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Scoutdad Commodore
Joined: 09 Oct 2006 Posts: 4754 Location: Middle Tennessee
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Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 10:13 pm Post subject: first destroyed miniature |
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Well, it had to happen. I just managed to kill one of my Romulans.
I've dropped the Starline 2500s, klinked them together, packaged and shipped them, played games with over-exuberent 12 year olds and nothing has so uch as dinged a single miniature.
Today however; I ran out of Zip-Kicer so I wentot the hobby store to get more. While unpacking the bag, I reached over the desk to put the can on teh shelf and it happened! The can of zip-kicker fell throug ha hole iont eh bag and smashed one of the KRs I was painting.
The neck snapped right behind the bridge bubble.
Twelve other miniatures went skittering acroos the desk and off onto the floor , but that was the only one to break.
Will post photos of the damge later... as well as a shot of the repair and a write-up of how easy the repair was.
T _________________ Commander, Battlegroup Murfreesboro
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djdood Commodore
Joined: 01 Feb 2007 Posts: 3414 Location: Seattle, WA
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 1:05 am Post subject: |
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Pinned it? _________________
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Aabh Lieutenant SG
Joined: 27 Aug 2011 Posts: 134 Location: Arvada, Colorado
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 1:11 am Post subject: |
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Wow.. that's harsh
I'm looking forward to the repair pictures, though! _________________
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Scoutdad Commodore
Joined: 09 Oct 2006 Posts: 4754 Location: Middle Tennessee
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 4:12 am Post subject: |
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Not yet. But that is what I will do.
got sidetracked by a beautiful blonde.
A man's gotta have priorities, you know. _________________ Commander, Battlegroup Murfreesboro
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djdood Commodore
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 4:19 am Post subject: |
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Scoutdad Commodore
Joined: 09 Oct 2006 Posts: 4754 Location: Middle Tennessee
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Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 12:49 am Post subject: |
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Finally got around to uploading the photos.
Here's the poor thing, in two pieces sitting there on the bench awaiting repairs...
After looking at the break more closely, I found that there was an air bubble in the resin located exactly at the fracture point. Never would have known it if the mini hadn't broken.
I wonder how many more of them contain similar voids?
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Scoutdad Commodore
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Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 12:51 am Post subject: |
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I drilled out both pieces of the boom and added a wire pin to reinforce the joint:
Then used a bit of gap filling CA adhesive to complete the repair.
When I paint my next batch o'Romulans, I'll sand the joint and touch up the paint. _________________ Commander, Battlegroup Murfreesboro
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Bolo_MK_XL Captain
Joined: 16 Jan 2007 Posts: 836 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 12:56 am Post subject: |
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So the Romulans redesigned where they wanted to separate the boom |
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Scoutdad Commodore
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Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 12:59 am Post subject: |
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Bolo_MK_XL wrote: | So the Romulans redesigned where they wanted to separate the boom |
Smaller boom section means it's easier to use sub-light evasion! _________________ Commander, Battlegroup Murfreesboro
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Jim Lewis Lieutenant SG
Joined: 25 Mar 2011 Posts: 121 Location: Campbell, CA USA
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Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 1:42 am Post subject: |
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Nice recovery! That's a nice looking Romulan Cruiser. _________________ Jim Lewis
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Scoutdad Commodore
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Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 2:02 am Post subject: |
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Thanks.
I still have lots of details to add, but it's on the downhill slope now.
The repair was rather easy.
With ST2400s, I would have had to use the Dremel to drill a hole that deep. With the ST2500s I used a hand-held pin vise and got the holes drilled in less than 5 minutes. _________________ Commander, Battlegroup Murfreesboro
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djdood Commodore
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Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 2:35 am Post subject: |
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That wasn't an air-bubble. That was a thoughtfully-provided pre-molded drill pilot-hole. _________________
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Scoutdad Commodore
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Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 2:58 am Post subject: |
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djdood wrote: | That wasn't an air-bubble. That was a thoughtfully-provided pre-molded drill pilot-hole. |
Uhh... yeah... sure... what he said...
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Wow! You would have thought I could have made a better posting for #4000 than this... _________________ Commander, Battlegroup Murfreesboro
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