Sandman0077
Sr Member
Hello all! Took a break from my leather work today and happened to glance in the corner to see my Amazon purchased Master Sword just sitting there. I have been meaning to break it down and make it more accurate. I remembered my brother-in-law mentioned some heavy duty paint remover he uses at work (he's a mechanic) and went to Walmart and picked some up. It's call Aircraft Remover (in the automotive section) and it eats paint in 5-15 minutes. I don't have any before photos, but here is what it looked like before:
I chose this version over the other ones because I'm going for a Twilight Princess Master Sword, as I feel it is more detailed than the rest. The original swords paint job was garbage, so I had no problem breaking down a $75 purchase.
Here are all the corrections I will be making:
First I broke down the handle and hilt and soaked it in the paint remover. The 'wings' were made of plastic and the paint remover etched into them a bit. Not a problem because my plan is to make one wing look right and then cast a copy, attach it, and cold cast the pieces together for that same metal weight it has right now.
After about 10 minutes of soaking, I rinsed off the pieces and used my wire brush on my drill press to clean up the pieces.
The wrapped handle is actually plastic, so I will be redoing that with real wood and leather. I will also be sharpening the blade and giving it a nice polish before reassembling everything. Here is what it looks like under the handle and hilt:
Tomorrow I will start working on the 'wings'. More to come.
I chose this version over the other ones because I'm going for a Twilight Princess Master Sword, as I feel it is more detailed than the rest. The original swords paint job was garbage, so I had no problem breaking down a $75 purchase.
Here are all the corrections I will be making:
First I broke down the handle and hilt and soaked it in the paint remover. The 'wings' were made of plastic and the paint remover etched into them a bit. Not a problem because my plan is to make one wing look right and then cast a copy, attach it, and cold cast the pieces together for that same metal weight it has right now.
After about 10 minutes of soaking, I rinsed off the pieces and used my wire brush on my drill press to clean up the pieces.
The wrapped handle is actually plastic, so I will be redoing that with real wood and leather. I will also be sharpening the blade and giving it a nice polish before reassembling everything. Here is what it looks like under the handle and hilt:
Tomorrow I will start working on the 'wings'. More to come.
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