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Balcony Chuck restoration
Topic Started: May 30 2015, 07:28 AM (41,105 Views)
80sgirl
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Since I plan on restoring Chuck, I figured it was time to make a thread. First post is more of a record of where I'm starting from.

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The good:

He has all his body cosmetics.
They're in great shape.
Has all his cylinders and a valve bank.
Parts seem to be in good working order.

The bad:

Mech is missing the right forearm and hand.
Whites of the eyes are marked and discolored.
Irises are chipped, scratched and also mismatched.
No nose.
No lower lip.
No tongue.
Is that white thing supposed to be teeth?

The unknown:

Status of cylinders, valves and other mechanics. (No compressor or controller to test those yet.)

Working on either getting the old right forearm/hand from the previous owner or a replacement from another member.

Eyes are really important to a character, whether they're 2D or 3D. Here are Chuck's.

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Now you know why I've taken most pics with his eyes closed. I think the iris on the left eye is newer, or at least intended for a different bot. It's a different size, and the lines are painted in white. The pupil is off center too. I'm hoping to find a replacement that matches the smaller one on the right eye. Lots of wear on both from the eyelids rubbing against the surface and taking the paint off. My plan is to fill the chipped areas with epoxy putty, then sand smooth and repaint.

Eyes I can keep shut, but the nose and teeth stick out all the time. Still waiting on most materials, but I got tired of looking at the pull tab hanging from his mouth and made him some new teeth from some imitation leather. I looked at pictures and guessed on the size and shape, but I think they turned out pretty good. Even though he still looks weird without a nose, the new teeth make him look much better already.

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On figures of this age, they used French stretch terry fabric to cover his nose, snout, jaw and lower lip. The tongue was made from satin. The previous owner reupholstered his snout and jaw, but didn't use the same type of cloth.

Unfortunately, stretch terry is not easy to find except online. The pink fabric looks fine so I'll leave that for now until I can find the correct fabric. My plan is to give him a new nose and recreate the lower lip and tongue. I ordered black and red stretch terry from fabrics.com. Hopefully they should arrive next week. There should be plenty of fabric left over if I have to redo them if/when I find the correct pink cloth.

I hope to work on him a little each day.
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shammah121
Nov 9 2015, 07:44 PM
Quick question, does Chuck(now Charles) normally have blue eye lids? And if other Chuck's mech was a guest's, why does he have 'gray' eyelashes instead of black or something?
Yes, his eyelids are supposed to be blue. On Chuck his previous owner repainted them blue and gave him the gray eyelashes, which are correct color for Chuck.

I found out later that Chuck's mech was not originally a guest. Or at least not all of him. His mech was assembled from parts of both Helen and Munch. The show was in service for over 20 years and was in worn condition when it was sold. So the original owner assembled parts from different bots to make a working CEC/Guest mech. The head and shoulder bar came from Munch, so it originally had pink eyelids.

You can see in this pic from when he passed to the person I got him from he has pink eyelids and no lashes:

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Nov 10 2015, 02:18 AM
shammah121
Nov 9 2015, 07:44 PM
Quick question, does Chuck(now Charles) normally have blue eye lids? And if other Chuck's mech was a guest's, why does he have 'gray' eyelashes instead of black or something?
Yes, his eyelids are supposed to be blue. On Chuck his previous owner repainted them blue and gave him the gray eyelashes, which are correct color for Chuck.

I found out later that Chuck's mech was not originally a guest. Or at least not all of him. His mech was assembled from parts of both Helen and Munch. The show was in service for over 20 years and was in worn condition when it was sold. So the original owner assembled parts from different bots to make a working CEC/Guest mech. The head and shoulder bar came from Munch, so it originally had pink eyelids.

You can see in this pic from when he passed to the person I got him from he has pink eyelids and no lashes:

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Scary... I see his jaw used to belong to Harmony as well.
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Nov 10 2015, 02:18 AM
shammah121
Nov 9 2015, 07:44 PM
Quick question, does Chuck(now Charles) normally have blue eye lids? And if other Chuck's mech was a guest's, why does he have 'gray' eyelashes instead of black or something?
Yes, his eyelids are supposed to be blue. On Chuck his previous owner repainted them blue and gave him the gray eyelashes, which are correct color for Chuck.

I found out later that Chuck's mech was not originally a guest. Or at least not all of him. His mech was assembled from parts of both Helen and Munch. The show was in service for over 20 years and was in worn condition when it was sold. So the original owner assembled parts from different bots to make a working CEC/Guest mech. The head and shoulder bar came from Munch, so it originally had pink eyelids.

You can see in this pic from when he passed to the person I got him from he has pink eyelids and no lashes:

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Maybe we should call him Charlene?
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Any updates on Charlie and Chuck yet?
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Dec 9 2015, 02:32 PM
Any updates on Charlie and Chuck yet?
Mostly been doing unexciting things like stitching up holes and trying to get stains out of his snout. Mechanically Charlie is in very good shape, except for a broken spring in his eyes.

I promise there will be a big update once I finish cleaning him up.
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Dr. Wink
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Maybe you can program them to sing a duet when you finish?!
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Is he ready?
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80sgirl
Dec 9 2015, 08:07 PM
AD Machine
Dec 9 2015, 02:32 PM
Any updates on Charlie and Chuck yet?
Mostly been doing unexciting things like stitching up holes and trying to get stains out of his snout. Mechanically Charlie is in very good shape, except for a broken spring in his eyes.

I promise there will be a big update once I finish cleaning him up.
Hope you do good :cecwink:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTLsK_uxHnU
Lookin' good! You did great on restoring him!
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Dec 25 2015, 10:52 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTLsK_uxHnU
Lookin' good! You did great on restoring him!


That's Chuck #1 not Chuck #2
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Oooh! Oops! :P
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Sorry about the lack of updates. Went to see my parents over the holidays and caught a terrible cold the day after I got there. It was awful. I'm back home now but still getting over it. Did not even get to go to the stores I had planned on visiting.

So Charlie is still pretty much in the same shape as the last report. I did get all the holes repaired, though.
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Any updates on chuck?
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Feb 4 2016, 09:05 PM
Any updates on chuck?
You mean Charlie?
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Yea
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Feb 4 2016, 09:05 PM
Any updates on chuck?
Still working on a way to clean his snout and mask without damaging the terry covering. It's not replaceable, so I'm paranoid about damaging the fabric. I may send it off to be cleaned by a professional.
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any new updates on chuck e cheese Animatronic ?
Edited by show bizz pizza, Mar 15 2016, 10:48 PM.
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Charlie is now all cleaned up and is being fitted for a new set of teeth.

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yep good ol' Charlie got a clean and managed to brush his teeth after a long time
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his head looks great
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