The Repair Shop (2017–…): Season 7, Episode 31 - Episode #7.31 - full transcript

Welcome to The Repair Shop where
precious but faded treasures...

This is bad.

I don't think I've ever seen a chair
quite so broken as this.

..are returned
to their former glory.

That is lovely.
Isn't it? That is lovely, isn't it?

Furniture restorer Jay Blades...

Bringing history back to life is
what makes The Repair Shop
so special.

..and a dream team
of expert craftspeople...

Amazing. It's a bit like brain
surgery.

Go on! ..come together to work
their magic.

Yahoo!



When you look at something
that looks so hopeless like this,

it makes me even more determined
to get it back.

That's teamwork.

..employing heritage craft skills
passed down the generations...

It is a privilege to be able to do
something for somebody

that means so much to them.

..preserving irreplaceable
heirlooms...

To bring those pieces back to life

is just the most wonderful thing,
and I'd like to do it forever.

..the team will restore the items...

Whoa! ..the memories...

I'm so happy to see it.

..and unlock the stories that they
hold.

LAUGHTER



It's made it all worthwhile.

In The Repair Shop today...

..a marvellous machine...

It's one thing being able to take
this letterpress apart..

..tests Don's mettle.

..it's another thing getting it
back together

and getting it working again.

And Steve's got a battle
on his hands...

Cor, that's so, so tight.

..fixing a little plane
with big problems.

Can't wait. I'm quite excited now.

But first, Jamila Williams
and her daughter, Aaliyah,

from Birmingham.

They've set a huge challenge

for the Barn's leather expert
Suzie Fletcher.

Hello. Hello.

I'm Jay and you are? Jamila
and this is my daughter. Aaliyah.

Aaliyah. Aaliyah. I'm Suzie.
Really nice to meet you both.

So this lovely chair is yours. Yes.
Yeah.

Tell us about it, please.

Me and my late husband found it
about 21 years ago.

He used to run a second-hand shop.

It was something that he bought
to sell,

but I never let him sell it.

LAUGHTER

I managed to get him to let me
keep it because I could sit

on it and my feet still touch
the floor.

Oh, right. Bless him. What's your
husband's name? Ronnie. Ronnie.

Was it in this condition
when you bought it?

No, no, no. It had the back on it

and it had all the leather on it,
but it never had a seat on it.

We just put a cushion on it.

It was in my living room,
had its own little corner.

Yeah. And we always used
to use it for pictures.

All my pictures from when I was a
baby who were on it.

My grandma, my dad, my mum.

So it means a lot to me
to see it back as it was.

He was always the one
that when family were around,

he'd take it and put it in the
garden and make sure everybody
had a photo on it.

So it got a lot of use. Absolutely.

And then, um...? Someone sat on it
and broke the back.

Oh, really?

That's not me. Not you, no?

And then why now?
Why do you want to get it fixed now?

Well, she turned 18 last year,
and I just thought it would be nice

for her to have a memory of her dad.

So how did he pass away? Cancer.

So about six years ago.

It's a big hole to fill.

What type of man was he?

Exuberant.

Very...buoyant.

He was Ronnie Birmingham.
He was known by everybody.

What was he like as a dad?
He was a great dad.

He always used to the school run,
and breakfast in the morning.

Come to all the plays
and stuff like that.

We used to go car boots,

charity shops and just look at
records, furniture, anything.

Are you excited at the prospect
of having this refurbished

and looking like it used to look?
Yeah, I'd love it.

It's really important to us both,
so I'd love to have it back.

I'd like to see it brought
to life again.

I can obviously tell that this is
a strong part of your family.

So Suzie is going to do
what she does. Yup.

And hopefully get this back to you
as soon as possible.

I'm itching to get started.

Take care now. Thank you.
Take care. Take care. Bye-bye. Bye.

The chair is important
because it brings us together.

It's just... It's memories
of how the chair came along.

I just wish that we'd got it fixed
when Ronnie was still here.

And having a bit of him back
in the house would be nice.

Yeah.

It's so nice that they've kept
this chair, so they've got something

to remember Ronnie by, isn't it?

Oh, yes, and it's a stunning chair,

but needs a little bit of work,
doesn't it? Just a wee bit.

What I'm really grateful
for is the original leather

is still on there, so I know exactly
how it was all sized, these strips

and how it went together. Yeah.

