nitoplayer Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 I just want to say one word to you, just one word. Are you listening? Plastics. Anyway, I'm not quite sure how to tell the difference between this plastic and that plastic after I was snooping around some reviews and noticed POM mentioned. I know PVC is the half way rubbery bendy stuff, ABS is the really hard stuff that cracks instead of bends, but what is POM? I can't believe I never knew what the hell it was! I have a couple of Busou Shinkis and a Yamato YF-19 that I know have POM somewhere in them. Can anyone who is familiar with this type of plastic sort of point it out to me on these and maybe tell me how I can better recognize it in the future? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vostok 7 Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 POM is usually a bright white plastic, it can be other colors, but when compared to other white plastic pieces, POM will be brighter white. It has a different feel than ABS. It will never be painted. It feels sort of "slippery", and it is extremely strong and scratch resistant (yet it doesn't bend or crack the same as ABS). On Yamato products it'll usually be found on hinges or other potentially load bearing pieces. Most notable was the POM that was on the leg joints of the original 1/60s that plugged into the nose, I think the 1/48 also had leg joints made from POM. Vostok 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwkkim Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 POM is usually a bright white plastic, it can be other colors, but when compared to other white plastic pieces, POM will be brighter white. It has a different feel than ABS. It will never be painted. It feels sort of "slippery", and it is extremely strong and scratch resistant (yet it doesn't bend or crack the same as ABS). On Yamato products it'll usually be found on hinges or other potentially load bearing pieces. Most notable was the POM that was on the leg joints of the original 1/60s that plugged into the nose, I think the 1/48 also had leg joints made from POM. Vostok 7 Vostok, is Yamato Macross made mostly by ABS? Like the wings and the body? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 IIRC, the YF-19's canards are also POM. Correct that POM can't be painted easily, which was why Yamato included a second pair of ABS canards with the YF-19 in case anybody wanted to do a custom paint scheme. Graham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitoplayer Posted February 6, 2009 Author Share Posted February 6, 2009 (edited) So it's a harder type like ABS that has more (and excuse me for this, it's no pun) plasticity? I virtually rule out all the parts that I think were POMs now since apparently now it's "unpaintable" and I'm to assume it's just the matte plastic stuff in high tension areas. If it were paintable I'd assume that, say, the feet parts on Vf-25 (that aren't diecast), the double hinge for the torso to swing up for humanoid mode, and the leg tendon thingies and the gray upper arms are POM. Edited February 6, 2009 by nitoplayer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honkhet Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 wow thanks for the informative posts guys, i was very curious too gosh when i saw the thread title i was sooo expecting an SDK post somewhere here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VFTF1 Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 This discussion has made me imagine that perhaps Over-Technology is just POM technology - and the Zentradi; unable to manufacture their ships with POM plastic, came chasing after ASS-1 for its' POM technology, but since they couldn't tell the difference between plastics, they failed and decided to quit and listen to love songs from a sexy girl. The reaction weapons were just a diversion. It was all about the POM! Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLoneWolf Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 IIRC, Graham also said that only simple shapes can molded with POM, nothing too complex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuinJester Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 (edited) IIRC, Graham also said that only simple shapes can molded with POM, nothing too complex. Not true at all. Delryn (Dupont's fancy-schmancy name for POM) can be molded just like regular plastic. It's a common plastic to use on N scale locomotive detail parts such as handrails, airhorns, and grab irons, all of which can be very complex and thin detailed parts. It's a plastic just like anything else. Edited February 6, 2009 by QuinJester Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLoneWolf Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Ahh, thanks for the correction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big F Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 There you learn stuff every time you come here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vostok 7 Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Vostok, is Yamato Macross made mostly by ABS? Like the wings and the body? Generally yes, they use ABS for most non-critical parts. At least in my observation. This discussion has made me imagine that perhaps Over-Technology is just POM technology - and the Zentradi; unable to manufacture their ships with POM plastic, came chasing after ASS-1 for its' POM technology, but since they couldn't tell the difference between plastics, they failed and decided to quit and listen to love songs from a sexy girl. The reaction weapons were just a diversion. It was all about the POM! Pete Delrin is definitely a super-plastic. I love the stuff. Vostok 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vostok 7 Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 (edited) Bah! Stupid internet. Vostok 7 Edited February 6, 2009 by Vostok 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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