My first restoration - a vintage AT-ST
 

Hey all,

so I went to a flea market and picked up a cheap vintage AT-ST that is dire need of loving. On the grounds that they seem fairly easy to replace if it all goes horribly wrong, I am going to try my hand at restoring this bad boy so he can proudly join my AT-AT.

Some pics to show what I will need to do:

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...17DE815B1B.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...17E31E9B27.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...17E813B3B2.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...17ECC9A0B2.jpg

Wow, that last photo turned out rubbish. Oh well.

Obvious issues for me first of all:

- weird orange lines up the centre and around the back, as seen here.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...y536/photo.jpg

- tatty and missing stickers

- overall dirty state

- bent chin guns

- bent right leg

- slight yellowing of the cab (will see how it looks once the rest is clean)

- missing top gun (not too fussed about this one, but if one falls in my lap I won't say no :lol)

My first step will be securing an equivalent of Magic Marker and seeing what I can get rid of with that.

The end goal will be to get it looking like new! :p