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    Bandai DX Chogokin 1/48 VF-1

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    8 hours ago, RedComet said:

    I fixed mine after getting some advice from a guy on FB. First, get yourself a baggie of this exact size tiny screw It’s Only 1mm longer than the original, but makes a big difference  (Found mine at the Home Depot, <$1 for 2)

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    Put loctite on it, let it sit for 30 minutes while you do the next step.

    then you will need to disassemble the leg, starting with the cover as said. After that screw is out you have to gently but firmly pull the thigh apart. This will give you access to the  gray accordion looking piece of plastic. There is a screw attaching that to the metal part of the hinge, unscrew that. 
     

    Now comes the really fun part, bend the hinge out as far as you can, then With the side that broke off flat on the ground, take a drill and drill down as straight as you can (Which will kind of go through the hinge top piece of metal at a diagonal angle directly towards where the screw is to make a hole just wide enough to put a small Phillips head screwdriver through. (Sorry the picture isn’t a bit better) Then it will look like this. This will let you actually put in a screwdriver in a way that will let you turn the screws you need to turn to fix the break.
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    Then before actually trying to reattach it to the top piece with the new screw, I would undo the three screws that hold it to the hip join. Now you should be able to re-screw it in, one of my tabs was broken so I also applied a good amount of modeling glue that is supposed to be able to bind metal to plastic All around where the screw goes in the hole, but not in the actual hole itself, which is what Loctite is for. Line the screw up, gently re-screw it into the hole, it should connect snuggly, and let that part all dry for an hour. Then just carefully reassemble everything. It isn’t what I would call an easy fix, but better than just writing off a $300 figure right?

    Great tutorial...can you do a video?...:) thank you.

    YOU'RE YELLOW! VF-25F turning all sorts of colors

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    10 hours ago, EmilianoAlfaro said:

    Como estas Ignacio, podrias decirme cual fue el proceso exacto? Lo desarmaste? aplicaste igual en partes pintadas o de color? voy a realizarlo en un vf-1a 1/60 de kaki. Saludos!

    tengo la misma consulta Ignacio...ademas que producto compraste?...una marca conocida en Sudsmerica?

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