Full Restoration of a Large and Very Rusty toy excavator. I was Amazed by the Result!!!
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Published 2022-10-27
Indeed, the restoration of this toy took me more than two weeks! Difficulties began already with the electrolysis process. In a common electrolysis bath, some parts did not want to give in to electrolysis, the current simply flowed through those parts where the resistance was less. Therefore, I had to clean individual parts from rust using electrolysis one at a time (I’ll tell you a secret, this didn’t make it into the video, but I lost my nerve and I bought myself a sandblasting chamber, I will definitely show it in the next video).
After electrolysis, there was a long process of manual cleaning of rust residues using a small metal brush.
Next came the spackling process. I did it for the first time. When you watch this process from the guys on other channels, everything seems so simple and fast, but in reality everything is not at all like that.
Firstly, the putty, when mixed with a hardener, turns into a stone after 4-5 minutes. And I had to do a hundred small batches in order to have time to apply all the putty.
Secondly, if you put putty on the part a little more than required, then it will take much more time to polish all the excess.
Thirdly, a thicker layer of putty does not guarantee that this putty will not shrink when cured. And in any case, you will have to apply the putty again.
At the beginning of the work, I was full of enthusiasm, and I was sure that I could handle sanding by hand (how wrong I was!). MANUAL GRINDING OF PUTTY IS A REAL EVIL!!! My nerves were exhausted, my psyche was undermined, and only then did I go to the store for a vibration grinder.
Then there was the boring process of applying several layers of primer.
Wet sanding calmed my nerves and brought peace to my soul. It is really mesmerizing when all the flaws from puttying and priming are erased before your eyes.
On some parts, it was necessary to grind to the metal in order to level the surface (then it is necessary to re-prime the plane of the part)
At intervals, while the soil was drying up on the parts of the toy, I was engaged in turning work. Factory axles are disposable and cannot be re-mounted on a toy, so I machined the axles of the wheels from nails. I processed the nail heads with a turning cutter so that they were even and beautiful, then cut the thread.
Next was a pleasant process - painting in finishing colors. I chose exactly those shades that correspond to the time of manufacture of this toy (1978). The Soviet Union did not have a wide variety of colors. My combination turned out great!
During assembly, between all the rubbing parts, I inserted spacers made of plastic washers so that the paint would not wear off and the mechanisms would work more "softly".
Well, that's all!
With all the manual sanding and cleaning, this job took me more than two weeks, but this is a great experience for me, I learned a lot, and my main lesson is that you need to use modern material processing methods, not manual labor)) ))
I don’t know for whom I wrote all this, it seems to me that no one reads my descriptions for the video)))
If you read it and smiled a couple of times, let me know), I'll be glad that writing this text was not a waste of time.
All the peaceful sky above your head!!!
Sincerely, Max.
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All Comments (21)
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25 лет назад в детском саду в нашей группе было 2 таких экскаватора и одна пожарная машина, мне они казались просто огромных размеров, и я запомнил их на всю жизнь. Все это время я никак не мог найти название завода, производившего эти игрушки, да и вообще найти не получалось. А тут я случайно наткнулся на ваш канал и, увидев эту машину, прямо сердце дрогнуло! Теперь я и завод знаю, и пожарную машину от этого же завода ту самую из детства нашел и купил. Спасибо вам и за случайность, и за ностальгию, и за сохранение памяти 🤝
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Another classic toy saved for future generations .
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Forty Fve Years ago, that toy gave some little boy a lot of pleasure - and now, you have rescued it, and restored it to it's ' Liek New ' glory. It can now rest in proud retirement, knowing that it fulfilled it's purpose in giving joy to a litle boy and recreation to an grown up boy.....
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БРАВО : ))) Ужать две недели в 25 минут ! Забугорников регулярно смотрю и вроде как не трудно всё у них, а оказывается полный ахтунг. Без инструментов : ) Так шо пескоструй и шлифмашинка наше всё !
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Wonderful work! I advise everyone to watch the work of the master!
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found this video from a reposting fb page called the Restoration and quickly sussed out it wasnt their video. Just wanted to come here and say i loved the clear plastic washers idea, fantastic resto
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That was a lot of work. The end result was worth it. Thanks.
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Ух ты 🏗 у меня в детстве тоже были железные авто, такие же габаритные. Ну надо же как было подобрать цвета, как в советских игрушках🔥🔥🔥. И какая крутая реставрация, до и после просто круто 😁
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Спасибо! Вернулась в детство на 40 лет назад)
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Love to see people improvise 😊
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Я думал что только в СССР были такие большие металлические игрушки 😃👍 У меня был синий ЗИЛ-130 с прицепом!
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Да, когда смотришь видео, кажется всё просто, но это лишь монтаж, на самом деле, особенно если впервые что-то делаешь, это сложно. Но зато опыт получаешь, дальше будет уже легче. Успехов в дальнейшем!
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saved it from the scrap heap in an unbelievable fashion
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You Sir are an artist! I really like how you made subtle changes that are improvements to this project. The patience you have for these projects is incredible.As always I appreciate your work in these videos
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If I had that excavator and a sandbox I am sure I could spend a week or two quite contentedly.
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Love these artisan channels. Content like this keeps me coming back. thanks.
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I did read the description. Yes I smiled at it. I watch so many of these and it looks easy. And I know it can't be. Thanks for sharing what you went through.. And job well done..
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I watched the whole video and red your full description from top to bottom. I see it took a lot of hard graft to achieve this masterpiece and the struggles and nerve losses definitely finally paid off. I love watching anything to do with restoration from old toys to old ww1/2 lighters. Thanks for putting up with it and giving it a new lease of life for our entertainment! 👍🏻
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Супер!!! Описание не только улыбнуло! Я восхищаюсь упорством в достижении такого Мега крутого результата. И да, в первый никогда не получается идеально! Но!! Это только в первый раз, а потом... Короче! Супер!!! 🎉
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Great restoration 😊
