......Click on photos to see these domes "before" and "after" I repaired them.
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Hall of Science - Someone had bored a hole through the top of this dome, perhaps to let out one of the three rockets making up the first plaque. |
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Illinois - The buildings in this dome came loose and needed to be glued back in place, also needed the dome replaced. |
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Arizona - This roadrunner must have banged into the side of the dome causing it to crack. Needed the dome replaced. |
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ChinaTown San Francisco - "Chinatown my chinatown, where the lights are low..." Not only the lights but the water too. There was a hole in the bottom. Needed to be put into a new dome. |
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New Orleans - The repositioning of a fallen plaque inside this bottle was another "big easy". |
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Mount Airy Lodge - For the person who found this dome, childhood memories of this location were better than its "toaster" shape. So we made the dome match the memories by giving it a stylish new home. Needed to be put into a new dome. |
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Die Hard 2 - "Hard to see 2" was the other name of this famous movie dome. You would die to see inside through the dirt and grime. Needed a good cleaning and refurbishing. |
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Hearst Castle - First "Rosebud" then this. Needed to be put into a new globe. |
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Mormon Temple - A solid faith but a broken base and dome. Needed to be put into a new dome. |
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Ohio - Cincinnati looked more lackluster than usual in this faded and cracked dome. Needed the dome replaced. |
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Great America - No more ups and downs inside this dome with its seesaw floating around. Needed its seesaw reinstalled along with new dome. |
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Mickey Figural - Not the happiest dome on earth with front of Mickey's stomach missing. The front of this globe had broken and fallen off. Needed a new non-standard size globe. |
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Sea Captain Figural - Our young captain lost his ocean and his plug was glued in. Needed to have the plug drilled out, the hole relined and refitted with new plug. |
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Sailor Figural - Old Salty had lost his pipe along with his water. His plug, too, was glued in. Needed to have the plug drilled out, the hole relined and refitted with new plug. A new pipe had to be fabricated. |
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Arabic Dome - The plaque on this exotic dome translates as "God Is Great." But the dome wasn't. It was cracked. Needed a replacement. |
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Baltimore - The charm of this dome was an upside down name plaque, not its broken dome. Needed a replacement. |
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Modena - Someone's granddaughter "played" with this bottle. Needed contents placed into new bottle. |
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Freeport - A casualty of remodeling, I think. This dome was paint-spattered and cracked. Needed new dome. |
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Gibraltar - Maybe the "rock of..." was sturdy, but this name plaque was made in China and had come loose. Needed plaque glued down and dome replaced. |
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Mountain Dew - This Dew didn't. The advertising dome had cracked. Needed its dome replaced. |
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Expo '67 - Once the pride of Canada, this famous site sat in a dirty and clouded dome. Needed new dome. |
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Expo '67 - While the sky in this dome looked somewhat like the Northern Lights, it wasn't. The paint was peeling off the back. Needed new dome. |
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Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation - The dirt and lack of water were of no ___________ to this bottle. Needed refurbishing. |
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Natural Bridge - The rock formation was natural, but the crack and flaking paint on image plaque were man-made. Needed a new dome and paint touch-up. |
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Annie - The person who owned this dome (and she knows who she is) wanted "Sandy" the dog to be facing front so you could see his face. Needed the figures repositioned and new clear dome. |
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New Orleans, Louisiana - The person who owned this dome (and she knows who she is, again) wanted the name plaque changed to "Streetcar Desire, New Orleans" (the name on the image plaque). Needed new name plaque printed and new bottle. |
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Santa Figural - Santa's globe cracked sliding down someone's chimney. He also lost a package glued on top. Needed a new, non-standard size globe and the package fabricated. |
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Santa Figural - Someone's niece, I think, "played" with Santa and broke his globe. Needed to be put into a new non-standard size globe as well as some touch-up paint. |