I love the way that the leather
has been moulded around these arms

and these beautiful brass studs.

So what you're going to do is take
all the old leather work off,

studs and everything, and then
replace it with new? Yes.

So, once you've done a design, got
all the leather work off of there...

Yeah. ..is it OK to get it over to
Will, so he can have a look at the
frame? Yeah.

Be absolutely brilliant. Sounds like
you've got a plan. Cheers.

This leather has just given up, and
that's typical of older leathers

as it gets dried and eventually
it cracks, as is the case here.

I'm going to start by removing
these brass studs

and then I can take
all the leather work off.

The pin of the stud
has actually rusted,

and that just grabs onto the wood.

So I've got this very
strange-looking tool.

It's used in the shoe industry,

but I don't know exactly
how they use it.

But for this job, I'm able to get
these two little end prongs

underneath those studs,

a bit of a wiggle and they pop out.

So go back 200 more of these tacks
to remove,

then the arms,

strip everything off and it'll be
ready to hand over to Will.

The next visitor is Kitt Moss,
from Surrey, with an intriguing

machine with precious memories
attached.

She's hoping metalwork expert
Dominic Chinea can get her rusty

relic up and running again.

Hiya. Hi. You OK? Good. Thank you.
How are you? Very good.

I'm Dom. I'm Kitt. Lovely to meet
you. Brilliant, an old letterpress.

Oh.

How do you get hold
of something like this?

This is something I inherited
from my grandad.

He unfortunately passed away
a few years back in 2014.

I'm sorry. It was in his garage

and my gran just mentioned it one
day when I was down visiting her.

Do you know much about this
letterpress, then?

So we think it's probably from,
I don't know, '30s or '40s. Wow.

Well, my gran doesn't know
a huge amount about it.

Doesn't look like it has worked
for a while.

I assume that should come over quite
smoothly, but it's... Yeah.

It's really stiff. And then it gets
stuck. Doesn't come back. Fine.

Inside here...

..we've got all of the trays.
Oh, brilliant.

And they're all still made up.

So we found this one and it looks
like an old birthday invite.

Oh, brilliant.
This is your grandad's work, then?

He's sat and put all these together.
Yeah, I think so.

Clearly somebody very organised.
Yeah.

Yeah, that would have been my
grandad.

What was he, a printmaker, then?
No, he was an engineer.

I think he just liked knowing
how things worked.

I think he probably made
his own business cards.

There's actually some in here.

I don't know who... Oh, the actual
card!

Yeah. That's so special,
still have...

It's like a time capsule, isn't it?
Mm! Massively.

What was your grandad's name?
His name was Peter.

Did you spend a lot of time
with your grandparents, then,
when you were a kid?

Yeah. We unfortunately lost my mum
at a really young age.

Oh, I'm sorry. And because she
wasn't around,

my grandparents wanted to stay
really close with us.

Yeah. So, me and my older brother
spent most weekends with them

when we were younger. They're,
like, some of my best memories,

because every morning my grandad
would go for a walk to get his paper

and he'd wake us up so we could go
with him.

And he'd always buy us, like, sweets
or a magazine.

And then we'd go for a walk
along the beach or we'd play

in the garden, and it was just
so lovely and I miss those days.

It must have been tough
losing your grandad.

He sounded like he meant
a lot to you.

Yeah, he had such a big
impact on who I am.

He was honestly the most
compassionate and thoughtful

and caring person I've ever known.

Bless him. You can see how much he
means to you.

My mum said they really broke
the mould when they made my grandad

and it was just, it's so true.
It's so accurate.

It would just be really special
to be able to kind of keep them both

alive through... Through... ..this.

Perfect. Yeah.
What would you want it to look like?

I like the history in things.

We don't want it being shiny and
new, but just in good working order.

Are you going to use it hopefully?
Yes. Good!

So me and my partner
are hoping to get married.

Congratulations. Thank you.

And it would be really special
to be able to make the wedding
invites with a stamp from this.

With this. I think it'll feel
like grandad is part of it,

even though he's not around.
That's really nice.

Yeah, hopefully.

Well, I will do my best to get that
letterpress working again for you.

Good luck. Thank you so much.
Thank you. Lovely to meet you.

Bye. You, too. Bye-bye.

I think my grandad would be really
pleased to see

the letterpress getting fixed.

