Well I've got the German Naval Attache repainted and varnished after his brush with 'lead rot' .: The German Naval Attache goes down with 'lead rot' . and here he is being shown the new Sublime Porte's Machine Gun in a demonstration of it's firepower . If anything I think he looks better than he did before and I hope I've got the rot beaten once and for all .
The Attache has made a fine recovery.
ReplyDeleteI do hope so .
DeleteA wonderful piece of restoration Tony! He does look better than ever! That gun and crew are wonderful too, very well done!
ReplyDeleteYes i believe the new paint job is better than the old one.
DeleteHe looks great, well done on saving him and he lives to fight another day, The gun and crew look super too, really nice.
ReplyDeleteThanks , the gun and crew are of course Irregular 42mm.
DeleteHe looks really sharp! How did you treat the rot? I think I'd go with superglue if I needed to.
ReplyDeleteI dipped the figure in Dettol to clean the paint off and then a couple of undercoats and a couple of coats of varnish - I hope this cures it ! .
DeleteI suggested superglue, as I had picked up a couple of pieces of shrapnel during Falklands battlefield tours and they started to disintegrate in the warm of my house. So I painted them with superglue and they've survived everything since over the last 20+ years.
DeleteOh I've never heard of super glue being used for protecting metal!? , will see how it goes , thanks
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