hobby glue is the best option. Plastic Magic from Deluxe Materials seems to work on transformers plastics. I've tried Tamiya plastic cement and it didn't work.
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Only if cheap
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Not even interested
hobby glue is the best option. Plastic Magic from Deluxe Materials seems to work on transformers plastics. I've tried Tamiya plastic cement and it didn't work.
I used Tamiya Contacta Professional, and it seems to have worked. I also sanded down the post - probably a bit too much, as it's now a bit looser than I'd like, as well as accidentally sanding down part of the circumference of the top of the post itself. The important thing is that the post rotates freely in the socket.
You're right, it was Revell. I was thinking of Tamiya because I had a Tamiya product out. Point is, it worked
In fact, I found another couple of cracks on hinges while transforming Hound just now, so I used it on them, too.
Might need to try this glue myself! While the neck crack hasn't changed from day one I've just now noticed a new crack around the pin of the left side mirror. Hasn't been transformed since the time I got it, I've been checking on it periodically. I'm wondering if the temperature changes cause these cracks over time?
So how did your repairs turn out? Did you use paper to apply the glue as you first mentioned? How long do you leave it for before testing it out?
I was able to successfully apply the glue, and I left it alone for a day before moving associated joints (in addition to the neck post for the rocket launcher, the other affected joints were the hinges for the leg panels - the ones that end up on his calves), but the repair doesn't seem to have held - I took a look after reading your post and the cracks have opened up again on moving the joints. No idea if the area is under a lot of stress, or the glue doesn't work with this plastic, so I'm unsure whether I'll try the Revell Contacta again or if I'll try conventional superglue.
I reckon if they did re-release Hound that they would probably use better quality plastic. This sort of reminds me of MP3, as that toy also had rather fragile plastic, but every subsequent use of that core mould (i.e. every MP Seeker since) has used superior plastic which improved the toy. Even on Hasbro's MP3, as well as MP6 and MP7. And even MP11 onwards is still based on the same core mould (albeit retooled).
I grabbed Hasbro's MP3 as soon as I saw it at Toys R Us and I've since sold my Takara MP3. Hasbro's MP3 also had more G1 accurate colours. Aah, the days when Hasbro and Takara did different stuff. :/
Well I didn't listen to myself and decided to repose Hound along with the rest of my Autobot shelf.
Accidentally dropped him and snapped the shin leg panel straight off, so now half the leg has broken off. A part of me thinks a better quality plastic would've survived the fall.
I'm gonna try to use model cement to see if I can do a repair, but given that whole shin section is a very tightly packed bunch of parts, I'm not very optimistic the glue can withstand the tension.
Update: Tamiya model cement didn?t work.Switched to Selleys All Plastic Fix. Worked a charm. Looks like I?ve got a statue now.
Last edited by Ralph Wiggum; 2nd June 2020 at 04:16 PM.