He was just such a wonderful man
and so lovely

and caring to everybody.

He never had a bad word to say,

he would be there if you needed him
day or night.

So, yeah, I think he kind of
made me who I am.

The essence of this
is really quite simple.

The piece of paper would be sitting
on there.

And then as you push this
handle down,

these rollers should run up here.

Roll on there, which is inked.

And then as you complete
the downward stroke,

this piece of paper would come in
and press against your letter block.

It's as simple as that.

I actually own one of these myself,
a slightly larger version.

I bought it in a boot sale
in a similar condition to this,

stripped down, rebuilt it got it
working and it took some time.

I can tell you that,
trying to figure it all out.

The letterpress machine
on its own is fairly useless

without all of these typefaces.

All of these little blocks have got
a little letter on the end.

So within these frames,
you have to individually pick out

each letter, get all the spacing
right,

so the work involved is quite
immense.

I've got an empty one here,
which is give me an idea.

I quite fancy...
I mean, I've got to be able to...

Once I've got this letterpress
working again,

I need to be able to test it.

Maybe I'll make my own frame
spell something out for Kitt.

So when I get it working
and she can have a first go,

we'll spell something out nice
in there for her.

I'll have to have a think about
what to say.

I'm just going to put that to one
side for now

and get stuck into this letterpress.

I'll have to replace the ink rollers

because they need to be soft
and rubbery to get nice indent

and a nice ink press.

Other than that, it's just seized
up.

See, it's trying to move,
but it gets to that far.

That's should slide through.

Every single pivot point is either
seized up or very, very rusty.

So, I should be OK with just taking
it apart,

cleaning all that rust off,
putting it back together

and keeping my fingers crossed.

Here we go.

Looking good.

The last piece, there we go.

As Suzie begins replacing
the tattered upholstery

on the old leather chair,

Will's woodwork has been sanded,

glued

and is now ready to shine.

I'm just mixing some shellac polish
in with a bit of wood stain.

I've gone for a dark oak colour
and I think that should help blend

in the original patination
from the polish

and the bare wood areas.

The nice thing about this is it gets
into all the little grooves,

so when you buff it back,

the dark wax stays in those grooves

and it gives the chair extra
definition.

SUZIE: And there we have the paper
template for the leather covering

that goes over the arms.

Once I've marked one, then you flip
it over

and you mark around the other one,
so you've got a mirror image.

You've got your left and your right.

Pop a weight on.

And now I'm just go use a blunted
awl just to run around the edge,

give myself a really clear cut line.

And now with a fresh blade,

I can start cutting.

This is going to be absolutely
gorgeous.

WILL: The polish has now dried.

I'm just going over the surface
with some wax.

This going to take that shine
off of it.

Hey, Suze.

Oh, Will! There you go. That is
stunning.

Oh, my goodness.

I've got this leather.

I'm going to use on it, and I
think... Ooh!

That it's going to look lovely.
That is going to look gorgeous.

That is going to look smart.

Wonderful. Well, my work's done.
Over to you.

Oh, thank you so much.

Now I've got that leather cut out,

I can start putting it onto these
arms.

It needs to be tacked in strong
enough so it doesn't move

when I'm pulling it.

It's really important
when you're pulling leather

on something that you alternate
from one side to the other.

That way, you get a really equal
pull along the entire length

and you end up with a much
better end result.

Got quite a lot to go, but already
I can see what the end result

is going to be,
and I'm really excited.

Now I've got the arms of the chair
covered,

I can get on to the really
exciting part.

And that's cutting out the strips

that are going to make up that
lovely, woven lattice work
on the back.

Each strip is an inch wide and 23
inches long.

Let's just check.

Cool. I'm really happy
with that first strip.

I think it's going to fit
there really well,

just need to do another 20.

So I got all my straps cut,
ready to attach.

But what I have to do is attach
two sides like an L-shape

and as I'm tacking them in place,

then I can start creating

that latticework and attach them
on the other two sides.

These tacks will leave we'll leave,

they'll be covered up
with the decorative nails

that will come at a later stage.

So this next one is going...

..underneath.

Get that really tight.

It is at this stage where there's
still lots of moving around

to be done to get it into shape
and really concentrate

on getting those squares nice
and equal to give

a really crisp look.

