Need help fixing a toy

[luizssb]

Hello, this weekend I was posing my Composite Ver.Ka Cybaster and accidentally broke one piece of the skirt, which is articulated. As it is now, I could superglue it on, but then it would lose this skirt articulation, so I'd like to avoid it.

Here are some photos of the waist part of the toy and the piece that broke:









I am thinking in using a wire to connect the waist to the part that broke off. In this case, the hard part would be to drill the socket to receive the wire, but I think its manageable.

I'd like to ask for help here, if anyone has a suggeston.

Thanks.

[boma83]

yes thats's how you should do it.just remember using the drill/mini rotary smaller than the wire. if dont it will be loose. but if that happend use Tamiya quick epoxy to cover it and try insert again.

[luizssb]

Sept 9, 2013 8:12:48 GMT -5 boma83 said:

yes thats's how you should do it.just remember using the drill/mini rotary smaller than the wire. if dont it will be loose. but if that happend use Tamiya quick epoxy to cover it and try insert again.

Thanks for the help! Didn't know about this Tamiya Epoxy, but I'm sure it will come in hand.

[magengar]

Wish I knew how to help, but I've never used
that Tamiya Epoxy and I don't have the hands-on experience
to offer any tips or help for this particular repair.
Boma's got the right idea!

zozo-mag

[xiombarg]

The Tamiya epoxy putty is great. Can be hard to find though. There are other more industrial epoxy putties out there like JB Weld and Loctite has a version that are available at most hardware stores and usually work ok, but the Tamiya is the best for our hobby because it bonds so well to plastic and has a very smooth plastic like consistency when sanded. The other more industrial epoxy putties are sometimes more grainy or powdery, and sometimes they won't stick as well to some plastics. Tamiya is expensive, but it's the best epoxy putty I've used.

Another product that works well for gluing almost all plastics is "plastic repair epoxy". ACE and Loctite both make a version of this. It's not as liquid as regular epoxy so it's easier to control, and it chemically bonds to plastic unlike regular epoxy.

[luizssb]

Sept 10, 2013 19:56:48 GMT -5 xiombarg said:

The Tamiya epoxy putty is great. Can be hard to find though. There are other more industrial epoxy putties out there like JB Weld and Loctite has a version that are available at most hardware stores and usually work ok, but the Tamiya is the best for our hobby because it bonds so well to plastic and has a very smooth plastic like consistency when sanded. The other more industrial epoxy putties are sometimes more grainy or powdery, and sometimes they won't stick as well to some plastics. Tamiya is expensive, but it's the best epoxy putty I've used.

Another product that works well for gluing almost all plastics is "plastic repair epoxy". ACE and Loctite both make a version of this. It's not as liquid as regular epoxy so it's easier to control, and it chemically bonds to plastic unlike regular epoxy.

I see, thanks for the help. For a hole so small, I think the Tamiya will be more than enough, but it's nice to see that there are other options.