Martian Gil Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 Hola, 8 or 9 months back, I found a great little Mr. Flash. This week, I treated him to a new battery cover and decided to clean him up a bit. I have some of the Novus Product on order to work with, but I started tinkering a bit with a few other items in my shop... I settled on sampling a couple test areas with an old bottle of 3M Marine Fiberglass Restorer w/ Wax. One thing led to another - I ended up giving him a good going over. I avoided getting the product on the chrome painted parts and eyes / ears. I used cotton and hand to apply and polish - I also used regular and hobby fine pointed q-tips for hard to get to areas. Here are a few pics showing some before and after shots. This can be moved to the tips section, whenever needed - Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Gil Posted March 9, 2017 Author Share Posted March 9, 2017 A pic showing how shoddy he'd gotten - along with a couple that show the improvement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonydroid Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 Nice work Kirk, he is shining! looks like a new robot from factory, nicely done cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fineas J. Whoopie Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 Looks great! How was the experience of opening a Mr. Flash? I know there are two screws in the back but I always thought opening him would break the ears. Did you split the ears or did they come apart in two pieces? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Gil Posted March 9, 2017 Author Share Posted March 9, 2017 Thanks Joao! He's gleaming now! Don, he came apart rather easily- caveat... his dome was broken loose before I found him. I think that would be the only problem with an intact Flash. From what I can tell with mine, I think that the dome is glued / chemically welded all around its setting. If you had to work on one, I would use an excto to cut around the back side - and leave it attached to his front.. I hope that makes sense. The ears are two pieces, and there are also a total of 4 screws. Two are up high in the batt compartment. His mechs aren't as well built as earlier Japanese robot, but it is a very well built robot. Still some quality there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Zerox Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 Good work MG, Mr.Flash looks great after a good cleaning - well done indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROBODUDE Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 Looks great Kirk !!! Mr. flash is a cool robot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Gil Posted March 9, 2017 Author Share Posted March 9, 2017 Thanks Xerox & Robodude! Rich, does the dome on your Mr. Flash seem glued all the way around? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultrarobotman Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 Great work! That product worked superbly on the plastic. Like night and day. It looks almost brand-new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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