Next, making his way towards
a very rainy Repair Shop,

Gary Shaw from the West Midlands.

Hello, how are you doing?
Very well, thank you. Good.

So what we got in there?

Oh! A model World War II
Stuka aeroplane.

Steve, do you want to join us here,
mate? Definitely.

It's chops away for this replica
German bomber

for the Barn's mechanical
high flyer, Steve Fletcher.

It's gorgeous, innit? Wow.
That looks amazing.

It flies, doesn't it? I can see
that it flies. It does, yes.

There's a motor just
in the front end, so it does fly.

It's controlled like a kite
with two strings.

It's just completely seized up.

So how have you got this, then?

Whose is this? This was passed on
to my dad from his aunt.

Right. My dad entrusted onto me.

So, it always meant something
a bit more because of that.

Yeah, but it was given to him
and it was broken.

It had seized already,
so we couldn't get the motor

going and the tail had already
broken off. Oh, that's broken off.

Yep. So what would you like
Steve to do to this?

I think it's a big task
for the engine itself.

So if we can get the engine working,
that would be amazing.

But the age of it, how long it had
been seized... OK.

You know, but just to see it in its
former glory,

just the wing repaired, if you can.

OK. That would be fantastic.
I am so excited.

I just want to get my hands
on it now, so... Fantastic.

That is great, isn't it?
Absolutely great.

So I see this this wing is quite
badly broken, isn't it?

Yes. How did that get broken?
That is my fault.

Oh, it's you that's broke it?
You kept that quiet.

An argument with one of my sisters,
I believe, my dad tells me.

And that got in the way.

I think it would mean a lot
to myself to take it back to my dad

and say, "Look, I've taken
ownership of breaking this

"that had been passed on, but
I've got it done for you, Dad."

Got it fixed. Yeah. Yeah.

I think it's great and it looks
fantastic.

Absolutely can't wait.

I think you've got a challenge on
your hands on that one.

I think so, yeah. This is
a big challenge.

Fantastic. Thank you.
No, thank you for bringing us in.

It's absolutely brilliant. It's
fantastic. You take care.

Bye-bye now. Bye-bye.

History is such a big part
of my dad's life,

so this plane itself just bridges
that between myself and my dad.

We've gone to different
enthusiasts about model airplanes,

and they've all had a look.

They've all seen the damage
to the wing,

the engine completely seized.

They've tried, but every single
one's failed,

so I'm really excited.

I'm so pleased to get this
in to work on,

because as a child,

I always played with aeroplanes

and just takes me back
to that sort of time.

So what I'm going to do now
is I'm going to strip

it all down as much as I can,

clean it all, repair all the broken
parts,

and that will allow me
to get to the motor as well.

And hopefully, I'll find out what's
wrong with that,

why it's seized up and hopefully
I can get it working.

I can see this lever here,
which, when you...

..use this handle

and you twist it one way
or the other,

this will make the aileron go
up and down at the back there,

which will make the plane
go up and down.

So, you can see here the little
engine,

which is a tiny, tiny engine.

It's absolutely rock solid.

Look, you see it's so sticky,
it's just...

It sticks to my finger.

So I'll put that to one side.

I've now got it completely apart,

and it is absolutely covered
in a sticky, gooey residue

from the fuel that was used.

Inside, it's just chocka with it.

I'm going to put it all into a bath
of detergent

and leave it to soak for a while.

And then hopefully all of
that stickiness will come off.

I'll just go and get the bath.

Also preparing for bath time, Don.

He's dismantled the antique printing
press and is ready to start

reversing the ravages of time.

All the nuts and bolts and rods
and balls and springs

are all laid out.

Most of the parts are made of steel,

and unfortunately a lot of those
are gone rusty.

All I'm going to do is fill
this a little pot

up with a rust-removing solution.

Leave them in there to have a bath
and hope that that should remove

some of that stubborn rust.

In goes the rust-removing solution.
It's amazing stuff.

It's not toxic at all, and it
just neutralises the rust,

removes it from the surface without
removing any of the good metal.

Whilst that's doing that,

I'm going to tackle this body.

Try and give this a good scrub
in some hot, soapy water.

I don't want to risk damaging
the original paint that's on here...

..so hopefully that will be enough.

Kitt's letterpress is looking good.

The main body has come up
beautifully.

