A while since anyone's posted a Roman Harvest - that's a cracker.
I'm not sure you'll have much luck restoring the plating though I'm afraid. As Angelo said, you're likely to remove the rest in trying I think, but if you have a Plan B and you decide to give it a go, I'd be interested to know how it goes.
I Should have a couple of Roman Harvest kits if I can help
Nice to see an old favourite kit being shown again Johnny.
Excellent job mate and hope all goes well with the disassembly of the other RH pen kit.
Pen disassembled , re-assembled and looks good, have ordered a couple more kits from Timberman , one to replace the blotchy one which had a stunning Amboyna timber on it and one for later on .