Zoids 2 Ultrasaurus Restoration Proj.

[Kamadoma]

Intro:

Zoids 2 was my first line of zoids. I used to have my parents buy them when I was a kid. My first Zoid 2 is Aquadon, and then others such as Hellrunner, Slither (Molga), Tarantulon, Spinefin (Dimetrodon), Red Horn (Rhimos) can. But somehow the most precious of all of these was the Ultrasaurus, which my dad gave me after winning a quiz bee in school (I'm the top student of the class that time, so it's not that hard, since I win the quiz bee every year).

Unfortunately since they were seen as toys, when I stopped playing them, they were sent to the province where we had this big stockroom of things we don't need, so most of my Zoids 2 zoids are broken apart, and others seem impossible to be built again. But then a few months ago, I salvaged some of the other parts, and now I noticed that the Ultrasaurus seems to be having a lot of parts still left, so I returned today and tried to dig up 2 little boxes fill with scrap zoid parts, and even my old Power Rangers robots.

And so my Ultrasaurus is back, sadly, not in one piece, but still I'm hoping to put in whatever parts he has left, just to be able to be a "symbol" of Zoids 2, which were my first zoids ever.

I tried building him in our house in the province, and sadly many major and minor parts are missing, here's a list of the missing parts that I could remember:

Bigger parts:
Battery cover for the lights (the one on the tail)
One leg part (the front right leg part which is kept between the two halves of the lower leg, and the foot)
The right gun with the canopy.

Smaller/Minor parts:
Several guns, like those in the sides of the hangar.
The Radar dishes in the neck (I remembered seeing them broken way way back)
ALL of the PILOTS (retired???)
The three pilot mini vehicles (head, chest, hangar)
Several rubber caps (so far I was only able to find enough to support all missing parts)

And for some pics:


Dang, finally out of the dusty box!

Limbs and things

The body

All I could find, which is sadly insufficient

The missing limb

Cant figure out the assembly of guns, and see how he falls without the other leg.

Though I'm not giving up, even if he stands like that, I'll probably make him stand like the Brachiosaurus skeleton in Jurassic Park, as long as he can be the "symbol" of the long lost collection of mine that was Zoids 2.

I'm a clean him up first, but it might take long since I'm allergic to dust mites, and he's got THICK dust!

[Ancient Zoidian Vega]

cool hope you find all the parts for it it would be a same to leave the mighty ultrasaur limping like that

[Kamadoma]

actually, I'm aiming to finish the restoration project tomorrow. Here's my plan:

Get one NJR Ultra saurus

Replace all leg parts (one leg is missing, so 4 NJR Ultra legs should make them look the same)

Replace all four big cannons (one cannon with the canopy is missing, NJR has orange canopy, Zoids2 has red, so I gotta replace all cannons so both have orange canopies, may look weird but better than one red and one orange)

Get the battery cover for the tail.

Get all pilots from the NJR.

Get the NJR's motor (one good thing is, the light of the ZOids 2 still works miraculously, but the main motor is down, so I'll get the NJR's motor)

All other little parts like wires, guns, missiles and the tiny ships from the NJR would also go into the Ultra Zoids 2.

So the finished product should be like this:

A Zoids 2 Ultrasaurus except with color differences in the canopy of the main cannons, legs, and the battery cover on the tail and also the one neck piece, (because Zoids 2 has silver, NJR has somewhat grayish, but I don't want to replace all, since silver is one distinguishing color among ZOids 2 zoids.)

If all goes well and I get an NJR Ultra, then I'd be able to replace the Zoids 2 Ultrasaurus with the parts he needed from the NJR, and thus my Zoids 2 Ultrasaurus shall awaken, after 7 years of eating dust and dirt.

I'm sooooo excited....

[Kamadoma]

After doing the above list and some modifications, I'm proud to say that my Zoids 2 Ultrasaurus is back and ready for display! He's now in one piece thanks to the NJR Ultra (which never got build since his parts were given to the Zoids 2 one.)





Some differences from a complete ZOids 2 Ultra would be the following:


The tail cover
The rear legs remain Zoids2, but the front legs are NJR
The neck piece (topmost) is from NJR
The cannon canopy are NJR
Some rubber pieces in the legs are black.
And some other switcheroos done but don't seem to differ a lot.

[zabrezed]

I'm happy for you. It must have felt great to get Ultra 2 up and running again. This was the one zoid my brother always wanted, but was never able to get.

[Kamadoma]

Being a top student in my class I used to win the quiz bee every year. I told my Dad that he'll get the Zoids 2 Ultra for me, and I won and got the Ultra 2.

I'm happy that I have now rebuilt the one of my best zoids ever, and he's a vintage zoid which makes me even better. Yes he's not pure vintage due to some NJR parts, but at least majority of him is from Zoids 2, and that he's in one piece and fully operational.

[bushido]

its alive, ITS ALIVE (frankansteins monster in zoids form) well done

[Kamadoma]

I'm still trying to clean some corners since there was quite some dirt which is quite impossible to remove with duster. Imagine he's been there for around 6 years waiting to be revived.

[bushido]

thats gotta be pretty gros lucky he wasnt damp and have mold growing all over him itd be like pheno's bushmaster with an ultrasaurus lol

[Kamadoma]

No it's not. I tried cleaning with a thick paint brush with is damp with water. I tried to clean to hard to reach places in ultra's neck and other parts, and it worked, some dirt was removed, but not all, maybe another wave would do. So proud to have my vintage zoid back, even though he's not completely vintage due to NJR parts.

[Cheetah]

Maybe you could test some of the part frames, with paint or something, to see if you can get matching colors.

[Snowflake]

Yeah, a little clear red paint on the orange canopies would work perfectly. I've thought about frankensteining my old zoids before, but I mostly sold them to people who had other incomplete ones so at least ONE of us could have one complete.

[Tilly]

Try taking him apart and washing/soaking the pieces in warm soapy water, then rinsing and drying with a paper towel. I did that with a Strike Zilla I won that had peely stickers to get rid of the residue when even rubbing alcohol wasn't cutting it.

[Kamadoma]

Maybe not. I'd rather stick with the present look. ;D

[gunsniperx]

yes im happy for you. my fav zoid in my collection is my Ultra although its njr i like it lol and it has a simular story it got put away for a year and a half and let me say attack of the dust mits ekkkkkkkkk. lol but mine now to is up and runnig missing gladly very few parts all of wich are miner.