Vintage Star Wars Imperial Shuttle - Common problems, disassembly, and fixes!

Imperial Shuttles are massive ships made with somewhat fragile plastic. It's very common for internal parts of the wing mechanism to break. In some models it's also common for the wings to simply get stuck in place. In this video, we'll dissect these issues, show you how to get to the cause, and give you some options for fixing them.

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[evabuchholz]

thank you for posting this helpful video... between this and one on cleaning the battery area I got it looking like it once did, well, its yellow in some area, but, even so it looks great, the wings are where they are suppose to be... and it all nice and clean... I got this shuttle for my son when the very first movie came out, and my son has been star wars hooked ever since... he's not really into the newer ones as much, but he still collects... I had a chuckle yesterday and today here I am taking my sons star wars old planes apart and cleaning them... I must say it was fun, and plus my son will be suprised... now onto the Falcon, hope it goes as well... oh and I will be getting a few sheets of stickers... and that side door if there is one to be had... When I looked for parts for the falcon they didn't have the parts I need, dog-gone... anyhoo, thanks and stay safe...

[bushflyn]

I have one wing in the up position not quite folding up as much as the other. I’m guessing the issue is getting the pinwheels to match into the cross bar. Thanks for the video.

[RodChampers]

I have rhe 1984 version - any suggestions how to de-yellow this baby ?