While stripping the armour off for painting I found that I was really struggling to get the upper arm armour off. It absolutely would not come off! I didn't want to force the issue and cause more damage so I did what any frustrated Gunplar would. I cut the damned thing off. I made vertical cuts on either side and cracked it like a nut. I realized that the PC part that connects the arm to the shoulder was sticking up just enough to prevent the armour from sliding off.
I pushed the PC part in a bit more on the other arm and the armour slide off nicely... No cutting necessary.
I made this blog to chronicle my experiences with this hobby, both good and bad. This was an elementary oversight and I hope that some of you will now be made aware of this and avoid making this mistake yourselves in the future.
When you're removing armour, check the placement of the PC parts before you pick up the the saw.
*end public service announcement*
That aside, the mini saws/etchers I picked up recently, worked excellently. Totally worth the 280 yen I paid for them.
I made this blog to chronicle my experiences with this hobby, both good and bad. This was an elementary oversight and I hope that some of you will now be made aware of this and avoid making this mistake yourselves in the future.
When you're removing armour, check the placement of the PC parts before you pick up the the saw.
*end public service announcement*
That aside, the mini saws/etchers I picked up recently, worked excellently. Totally worth the 280 yen I paid for them.
Hey, at least you'll get practice for modding now by puttying/gluing the armor back together now.
ReplyDeleteSometimes it is wise to stop and take a break when you are stuck at an impassable point. It can give you a fresh perspective.
ReplyDeleteHaving said that I know I've broken things before when there was a simpler solution, but hindsight is 20/20 vision isn't it?
As skip said it's good practice for modding. Perhaps if you think in terms of the c-joint method when you are doing your test fit you will be able to see what can and can not slide on and off unobstructed and what needs to be chopped out to facilitate this.
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Odd, if the PC parts are not fully pushed in, usually during the assembly process last time you would not have been able to slide the armor in (obstruction). It happened to me before, sometimes huge nub marks that i left out also obstructs...
ReplyDeleteI might have done the same thing and just glue & sand the part back to original form. I remembered on my first kit, when I couldn't get a part off, I used my teeth to yank it out...little did I know that my tooth marks would be left on the part. Dumb...
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