Yet another fix-up (1 Viewer)

[Obee]

I recently obtained a couple of K&C Collectors figures, Marshal Murat - CF14 and Bugler of the Empress Dragoons - CF07 as dmaged goods, and hopefully now I can bring them back to 'as new' condition.




On inspection I notice many paint chips, their swords are bent, but the main item to repair will be the bugle.

Keep a lookout for more posts showing their progress over this weekend,

John

 

[Grey Heron]

Look forward to seeing your wip on these lovely miniatures.

 

[Obee]

Today I have been busy working on the Bugler and repairing the broken bugle and straightening the sword scabbard.


Clean up break, then drill into bugle body and broken piece with .7mm drill.


Glue brass wire as a pin and cut off to the correct length when dry.
Note I have straightened the sword scabbard too.


Glue the fit broken part into position.

Next job will be retouch paintwork including many chips on body.

John

 

[Obee]

Finished this afternoon....





I noticed some dark spots on both figurers after completing the repairs, so tried a sample clean of a small area using warm water with detergent onto a cotton bud and that brought up the true colouring of the coat and took off the greasy dirt. Then i did the same over the both figures, this time with a very soft large paintbrush and cleaned them both.

Next job was retouching paintwork chips and that meant doing colour matching of my paint to achieve an acceptable colour. The small chips didn't need much work, but with larger ones, like Murat's boots, I decided to do a complete repaint of boots to get a consistent look.

One thing I noticed was a lot of small chips on and around the base, so good use was made of my magnifying lamp so they now look untouched

This was a very worthwhile project, especially with these special figures, that I got a good price,

 

[Grey Heron]

Lovely work in fixing up these miniatures.

 

[Horus]

Very nice work John and as good as the day they were made :salute::

 

[Louis Badolato]

As always, John, your work is impeccable.:salute::

 

[mikemiller1955]

John...very nice job...thanks for the tutorial...

 

[jason foote]

Fantastic job

 

[Obee]

Repairs to K&C CF005 Marshal Bessières

K&C CF005 Jean-Baptiste Bessières, 1st Duke of Istria, the French military commander and Marshal of the Empire, who arrived on my doorstep last week from an Ebay seller has been provided the necessary 'surgery' so he is now be able to join his Emperor and fellow marshals who now resides in my collection.



I found him languishing on an Ebay site, but when no one bid for him I felt sorry for this old soldier and decided provide transport to accommodation in my home, and this week he has been brought back to ‘inspection order’




This now shows the opportunity that is available to restore figures which would otherwise be thrown out or maybe melted down for their metal content.
I’m always on the lookout for such figures, so please contact me if you know of any others from this time period, as I’d love to do more work like this.

John

 

[BHogan]

Looks great John. As always, you've done some nice work.

Brendan

 

[OzDigger]

Great resto John.