NOTE: PLACE THE FINISHED PRODUCT IN A SAFE PLACE TO KEEP CHILDREN FROM REACHING IT.
What you actually need for this tutorial is any plastic substance that would melt easily in plastic cement.
Of course your left over GunPla runner is there already to provide the first item for you, duh!
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Here's the runner they used for this tutorial.
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Place the cut pieces of the runner in a glass container.
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Soak the pieces with plastic cement, and give it time to melt.
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Once the plastics melts, the finish product should look like this
The glow effect is provided by a black light.Â
TUTORIAL CREDITS TO YS_HONTEN
This is useful. I was thinking of how to melt my runners to do other thing like small dot here and there for my kitbash.
ReplyDeleteIt tells you how to melt them but how do you solidify it?
Deleteonce you have it melted, do you just shape it and it dries into a hard form? and can you use this to cast parts using diy molds?
ReplyDeleteDid you ever figure it out???
DeleteYes. You shape the detail then you let it harden.
DeleteWhat kind of plastic runner works? i happen to try using tamiya runner soaked in mr hobby cement for three days but its not melting at all..
ReplyDeletei think you need something with more stronger acid, like a bit of hardware thinner?
DeleteNo acid in hobby cement. You want plastic solvent.
DeleteHobby cement has a weak solvent, so that it only affects a small area and doesn't melt everything.
Acetone is a great solvent for many plastics.
Just don't mix plastic types. The runner will usually say what type.
"ABS", "PS", "PE", "PP".
Label any jars that you do this in so you know what type of plastic it is.
Also wear rubber gloves and eye protection. Acentone is nasty stuff.
Would this work to repair a broken articulation?
ReplyDeleteThe dreaded shoulder of the RG Sazabi broke and wanted to glue the broken part in a fixed position, while the remaining parts keep their mobility?
Would this method work if i wanted to redo the wings of the RG wing zero EW in unicorn gundam’s red psychoframe color?
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