Project: Repairing Ken's Sky Lynx

[Hursticon]

Edit: Sorry Hursti, I accidentally clicked 'edit' on your post instead of quote

All good dude , I agree though that one would have to find the right size - I don't suppose you've any measurements?
It might help those who want to go down that route.

[kup]

All good dude , I agree though that one would have to find the right size - I don't suppose you've any measurements?
It might help those who want to go down that route.

No measurements yet but I do have a few O rings that I could try to see if any matches.

The thing is that if it's too small, it will stretch too much and not serve much for traction (same as if there was no rubber) and it's likely to snap. Too big and it will just become loose and fall off randomly.

[Hursticon]

No measurements yet but I do have a few O rings that I could try to see if any matches.

The thing is that if it's too small, it will stretch too much and not serve much for traction (same as if there was no rubber) and it's likely to snap. Too big and it will just become loose and fall off randomly.

Like their designed purpose, it would seem that the right 'O' ring is a must huh?
Well, I still look forward to seeing what you're able to come up with dude as I'm curious to see what you do with the Rubberbands.

[kup]

Update:

Upon further examination I noticed something unusual in the opposite leg to the broken one. It seems that once upon a time, that leg had broken off in a similar manner only that a previous owner had attempted to fix it. Unfortunately he botched it up by super gluing the whole knee joint together as a solid piece with no knee swivel (Don't think it's Blink as he would have told me). I spend the whole afternoon scraping off the glue to pull the pieces a part and properly reattach the joint so that it swivels.

I also noticed that the broken off leg seems to have belonged to another Sky Lynx as the broken part did not match to the snapped piece of the leg part attached to the body - I had to adapt the snapped white piece in the broken off lower red leg so that it fits together with the rest of the white upper leg.

This was a very unusual issue so I didn't take any pics as it's unlikely for someone else to encounter it so no need for a guide. I have now fixed those odd issues and Sky Lynx is now in the condition that I originally thought it was so no harm done.

I will continue the this Repair guide once the super glue fully dries and I am confident that everything is functionally strong to proceed.

[Hursticon]

Oh man, I would've found that to be utterly annoying and frustrating, glad to hear you've found an effective repair method dude.

[Blink90210]

yikes, I just got caught up to date with the progress, I wasn't aware of the botched repair job on the other foot (I'm pretty terrified of doing any fixes myself). Hopefully it'll still function (but not like Megatron still functioned in the original movie).

[kup]

yikes, I just got caught up to date with the progress, I wasn't aware of the botched repair job on the other foot (I'm pretty terrified of doing any fixes myself). Hopefully it'll still function (but not like Megatron still functioned in the original movie).

It's ok, the hardest part was undoing the fix and then adapting the broken off leg to fit the body as it seems to have belonged to another Sky Lynx. No harm done and I enjoy the challenge and it would give me even more satisfaction when I get him walking and rolling again.