Today I was cleaning and found a Breyer Goffert I started etching ages ago and eventually gave up on. The black paint on this guy was really thick and I just didn't like how he was turning out, so I moved on to other projects and basically even forgot I had this poor fellow.
One unusual thing about this particular model, besides the horribly thick paint, is the plastic. It's more opaque than the typical Breyer plastic, and appears rather like the 'chalky' plastic they used for some models in the seventies. I have no idea If all Gofferts are like this, or if I just got a weird one, but I thought it would be interesting to strip and keep him as an unpainted piece.
I needed an appropriately sized container with a lid to soak the model in, and managed to find this old cooler that is pretty much the perfect size for this horse. There's just enough room for the model to lie flat.
Then I added the bleach. I would've liked to have covered the whole model, since that would speed things up considerably, but I didn't have that much bleach, and didn't want to dilute it too much, so I decided to just submerge the model halfway and flip periodically. I'm going to let the model soak for a while, and hopefully there won't be too much trouble with the thick paint. Stay tuned for part two!
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