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Any advice on budget DIY/restoration for Millenium Falcon?
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<blockquote data-quote="tbmmbt" data-source="post: 529433" data-attributes="member: 11946"><p>Thank you both - I know it won't win any beauty contests but hopefully her 6 year old imagination will fill in the gaps!</p><p></p><p>Next step today was the landing ramp. When it arrived it was kind of OK but tended to fall off when used. I tried gently heating it up and bending the hinges slightly but that just made it worse. So in the end I just clipped off the 2 end hinges and remembered that Lego is a good fit for fixing these kind of things. </p><p></p><p>I cut off the clip part of 2 Lego hinges, carved out a couple of notches in the ramp and glued them in. It fits perfectly and the ramp is really stable now and should withstand a 6 year old's handling!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]66386[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]66387[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I'm just adding these photos now in case it helps anyone in future. When I was trying to find ideas for fixes I found a few YouTube videos on restoration but not much else so maybe these will give someone some ideas of what you could try <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tbmmbt, post: 529433, member: 11946"] Thank you both - I know it won't win any beauty contests but hopefully her 6 year old imagination will fill in the gaps! Next step today was the landing ramp. When it arrived it was kind of OK but tended to fall off when used. I tried gently heating it up and bending the hinges slightly but that just made it worse. So in the end I just clipped off the 2 end hinges and remembered that Lego is a good fit for fixing these kind of things. I cut off the clip part of 2 Lego hinges, carved out a couple of notches in the ramp and glued them in. It fits perfectly and the ramp is really stable now and should withstand a 6 year old's handling! [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_20200514_125558.jpg"]66386._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_20200514_132111.jpg"]66387._xfImport[/ATTACH] I'm just adding these photos now in case it helps anyone in future. When I was trying to find ideas for fixes I found a few YouTube videos on restoration but not much else so maybe these will give someone some ideas of what you could try :) [/QUOTE]
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