Wow. It looks so awesome. You‘re an artist. To put on all the stickers. That would be a nightmare for me to do. So cool. The replacement nose. Perfect. Thanks Dave. I wish all things could be fixed like this. Keep up the good work. Take care.
Maybe one day! I have an old room tour video you can watch. Now it's quite messy and full as I spend a lot of time filming and working on projects in there, so every inch is covered with something I am working on.
It's always rewarding to get that "grail" item in you collection. But better still when, with your own hands and caring, you bring it back from the edge of destruction! Inspiring!! TOY ON!!
Just remember to take it slow and have patience. I spend a lot of time thinking about what I am going to do before I start, so I know what my plan is. Sometimes it works out as I expected, other times I make changes as I go. Most of all have fun.
The yellow and red stickers kinda look like Oscar Meyer Hot Dog packaging, but they do add that 70's spaceship vibe. I could see a future project being building yourself a small vacuforming machine for some of those roundier shaped pieces. But you made working with sheet styrene do the job.
Fabulous restoration Dave. I'm beginning to think you could even fix a rainy day with sufficient quantities of plastic weld, glue, paint and styrene. :)
Great fixes! That nosecone build is amazing! I think it still looks like a dust buster and the noise made my dog freak but all finished it's pretty cool.
Wow amazing job recreating the nose cone I can imagine parts for these are tough to find I see the six million dollar man one come up every now and again
I love your Gene Kranz Apollo 13 attitude of, we're going to make this work with what we have on hand. That nose cone is awesome. I have a friend that has been finding multiple uses for that UV glue - that stuff is incredible. He has been fixing broken thumbs on G.I. Joe figures and also fixing cracks in toy vehicles. It is sandable and can be polished to a clear shine. Great tip with the lighter fluid cleaning your scissors. I'm constantly using that to clean my Swiss Army knife after opening parcels.
Thanks Michael. The UV Glue will be seen a few times in upcoming videos as I wanted to test it out. Seems to work very well. More like hot glue gun glue I think as you can peal it off. But works well for certain fixes.
@@toypolloi definitely needs to be used on transparent items so all of the adhesive can be exposed to the UV light for maximum strength. I've found it doesn't work well on solid, opaque items where the UV light can't fully reach all of the adhesive.
Amazing how good that nose cone looks, you could probably make your own part for behind the cockpit chair. As you have successfully made the nose cone, I'm sure you would have no problems making the other missing part.
Love how you repaired the canopy. Have you ever done a Gran Prix race car restoration? I recently picked up one and it's missing the windshield. I wonder if your method of using the polycarbonate would work for recreating the windshield?
Great work, the nosecone looks brilliant! Humbrol number 147 might be a good colour match if you haven't sorted it out already, it's a lighter grey colour.
brilliant job Dave.looks amazing .do you have a hobby craft shop near you??if so they are open and sell model paints. I,ve brought some from local one in Swindon
Did you ever think about buying some 3D pen for making the stuff you need out of plastic? I saw many videos on 3D pen sculpting....it can be quite effective!
nice set of music!
Hey Dave🙂
Great fix!
I watched your video on the "big" screen tv, much better than my cell phone..haha
Take care
Very clever as usual
Impressive nose Dave! :) Before the stickers went on there was a bit of a Batmobile feel to the toy
Those side pods look way better than the originals, and the nose cone looks bang on
Amazing job, love this video. Thank you Dave.
That fabricated nose cone is amazing! What a great restoration! I enjoyed watching you restore one of your favorite toys.
Thank you very much!
I think the pod engines you used look much better than the original ones.
Thanks. They do look the part.
Wow. It looks so awesome. You‘re an artist. To put on all the stickers. That would be a nightmare for me to do. So cool. The replacement nose. Perfect. Thanks Dave. I wish all things could be fixed like this. Keep up the good work. Take care.
Great job Dave, looks great!
Could you do a video on your display room? I would love to see all the old toys you have restored. Long time watcher, first time poster, lol
Maybe one day! I have an old room tour video you can watch. Now it's quite messy and full as I spend a lot of time filming and working on projects in there, so every inch is covered with something I am working on.
It's always rewarding to get that "grail" item in you collection. But better still when, with your own hands and caring, you bring it back from the edge of destruction! Inspiring!! TOY ON!!
I agree. You learn about the toy as you fix it and it becomes unique with your own repairs and fixes.
