Spending Saturday Night Ironing A B-Wing Box

Living life on the edge now I've hit the big 40, Saturday night spent with iron in hand :? .

I recently purchased a boxed B-Wing off Evil Bay, as can be seen in the listing pictures the box has seen better days. The rear cone has snapped off the ship and it also came complete with the original batteries still happily rotting away the battery compartment.

Had a bit of a brain wave when trying to figure out how to improve the box, much to the other halves dismay I decided to get the iron out (first time in years :lol: ) and have a go at ironing out the creases.

Here's some before and after pictures and in my personal opinion it didn't turn out too bad. I've also fixed the broken rear cone and tomorrow will have a go at fixing the electrics.

It's always sad to see a vintage item in a sad state but at least now it's being brought back to life a little

BEFORE -





AFTER -

Who do you think you are? Toy Toni or something?

Great ironing there, box looks 1000 % better well done mate 8) more vintage rescued

Defo worth the effort, marked improvement.

Did you iron straight on or use a cloth? What setting did you go for ?

craig51 said:

Defo worth the effort, marked improvement.

Did you iron straight on or use a cloth? What setting did you go for ?

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I feel like a house wife giving out ironing tips :lol: .

I ironed it from the inside, avoiding contact with the printed cardboard and putting pressure onto the box with the iron on max setting ( I looked a bit like James Herriot with his hand up a cow's arse) :lol: :lol: :lol:

looks great . I have done this with several boxes using spray starch and letting set under weight for a few days

congrats on that mate i was bidding on that one too

Looks a good job well done.

Just be careful, the Mrs will expect you to get the ironing board out every week now!!!

That's a superb result, nice one. I'd like a nice Tri-logo B-Wing but wouldn't have touched it in the before state but now I'd make a beeline for it!

Looks good, worth the risk of being forced to doing more ironing!

Nice work mate, looks great. Classic Trilogo box as well. :wink: 8)

Nice one, the trilogo B-Wing box is one of my favourites.

So much more eye appealing than before. It's a fantastic job you've done.

love the evil bay bit, bit ironic i suppose when im sure we all use it, more than most would like to admit as well im sure, love what you have done to the box though mate 100 times better than before.

Fantastic work :shock:

I see your B-Wing and I raise you a Rebel Transport!

Had to do some major internal work, it's still a poor box, but now at least it holds its shape better:

Damn that is a damaged box, would love to see some repair of that box

Damn I was to fast, great work with the box :lol: