Protectobots Restoration

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I'm lazy, I'd just strip them down and drop the whole lot in a Peroxide bath and see what happens

If I were in a rush, then I might of considered this approach.

Good luck with Streetwise. I think someone made a movie about this once

lol, I don't know why they haven't gone further with that approach apart from Spike in the G1 Cartoon, Streetwise may have a couple of questions for you down at the station.

Those 3 guys are not in that bad condition, they are actually better than most despite residing under the flower pot for the last 20 years

Since they don't seem discolored, the H2O2 bath seems redundant. They appear to be just dirty. Give them a good clean with babywipes and then reassess their condition.

Streetwise may not be as deteriorated as he looks. Try to remove the metal chest an use some car polish on it until you remove all the grime and rust until you get to the shiny metal. There will be some imperfections on the surface but it will like 1000 times better than it does now.

Dirst Aid just needs a clean up and some reprolabels.

When it comes to blades, clean him up and see if you can make a 'prosthetic' piece for his broken skid and super glue it in and then paint it white.

I agree, they don't look terribly yellowed apart from First Aid's front windscreen section and his arm but the camera may not of picked it up annoyingly, I'll have to get some better light when I take the next photos.

Cheers for the advice Kup as I've noticed you seem to be pretty well experienced with the restoration with figures, would you be able to suggest a method of removing the old stickers and residue?

Duly noted on Blades and Streetwise's chest, with blades I'll see if I can track down some replacement arms and Streetwise's chest shouldn't be too hard as my Father is quite knowledgeable in that department.

Go here - > http://www.reprolabels.com/Autobots/defensor.php ;

And here - > http://www.thetf.net/forum_posts.asp...204&PN=1&TPN=1

Electrolysis - > http://www.fergusonenthusiasts.com/r...%20Charger.pdf ;
You can also try using paint stripper to clean the metal.

Cheers for the links Eruntalon.

The H202 thread looks quite interesting - It certainly seems to give figures a new lease on life.

The Electrolysis link I'll definitely give a good read but that area should be sweet as, like I said to Kup, my Father is pretty good in that department.

Cheers for the direct link for the Reprolabels too, I'm certainly looking forward to your progress on Fort Max as well, just got to find a dried lake bed to sit him in.


Thanks a lot everyone for your input and advice, I'll post some progress pics tomorrow hopefully but I'll definitely try to update this project regularly.