You need to polish the "glass" with plastic polish then cover it with liquid floor wax.
Absolutely brilliant. That nose cone came out perfectly.
I really enjoy your videos. When repairing toys I often get flustered before even attempting to thing of a repair solution.
Just remember to take it slow and have patience. I spend a lot of time thinking about what I am going to do before I start, so I know what my plan is. Sometimes it works out as I expected, other times I make changes as I go. Most of all have fun.
@@toypolloi ty. I will.
That solar hurricane looks fantastic! Great restoration, love it!
Another master piece by Dave! Bravo
Very enjoyable to watch you work. Thanks for entertaining us my friend 🙂
Even after years of watching you work, your ingenuity never ceases to amaze me! Beautiful work!
Excellent job Dave!
Great job. The nose actually looks good in grey, matches the rear.
The yellow and red stickers kinda look like Oscar Meyer Hot Dog packaging, but they do add that 70's spaceship vibe. I could see a future project being building yourself a small vacuforming machine for some of those roundier shaped pieces. But you made working with sheet styrene do the job.
Fabulous restoration Dave. I'm beginning to think you could even fix a rainy day with sufficient quantities of plastic weld, glue, paint and styrene. :)
Great fixes! That nosecone build is amazing! I think it still looks like a dust buster and the noise made my dog freak but all finished it's pretty cool.
Amazing job! Thanks for your videos!
Wow amazing job recreating the nose cone I can imagine parts for these are tough to find I see the six million dollar man one come up every now and again
I love your Gene Kranz Apollo 13 attitude of, we're going to make this work with what we have on hand. That nose cone is awesome. I have a friend that has been finding multiple uses for that UV glue - that stuff is incredible. He has been fixing broken thumbs on G.I. Joe figures and also fixing cracks in toy vehicles. It is sandable and can be polished to a clear shine.
Great tip with the lighter fluid cleaning your scissors. I'm constantly using that to clean my Swiss Army knife after opening parcels.
Thanks Michael. The UV Glue will be seen a few times in upcoming videos as I wanted to test it out. Seems to work very well. More like hot glue gun glue I think as you can peal it off. But works well for certain fixes.
@@toypolloi definitely needs to be used on transparent items so all of the adhesive can be exposed to the UV light for maximum strength. I've found it doesn't work well on solid, opaque items where the UV light can't fully reach all of the adhesive.
Looks great! Another toy restored.
I love the white speckled on the nosecone. Gives it an almost metal flake type paint job.
Thanks. I have left it like that as I think it looks pretty nice. And it makes it unique.
Looks amazing! Just being able to hold it in your hands 😭 I hope to do it too
Great job ✌🏽👍🏽
Nice !!! Beautiful ...que gran trabajo y que pasión por los juguetes antiguos ! Lo felicito !
That cone looked well good!!
Amazing how good that nose cone looks, you could probably make your own part for behind the cockpit chair. As you have successfully made the nose cone, I'm sure you would have no problems making the other missing part.
👍 great work toy polloi love this video dude 👌
Thanks 😁
Great job, I really enjoyed this restoration, it brought me back memories of my six million dollar man version, greetings from México
Awesome! Thank you!
Love how you repaired the canopy. Have you ever done a Gran Prix race car restoration? I recently picked up one and it's missing the windshield. I wonder if your method of using the polycarbonate would work for recreating the windshield?
Excellent restoration. Reminds me of having to prototype these for the toy fairs way back when!
Thanks Greg. I was pleased with how the nose cone came out.
Great work, the nosecone looks brilliant! Humbrol number 147 might be a good colour match if you haven't sorted it out already, it's a lighter grey colour.
Beautifully done!
Now what came first? This toy or the dust buster?
Or the Sinclair C5
Brilliant... there are som lightbluishgray lego tiles 8x16 might they make a colourtrue nosecone?
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brilliant job Dave.looks amazing .do you have a hobby craft shop near you??if so they are open and sell model paints. I,ve brought some from local one in Swindon
I do have one local. Not fully open yet. But hopefully soon.
Inspired by Sir Clive Sinclair perhaps. C5 anyone?
Did you ever think about buying some 3D pen for making the stuff you need out of plastic? I saw many videos on 3D pen sculpting....it can be quite effective!
That nose cone... damn... why don't you just build all your toys from scratch? :)
Anyone know if anyone's done a reproduction?