Half a year ago, I bought a highly abused toy train car and I am proud to announce its restoration complete.
One side of the box car had a corrosion spot, as if somebody had dropped acid on it. When cleaning the affected region, I soon realised that this was a major defect. When the metal was sanded bare, a hole of a quarter inch became visible and at least half an inch around it the metal was much thinner then normal.
The hole was filled with tin-solder and was sanded, plastered and sanded many times before the side wall was really smooth again.
The paint came from George Tebolt and all the parts are the original ones!
Let's roll the box car!
This proves again that one man's trash is the other one treasure....
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