Various restorations

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Various restorations

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A badly play worn Chevy. I had to smooth out the roof as it was badly pitted. Axles had to be cut off and discarded and I had to soak the wheels in a mild acid to get them off the rusty axle stubs.

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The Jumbo crane was super near mint with a bent rear axle. While replacing the axle, I decided to give it the super rare M9 / 6c smooth face wheels. It's now in a board members collection,

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This snowplow was also super near mint but a model railroader had painted the gray wheels to black. A fellow collector tried to remove the black paint and ruined three of the original wheels. After donating the truck to me, I restored it back to it's original gray wheel glory.

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The play worn Aston Martin had a casting blemish on the hood (bonnet), after that was fixed, it went to metallic red with BPW.

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Another badly playworn model that had no tires. It went back together with red wheel hubs and new tires.

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Joe, these restorations are of absolutely amazing quality. You are a genius (and we're all exceptionally lucky that you haven't turned to "the Dark Side"!).
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Great work Joe, some of these look familiar...and the others I never got the chance to see until now. Thanks for sharing ;)
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Anyone up for Ice Cream?

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