I just dropped a warp nacelle for my NX-01 and half of it came apart. I think the only way to fix it is to take it apart and start over.
I used Testor’s Orange tube on the aliginment pins, and Testor’s MEK liquid on the seams.
Is there any way to undo the damage I have done and fix this??
Please help.
Yolev
Yolev, your in trouble. As you probably know MEK and testors (orange tube) both “weld” the plastic. Do you really have to take them apart? Three things may help you (1) amount of glue - did you use alot or the toothpick rule (2) time - if it hasn’t been too long the plastic can sometimes be worked apart (3) more glue - it will weaken the plastic “weld” and you can work it apart (WARNING however this may make things worse [:(])
Good luck and try to find a solution that doesn’t involve dissassembly.
Yolev -
Just for kicks, chuck it in the freezer for a few hours and see if the glue joints weaken. The stryrene welds are always what they are cracked up to be, no pun intended. Also, not really sure why you have to take it apart, if it’s still together, line it up, and use the liquid cement to seal the new seems. Finish with putty and sand.
Archer out.
Well, here’s a hint, but I’ll start with a tragic story:
Iwanted to build a Eurocopter Tigre 1/48 with true working lights. This via plastic fibre (optic cable) running through the entire helicopter, even luminating the monitors. It worked great! (transparant screen as a base for the monitors, with dark grey-green paint with minute letters and signs scraped out this thin layer of paint). I first brushed it by hand. Then I decided - having gotten an airbrush for my birthday (hurray!) - that brushing wouldn’t do the trick. Now: how to get that paint of?
The answer is simple (no further transparant parts were glued already): I put the entire kit in a bath of methylated spirits for quite some hours. With the vent of the bathroom the fumes were acceptable (watch yourselves now!). This made the paint peel easily of, using a hard (old and paintfilled) brush to scrape the remaining paint away.
But this topic is about de-gleuing! Yes, I’m getting there: the methylated spirits also made the “weldings” of the glue weaken and the kit was easily taken apart. And, another effect: plastic fibre completely turns into blubber in the spirits. Bye-bye kit, Tigre in the bin. Ah well, it does end up with a nice story, gooed idea for luminating monitors end a de-glueing and de-painting technique.
Not to forget: the spirits clearly don’t work well with acryllics. It does come of, yes. Though it takes some more scraping effort.