Several years ago I painted parts for a Great Mazinger jumbo.
Unfortunately, the project was never finished and the jumbo is not here
at home with me; and my old Multiply website got shut-down and all
my pics were deleted from my account.
First, I disassembled the jumbo by running it through a dishwasher machine
at my restaurant workplace, with the water at 200 degrees Fahrenheit,
to clean it with detergent and to soften the parts for dis-assembly.
Mild dish soap such as Palmolive, used with a green scrubby pad, is fine for this.
Repeated soaping with the green scrubby pad, and dishwasher machine runs,
were necessary for me to scrub and clean all of the old sticker gungus
off of the jumbo's parts.
With the water at 200 degrees Fahrenheit the jumbo parts softened so that
I could easily take them apart. But this has to be done quick because
the parts will get rigid hard again as they cool down at room-temperature.
If you don't have a dishwasher machine, you may boil some water in a pot.
Or, use a hair blow-dryer.
Do NOT use heat guns and microwaves, or else you'll melt the jumbo!
Then I sanded everything, and then I painted the parts....
The vinyl heads:I sanded the head with a medium grit sand paper to scuff the surface,
and then with a lighter grit sandpaper to smooth the surface scratches.
Then I used small cans of Rustoleum semi-gloss paint enamel for each
color areas on the head.
I brush-painted the colors, with two very thin coats... the first coat
was a base, and the second final coat was the filler.
(
I didn't have to thin the paint, just brush it on right from the can)
For the body, and limb parts:I used the same technique above, for the sanding procedure.
The jumbo Great Mazinger's body is black, so instead of painting it
with Rustoleum semi-gloss Black paint, I coated the body with several
thin layers of spray-on Plasti-Dip... this is the stuff used to dip
tools for making hard-rubber handle grips.
The limbs can be painted with either the Rustoleum paint or the Plasti-Dip.
HOWEVER= there should be no paint in the areas where the parts attach
to the holes in the body... because this time you'll have to re-attach
the parts with some slight wrestling involved.
Because once the body and parts are all painted you cannot use heat to
soften them or else the paint job will get ruined.
Therefore, try to paint as very close right up to the edges of the limbs
(
the area Before the funny connection knobs which go inside the body).
You can also boil the parts in hot water to soften them up so that
you can re-assemble the jumbo BEFORE painting it...
If you do it this way, you'll have to be very good with the paint job
so that you can avoid getting unwanted paint in other areas where
the paint or color does not belong.
After the jumbo has been painted, let it sit to dry for 48 - 72 hours
before you handle it. After that time you may then apply new decals
to the jumbo.
For new decals, PM a request to either RJ members Kitsir, Bourno, or Derek
and either one of those bros may help you with a price quote for new
stickers for your jumbo...
Their quality is the best in this hobby, and vinyl material is used.
Hope this helps.
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My next jumbo project down the road will be the LJN Commander Voltron...
...I will paint it entirely, including the detail. No decals will be used.
Personally, I don't like decals on my jumbos... to me it's just
more old decal-goo to deal with later on with age.
zozo-mag
