whdamon
Corporal
- Joined
- Sep 22, 2009
- Messages
- 444
Unfortunately my size 15 foot son accidently bumped into the cabinet that my Christmas Display was positioned on............many figures went down, some with minor damage but the worst was the mounted Highland Officer.........see photos below of what happens when a figure drops 5 feet on to a solid brick hearth. Horse broke all 3 legs off the base as I believe he hit face first (nose and teeth were crushed). Blanket roll and rider broke free but not before his right leg was bent under the horse and his cap brim flattened. lots of missing paint.............MAJOR REPAIR JOB!!!
As you can see I have completed the horse. Pins (needles) inserted in legs/houves and then using epoxy putty the legs were resculpted. The nostrils had to be removed as they were a mash of pewter rubble (says a lot for the metal K&C uses as it was not easy filing and cutting this away), upper lip and teeth also had to be removed from one side. All this was replaced with epoxy putty and resulpted as close to the original as I remembered it or could find photos of the piece. All the missing paint chip edges feathered, then filled with a primer (SIDE NOTE::: much to K&C credit, all their figures appear to be first painted with a really tuff primer coat.....I cant tell you how many other figure manufacturers repairs I have made and the outer paint is just laid over bare metal....BRAVO quality credits to K&C!!!) and then painted to match the original. Next up is the rider........hoping with some heat I can gently bend that leg back to its normal position (fearfull it may actually break off) and after completly removing the hat brim, I will replace it with a epoxy putty sculpt and gloss black paint. As I will be taking my figures to the grave, none of you have to worry about picking this up in the secondary market, but I will leave a note in the box that details the repairs in case one of my heirs decides to part with my collection.
first photo shows his position in the display...unfortunately at the edge
The damage
I'm having "large photo" issues so I will close this thread...try to reduce the remaining photos and add them to next thread
Walt Damon
As you can see I have completed the horse. Pins (needles) inserted in legs/houves and then using epoxy putty the legs were resculpted. The nostrils had to be removed as they were a mash of pewter rubble (says a lot for the metal K&C uses as it was not easy filing and cutting this away), upper lip and teeth also had to be removed from one side. All this was replaced with epoxy putty and resulpted as close to the original as I remembered it or could find photos of the piece. All the missing paint chip edges feathered, then filled with a primer (SIDE NOTE::: much to K&C credit, all their figures appear to be first painted with a really tuff primer coat.....I cant tell you how many other figure manufacturers repairs I have made and the outer paint is just laid over bare metal....BRAVO quality credits to K&C!!!) and then painted to match the original. Next up is the rider........hoping with some heat I can gently bend that leg back to its normal position (fearfull it may actually break off) and after completly removing the hat brim, I will replace it with a epoxy putty sculpt and gloss black paint. As I will be taking my figures to the grave, none of you have to worry about picking this up in the secondary market, but I will leave a note in the box that details the repairs in case one of my heirs decides to part with my collection.
first photo shows his position in the display...unfortunately at the edge
The damage
I'm having "large photo" issues so I will close this thread...try to reduce the remaining photos and add them to next thread
Walt Damon
