Topic: Custom Battle Droid 00M-9

[ghostskull18]

fill the cavity with hot glue, let it harden, dremel holes in the glue, insert the arms and turn them while the glue drys around the pegs, it should work, hope that helps!

[krztfr]

fill the cavity with hot glue, let it harden, dremel holes in the glue, insert the arms and turn them while the glue drys around the pegs, it should work, hope that helps!

Thats the idea I had! I'm glad I asked first all the same. Any idea on the waist or same thing?

[ghostskull18]

fill the cavity with hot glue, let it harden, dremel holes in the glue, insert the arms and turn them while the glue drys around the pegs, it should work, hope that helps!

Thats the idea I had! I'm glad I asked first all the same. Any idea on the waist or same thing?

cool, same thing on the waist

[Mando Assasin]

fill the cavity with hot glue, let it harden, dremel holes in the glue, insert the arms and turn them while the glue drys around the pegs, it should work, hope that helps!

That sound's like it is the best option!

[krztfr]

My first attempt at marrying old parts with new...

[ghostskull18]

Very cool!

[Mando Assasin]

Looking sweet!

[Luke Sprywalker]

Wish I had seen this sooner. What I do is coat the small parts ball or swivel joint in vasaline. Put hot glue inside the hole that is too large. Insert your part then go run cold water over it to cool it super quick. Then start rotating the part while still pushing in so it stays bottomed out on the shoulder hole. This way the hot glue will not stick to the arm. This process makes for a perfect tight joint. drilling into hardened glue makes for a weak loose fit and the arm can fall out over time. Good luck!

[krztfr]

Wish I had seen this sooner. What I do is coat the small parts ball or swivel joint in vasaline. Put hot glue inside the hole that is too large. Insert your part then go run cold water over it to cool it super quick. Then start rotating the part while still pushing in so it stays bottomed out on the shoulder hole. This way the hot glue will not stick to the arm. This process makes for a perfect tight joint. drilling into hardened glue makes for a weak loose fit and the arm can fall out over time. Good luck!

Its cools you were enjoying Orlando, but I heard about the vasaline and hot glue for heads so I was wondering if it could work for other joints thanks for verifying it

[Tamer]

Time I put this on the front page.

I love seeing these problems and how folks work through them. Fantastico!

[clone10]

Awesome custom man

[krztfr]

Thanks again guys, I haven't really done anything in along while starting to have withdraws. Went to Walmart and toy section was reorganized & I spot the big ass droid carrier but across from it they are selling model cars again and I was wondering if the Testor acrylics worth using on figures?

[Mando Assasin]

Well it depend's! I loved it back when i used it! I is glossy so if you don't like gloss then do not get it. If it is the enamel kind than definitely do not get it hope that help's!

[Darth Optimus]

I just picked up a bottle of gloss black from Testor's Model Masters Acryl Line.  It is the BEST gloss black I've ever used.  I normally use Citadel paints, although I also recently picked up a couple of Master Series Paints (MSP) bottles from Reaper.  They are good also and they come in dropper bottles, which is ingenious.

[krztfr]

Found a female with a mohawk at a dollar store seemed like a perfect canidate for a new figure custom and the body seemed like a knockoff gi joe however thankfully the joe parts fit perfectly