the gray on Prime's trailer is pretty generic, it may be worth painting over but be prepared for a less than out of the box look even if he ends up looking kinda good due to the glossy paint.

[16364279]

ill go the baby wipes on the trailor first, i was also thinking about using a tiny bit of Gif to get the hand marks out.

In regards to the the cab i bought the skull white today and the automotive chromer. When taking off the smoke stacks and the radiator grill do i just clip them out or will they break ?

seeing kups fort maximus motivated me to try with my magnus but seeing turtle boys prime has made me reconsider perhaps because it was still unfinished at that stage.

should the skull white only be used for the metal parts where the paint chips are ?