Aug. 8, 2011.... (1 Viewer)

[Aggie99]

A date that will live in infamy...(okay, maybe its not that bad)....

Yesterday I was sitting in my living room, when I heard a loud "crash" upstairs. I quickly ran to find out what had happened, only to find the double-door glass display case that housed/displayed all my toy soldiers laying on the floor! It had fallen from the wall where it hung and I was almost too scared to lift it up and see what the damage was.

Once I finally lifted it up, I saw that the glass doors were fine! I have no idea how they didnt shatter, but they didnt. Of course, all the soldiers inside where now in a pile on the floor.

I carefully sorted through them one at a time. I have about 75 soft-metal ones that had some guns that were bent, but no major damage.

In fact, most of the soldiers were okay (except for a few). A couple had bases broken off at the ankle of the solider, and a lot of them had "chipped" paint.

The one that was most devastating was my "Michael Collins" (IRA) figure. I had spent years searching for a Collins figure, but couldnt find one. Finally, a few months ago, with help from this board, I located one in Dublin Ireland. I ordered him and he was mailed to me...arriving some time later. I have had him for about 2 months, and now there he was...laying on the floor, with the paint on his arm chipped off (almost completely).

He was a "glossy" figure, and so his paint chipped off his arm as if it was an egg-shell. It shattered, and then chipped off in pieces so that his entire arm (which should be green paint) is now just the gold(?) undercoat.

Its like the "toy soldier"-gods have just decided that having a Collins figure is not something I should have.

(Is there any way to fix a glossy figure? Or at least stop the cracking of the paint from spreading??)

*sigh*

 

[Louis Badolato]

I had a similar disaster with a shelf in a large cabinet collapsing and a bunch of figures ending up with arms off and chipped paint. There are some people on this forum who are masters at fixing glossy figures. Send a PM to Brad (Jazzeum), he knows someone who fixes glossy figures as good as new.

 

[jazzeum]

Louis is right. Mike DeMarco owns Le Mans toy soldiers and he has fixed some real disasters for me, figures that I was ready to toss, and made them look new.

Brad

 

[Obee]

Louis,

sounds like a task that I have performed on a number troops in my time.... the only problem I have is getting the correct shade of colour for the figure.

In a worst case senerio I would consider a complete repaint, and that way you don't see any chips. That involves stripping the whole figure of its paint, doing a repair and then a 'lick of paint' to get a new figure.

John

 

[mikemiller1955]

A date that will live in infamy...(okay, maybe its not that bad)....

Yesterday I was sitting in my living room, when I heard a loud "crash" upstairs. I quickly ran to find out what had happened, only to find the double-door glass display case that housed/displayed all my toy soldiers laying on the floor! It had fallen from the wall where it hung and I was almost too scared to lift it up and see what the damage was.

Once I finally lifted it up, I saw that the glass doors were fine! I have no idea how they didnt shatter, but they didnt. Of course, all the soldiers inside where now in a pile on the floor.

I carefully sorted through them one at a time. I have about 75 soft-metal ones that had some guns that were bent, but no major damage.

In fact, most of the soldiers were okay (except for a few). A couple had bases broken off at the ankle of the solider, and a lot of them had "chipped" paint.

The one that was most devastating was my "Michael Collins" (IRA) figure. I had spent years searching for a Collins figure, but couldnt find one. Finally, a few months ago, with help from this board, I located one in Dublin Ireland. I ordered him and he was mailed to me...arriving some time later. I have had him for about 2 months, and now there he was...laying on the floor, with the paint on his arm chipped off (almost completely).

He was a "glossy" figure, and so his paint chipped off his arm as if it was an egg-shell. It shattered, and then chipped off in pieces so that his entire arm (which should be green paint) is now just the gold(?) undercoat.

Its like the "toy soldier"-gods have just decided that having a Collins figure is not something I should have.

(Is there any way to fix a glossy figure? Or at least stop the cracking of the paint from spreading??)

*sigh*

Aggie...were you aware that there was a small earthquake reported in the Dallas area the other day (August 7th at 11:45PM) that rang a modest 2.7 on the scale...it was felt as far as Greenville from what I understand...there were some pictures of cracked sidewalks on the Internet...

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/7687152.html

call your insurance company...

 

[Aggie99]

Louis is right. Mike DeMarco owns Le Mans toy soldiers and he has fixed some real disasters for me, figures that I was ready to toss, and made them look new.

Brad

You dont happen to have an email (or website) for him....do you? That would be great!! Thanks.

 

[Gideon]

Some people just don't account for the combined weight of a wall hanging cabinet and the contents inside. Some people think they can use what ever anchors they find at the local hardware store, some think that locating a stud just doesn't put the cabinet where they want it to be. Sigh.

This is why I hang my work very carefully and recommend to people who buy my wall shelves to be very thoughtful as to the above.

 

[damian]

A date that will live in infamy...(okay, maybe its not that bad)....

Yesterday I was sitting in my living room, when I heard a loud "crash" upstairs. I quickly ran to find out what had happened, only to find the double-door glass display case that housed/displayed all my toy soldiers laying on the floor! It had fallen from the wall where it hung and I was almost too scared to lift it up and see what the damage was.

Once I finally lifted it up, I saw that the glass doors were fine! I have no idea how they didnt shatter, but they didnt. Of course, all the soldiers inside where now in a pile on the floor.

I carefully sorted through them one at a time. I have about 75 soft-metal ones that had some guns that were bent, but no major damage.

In fact, most of the soldiers were okay (except for a few). A couple had bases broken off at the ankle of the solider, and a lot of them had "chipped" paint.

The one that was most devastating was my "Michael Collins" (IRA) figure. I had spent years searching for a Collins figure, but couldnt find one. Finally, a few months ago, with help from this board, I located one in Dublin Ireland. I ordered him and he was mailed to me...arriving some time later. I have had him for about 2 months, and now there he was...laying on the floor, with the paint on his arm chipped off (almost completely).

He was a "glossy" figure, and so his paint chipped off his arm as if it was an egg-shell. It shattered, and then chipped off in pieces so that his entire arm (which should be green paint) is now just the gold(?) undercoat.

Its like the "toy soldier"-gods have just decided that having a Collins figure is not something I should have.

(Is there any way to fix a glossy figure? Or at least stop the cracking of the paint from spreading??)

*sigh*

Well I suppose the Big fella was a bit too heavy.
Sorry to hear about your problem.