I've put an oil over the top.
and I'm just waxing it now

That's going to protect any bare
metal areas from going rusty again.

These chips and dings and dents
have been created by Peter from use,

so I just think it would be such
a shame to lose that.

Now, it's one thing being able to
take this letterpress apart,

give everything a good clean
and get it all looking nice.

It's another thing getting
it back together

and getting it working again.

I'm going to start with getting
the main body back on its base.

Let's start with the easy one.

Once I start getting a few pieces
built up on here, things

are going to get busy quite quickly.

I think I'm going to do
the handle next.

I've just put in a touch of grease
inside all these pivot points

where these rods run through.

Just going to make sure the machine
runs nice and smoothly.

These are the all-important
adjusters.

They adjust the letter block.
That goes in there.

And then when you press the paper
onto it,

these four bolts adjust
the orientation

and the slight adjustments there
will mean if you get a good, nice
even press of ink or not.

I know from experience with my one
that this is the fiddly bit.

That one is in there.

Nice and smooth. I mean, how nice is
that?

I only got a couple of pieces bolted
on and it's already moving so nice.

There's no resistance there at all.
It's lovely.

It's really nice putting this back
together,

knowing how much it means to Kitt

and knowing that she's going to use
it is the most rewarding thing
for me.

The fact that she is embracing
these old crafts that are dying out

is something I feel quite
strong about.

This was another piece that
was seized up and not working
previously.

You would have your pad where you'd
roll out your ink

and then roll it onto here.

So this is why that's black.

That is from grandad Peter's
previous ink

he must have printed. It was black.

So I've left that on there.

It's really clever this bit.

So as you push this down, it pushes
the paper into ink block,

presses the ink, come back down,

and then this little prong comes
in like that...

..and hits one of those teeth...

..and spins this round a tiny bit,

just to make sure that you get an
even layer of ink on the rollers

each time you press it,
which is really important.

There you go.

That ink disc on top, it's working
much better now.

That's what it should be doing,
just as it comes back, just kicks

round and just spins round. It's
only a tiny amount,

but just enough so that the ink
rollers get a new fresh bit of ink.

Suzie has spent hours weaving
the intricate latticework back

for the old leather chair.

I'm now to the most exciting part,

and that is the addition of the
brass tacks

to hide the nails that are holding
latticework in place.

The difficulty with this particular
chair is the fact that they butted

up the brass tacks to each other,

and I have to get them in an
absolute even line around

about quarter an inch
from this edge here.

Number two. Wahey!

That's encouraging.

Just got another 257 to get.

It may have staged years
of cherished family photos,

but this chair was looking
less than picture-perfect

with tattered leather
and scruffy woodwork.

But for Jamila, it's a lasting
reminder of her late husband,

Ronnie, and a cherished heirloom
to be passed on to daughter,
Aaliyah.

I'm so excited. Me too! So excited
to see it.

And I just wish that Ronnie
could be here to see it.

Really do.

SUZIE: Hello. Hello. How are we
doing? Hello. Good, thank you.

Lovely to see you again.

How are you both feeling?

Nervous. Excited, though. Excited
and nervous.

Since the chair has been here,

have you guys been reminiscing about
it? Loads.

It's just been nice to reminisce.

I'm hoping to see the chair
that I fell in love with.

Well...

Hopefully I've done
what you wanted me to do.

So if you're ready?

Yeah. Yeah?

Oh, my God, that was lovely,
look at it.

It's so nice, it really is lovely.

Can't believe how good it looks.

Really shocked.

Thank you.

Thank you. So, so nice.

Do you like it? Yeah.

What do you think Ronnie
would make of it now?

He'd've loved it, wouldn't he? Yeah.
He would have absolutely loved it.

Yeah?

There's no faults at all.
It's beautiful.

It just reminds of just being at
home with him,

watching films together,
watching TV, playing games.

It's just been nice
thinking about it all.

Would you like to sit in it? Please!

All right. Please. OK.

See, still touch the floor. Yes!

I love it.

You look really good in it.

Aaliyah, do you want to try
the chair?

Not right now. Think I'd just...

Like, I'd just sob for a while.

So the first time
you're going to sit in this

is when you're back home? Yeah.
You OK? Mm-hm.

Well, you haven't got to wait too
long.

We're going to get this shipped
up to you,

then you'll be able to sit in it.

