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SEVANS DAVROS 1/5th Vac-Form rebuild
PoppaMoomin posted a topic in Work In Progress - SF & RealSpace
From a popular auction site came an assembled Sevans Dalek. Knowing they cost a fortune if lucky enough to find an example intact I bid for this immediately and it was posted to me darned quick. It was a very sad example of the model assemblers art. Important bits were missing and a lot was broken, good job not a lot of money was spent however the time taken to get it all back together was going to be long. The kit was originally a Davros from the Peter Davison era (you know..the one with Dirty Den) and I really wanted a Genesis version, so the DVD came out and I started sketching the bits I needed to amend or scratchbuild. First job was to strip the enamel paint from the plastic. My weapon of choice is good old Mr Muscle Oven Cleaner. I sprayed the entire kit with the cleaner, marigolds and fresh air essential here, placed the lot in a carrier bag and waited a couple of hours. The spray was rinsed thoroughly and an old toothbrush scrubbed most of the paint off, more than one attempt was made. The next job was to remove the side skirts due to a fillet being used by the original modeller. This was not going to be easy, some glue was loosened by the paint removal, some type of welding glue was used on most of it and OMG araldite. Brute force and a razor saw got the rest off. I knew that additional plastic card would have to be used to rebuild the base, too much was hacked off during the removal. The 5th scale Davros was a lot easier to clean up, the body halves literally fell apart and the resin hands and head were easy to scrub clean with loads of water and the toothbrush. The head antennae were missing, I would have to scratchbuild using soldering wire and dressmaking beads. Thats about it for now, this will be an occasional post as I am also doing other Daleks and Dr Who figures.