Kentuckiana Talker update

[GI Defender]

I mentioned a while back I picked up a talker at the Kentucky show that was "less than perfect". He had pretty much been played with to death. He was floppy, had hair and chin rubs, faded parts and missing string. He was so bad in fact, the dealer gave him to me and said, see what you can do. Well, he cleaned up pretty nice. Reflocked the head and figured with the uniform on, the faded parts would all but be hidden, or blend in. I started to tinker with the talk box and realized fast it was WAY beyond my abilities. So I boxed him up and sent him to Scott Wilde for repairs. Got busy here and forgot about it. Scott contacted me yesterday and said it was one of the worst ones he has ever worked on. Said someone really tried to fix it themselves and really did a number on it. Said he worked on it for 4 hours which is a long time for a "minor" repair. He did say he was happy to report that it was fixed and he was on his way home. He also said congratulations on your new talking Pilot. I guess someone swapped heads thinking he would be worth more as a talking commander. Talking Pilot? SCORE! Now to see if I have a spare flight suit here. I bought a nice two pocket talking commander uniform from Derryl DePreist for him, but that ain't gonna work now.

[GI Defender]

Yeah he isn't going anywhere. This one I'm keeping. But I seem to have a knack of finding pilots in the wild. Next one will have Rager written all over it. Just need time. . .

[ATC]

Good luck, scott!
This is like selling a child!

I held your new baby and know what a basket case it was at the Kentucky show. After all the work you did on it, turning it from junk into awesome, it's hard to believe you're going to sell it! Just when an unloved Joe thought he was loved again...
:-(
ATC

[GI Defender]

Roger let me do some thinking. . .this one has an emotional attachment already. Let me see what I can do here coming up.

[camojoe]

Good deal Scott.
Talking pilot is the only talker I'm missing, unless you include foreign head talkers.
You must make me a good deal on your pilot Bubba.
Regards,
Camo

[GI Defender]

All in at $35. Not bad for a vintage talking Pilot.

[drquest]

Nice score there!

[GI Defender]

[GI Defender]

Sorry guys, can't upload the talking video here. But here he is with the correct head.

[GI Defender]

He will look better when I dress him out and change the head to the correct PH. You can see in the bottom pic how loose this guy was. I did restring him and he is tight as can be now. One shoulder was a little sloppy but I wasn't gonna bother. Scott told me he fixed it, so hopefully he is as good as new.

[GeekDragon]

Looking good all cleaned up.