Yeah. Remember your dad and
just have you quiet time.

Yeah.

I'm very sorry to see it go, I have
to say.

It's a it's a lovely, lovely chair.

Thank you for bringing it in,
both of you.

OK, bye-bye. Bye-bye.

Oh, bless her.

Strange that an object can actually
bring such a well of emotions.

It's just evoked that whole memory
of how Ronnie used to do

the family photographs on it.

It's emotional, isn't it? Mm.

SHE LAUGHS

Come here.

Love you.

With the chair winging its way back
home to the Midlands,

Steve's preparing for battle on the
1960s model plane.

I'm now repairing the plastic parts
of the aeroplane.

And this is quite difficult
because there's two very, very big

cracks in the wing of this plane,
which is distorted the whole thing.

This is a special solvent glue
that actually dissolves...

..the plastic.

Once it's dissolved, it then resets

and then forms a very, very hard
surface.

What I'm going to do is just put
this off-cut of plastic...

..across the crack and glue that

and that acts as a strengthener,

without that, it's just a butt joint

and they're not as strong
as they could be.

Good. That's one of the cracks
that are repaired now.

I'm going to let that set
before moving on to the next one.

I'm now going to strip the engine
apart

because it's completely seized
up at the moment.

Cor, that's so, so tight.
It is actually moving.

Good.

Fantastic. The little piston that
goes inside there,

I can now get it cleaned
thoroughly

and then get back together again,

and hopefully it's all ready
for testing.

I can't wait. I'm quite excited now.

Hey, Steve.

I'm really, really hoping
this is going to work.

LOUD WHIRRING

Yes. Fantastic.

Oh!

I'm not sure that's
not carry on going.

I don't know why it didn't carry on.

I need to investigate.

I think I've got to do quite
a lot of adjustments

to get it going permanently.

I tried everything I could
with the old motor.

I tried all sorts of adjustments

and I just couldn't get it running
at all.

And I've spoken to some model
aircraft enthusiasts about it,

and they said if it doesn't go,

if it is a proper motor,
you'll never get it going.

So I've been very, very fortunate

to find a replacement motor
here that I can...

If it works, I can take all the bits
and pieces off of it,

put all the original bits and pieces
onto this motor

and then pop it into the aeroplane.

LOUD WHIRRING

Well.

That is really, really powerful,
I'm very, very pleased.

I can now get it back into
the aeroplane,

put all the original bits back
onto it

and Gary's got a new motor.

Dom is also coming into land
with his repair

of the vintage printing press.

I'm glad to say, I've got no nuts
and bolts and washers left over,

which is always a really good sign.

The ancient, dried-out ink rollers
are replaced...

These are nice and squeegee.
It's nice and soft.

..leaving just enough time
for the personal touch.

I think I've actually got enough
pieces here from Peter's bits

and bobs in all of his drawers
here to make a new frame for Kitt,

just to give her something
to remember Peter by it.

Whenever she's using this machine,

she will have this little stamp.

That's it. It's completely finished.

I was so pleased with this.

That is officially grandad Peter's
letterpress

back in working condition.

For Kitt, this letterpress is a link
to her loving grandad, Peter.

This whole process has made me
reflect a lot on my childhood

and the memories we have with our
grandparents, and I just can't wait

to hopefully see it, you know, in
working order and restored.

So it's not just sat collecting
dust and it can be put to good use.

Kitt, hi. Hi. How's it going? Good,
thank you. How are you?

Yeah, very good. How's it been
without the letterpress?

There's a massive,
empty gap on my shelf.

Oh, you're excited? Yes, very.

What are you hoping
I've been able to do?

As long as it's like usable
condition,

I don't mind how it looks.
Actually, I can't wait to show you.

I'm so excited. I can't wait.

Oh, my God!

I was not expecting that.

Wow.

Well done. Thank you so much.
You're welcome.

Can I press it down? Go for it.
Yeah, give it a good push.

This is the first time. Go on
just push it all the way down.

Keep pushing.

So it goes... So push, push, push,

and it presses it against it.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God, that's so amazing,
thank you so much.

Oh, my gosh, I love that.
That's so special. Thank you.

You're welcome.

I just wanted to give you something
that was Peter.

So whatever you make,
you can just stamp them.

Stamp it. That's amazing.
Thank you so much.

