#39 Zodiac conundrum

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#39 Zodiac conundrum

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I have a #39 Zodiac, peach with silver wheels. Unfortunately the windscreen surround was bent and it broke as I tried to remedy it. Do you reckon it is worth buying a good donor and adding it to the base or is any real worth gone? As context, a grey-wheeled playworn version just sold for $63AUD on ebay, extraordinary money to my, albeit undeducated eye.
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Re: #39 Zodiac conundrum

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Sidebottom wrote:I have a #39 Zodiac, peach with silver wheels. Unfortunately the windscreen surround was bent and it broke as I tried to remedy it. Do you reckon it is worth buying a good donor and adding it to the base or is any real worth gone? As context, a grey-wheeled playworn version just sold for $63AUD on ebay, extraordinary money to my, albeit undeducated eye.
G'day,
I would not want to pay for a made up model (tampered with) even though I do buy play worn so that I can get more variations.
I have just purchased a grey wheeled in good condition and a silver wheeled broken tow hook for less than AU$40 (for both) on Ebay UK.
Keep looking, as this model is one of MY favourites also.
Cheers
Red Down Under.
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Re: #39 Zodiac conundrum

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There is not much on these models that one can straighten without it breaking (larger areas of a body can sometimes be tweaked). Anything else you do to the model is tampering. I would either enjoy it as is or install a replacement windscreen frame and restore the model (the all or nothing approach).
It might be time to start my "Bucket List."
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