Help with Fixes
Mon 2011/06/27 08:37 JST
My poor Drossel figma has been through a lot. Including having a broken Twin tail. Recently it broke again and none of the glue I have been using has worked or is having trouble due to rising temperatures.
Does anyone have any suggestions to help me fix her? I'm getting to the point where I will just a replacement if possible.
I know that there was a dollfie fix here a while ago that still applies to almost any plastic repair.. A small hole drilled in both the peg and the tail, ( in Drossels case) and a bit of two-part epoxy used as a filler... *won't need much, just enough to "touch" both parts* The small hole is for a pin, such as a 4-5mm long piece of paperclip or equivalent, for rigidity, then the epoxy for a bond. I've done the same bonding formula attaching plastic arms and shield to the pewter body of a space marine or three... It should work, just be careful you don't glue things you still want to move! *or, if you're concerned, get a friend who does model-building to help*
THe problem here is that the ball joint is far too small to support a long enough rod for a fix of this nature. I'm afraid the only solution is to get a new fimga, or live without the twintails =/
same with the above idea, but I would have though using copper wire would work...
same thing happend to mine :(