A little bit of Peter will carry on.
Yeah.

Wow.

I don't know what to say.
It just looks amazing.

Now it's up and running,
what's the plan?

So the wedding invites.
I can't wait to start those.

OK. Everyone's going to be sick of
me cos everything is now

going to be stamped.
It's a good thing. Right.

Let me give you a hand out
to the car with it.

I'll grab the machine for you.
Thank you.

It's so special that every time
when I use it, there's a little part

of my grandad there and it will
just bring him back into my mind.

He would just be made up that
it's working

and I just can't wait
to get started with it.

He's been tested by engine
failure and some

difficult bodywork damage,

but Steve is winning the war
with the little bomber.

I've just got to that stage now
where I've got all the repairs done

to this aeroplane.

I just need to get it all back
together again.

So I'm just going to start off
by putting the engine in,

I think, first.

So that is working absolutely fine.

Right, let's see if I can get
the wing on there.

Well, this really is coming on quite
well already.

Be a bit easier with
an instruction manual.

Right, that's all looking fantastic.

Just the final touch now -

the propeller.

Just pop this on.

I'm really pleased with
this aeroplane now.

It looks fantastic,

and I've done some research and
spoken to some model aircraft

enthusiasts about it,

and they've said how rare it is
to get one of these in one piece.

So I'm pleased I've repaired it all,
got it all together,

and I'm sure Gary is going to really
enjoy this,

whether he puts it on a shelf and
admires it or whether he flies it.

Oh, Steve, steady on. Look at that!

Woohoo! Gary's going to be here in
a minute.

You done a good job, ain't ya?
It's good, isn't it?

I do like it. Well done.

This treasured plane had been passed
down the family line,

but its journey ended when Gary
and his siblings took charge of it.

Breaking the item,

there's been a lot of guilt
over the years

and I've always promised my dad that
I would be able to do something

with it and I've never been
successful.

So to have it back now and say...

You know, put that to rest,
essentially.

How are you doing, Gary? How are
you? good guy. Hi, Gary. Hi, Steve.

You OK? A little bit nervous.
A little bit nervous?

Yeah. Why? Why are you nervous?

I think you spend so long looking
at an item that has been in such

bad state as it has been to finally
see it in its former glory,

it's... Yeah, a little bit nervous
today.

You haven't even seen it yet.
You said "former glory".

You haven't seen what he's done

because there was a few things
broken on it, wasn't it?

Just a few. Just a few.

Have you spoke to Dad about this?
Not yet. Not yet.

Oh, you haven't told him?
No, not yeah. He knows

I've always been trying
to get it repaired.

But to this extent,
he doesn't know yet.

So he doesn't know it's here.
No, no.

It's going to be a surprise.
I loves surprises.

I think Steve's got one for you.

Oh, wow, that's incredible.

You can't you can't see the damage
to the wing, the cockpit.

You really remember
the damage, don't you?

Well, a lot of it was done by me,
so...

It's incredible.
Absolutely incredible.

The engine I tried and tried
and tried to get it going,

and I couldn't get it going.

Luckily, I found an exact
replacement.

No! That does work.
We've had it working.

It all works.

It's truly incredible
what you've done.

The engine was one I never expected,

so I'm absolutely blown away
that you've been able to do that.

I've just noticed more items
that you've done,

and I just can't thank you enough.

I really can't.

I spent a very long time
trying to find a way

of getting this repaired.

You've done an incredible job.
Incredible job. Thank you.

Dad doesn't know
this is this is in here.

He knows it's broken. Yes.
And you've been trying to fix it.

So how do you think he's going
to feel when he sees this?

In the first words out his mouth
will be, "Right. Don't break it."

By no, my dad will be over the moon.

I can't wait to see his expression
in his face.

It's going to be a shock.

So you haven't got to worry about
taking it home and breaking it.

Steve's got a lovely box there,
ain't you, Steve?

Yeah, I have. Yeah. I'm going to
pack it up nice for you.

Incredible. Thank you. All right,
I'll get the door for you.

Thank you very much.
Thank you, Steve. You're welcome.

Take care.

My dad has seen it for the last 20
years in a broken state,

so to see it now shiny, intact
and ready to fly,

I think he will be speechless.

I just can't wait to get it back
and show my dad. I really can't.

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that the family will enjoy it

that much longer.

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