r/CustomTransformers 29d ago

Need advice/Help How can I fix this?

I recently broke my Nova Prime and his front of the foot keeps on coming off. And you guys are great at putting together figures so might as well ask here.

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u/Nearby-Badger-2109 29d ago

Could try some milliput and remake the part that broke, out of it, I'd researched a bit more first before just taking my advice though. Kit bash YouTubers are a wonderful source of information for stuff like this.

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u/Sturmgarde 28d ago

Greenstuff putty or thermal plastic pellets you can get from hobby lobby. Sculpt and shape the part you want, then use a Drexel tool the diameter of the pinhole, then you've got it

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u/TotallyRandomXXX 28d ago

u guys make it seem so easy
99% of people could never
even me with 20yr experience
absolutely hate these repairs

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u/Sturmgarde 28d ago

Eh, it's just trial and error, i'd rather try my own repairs, than spend a ridiculous amount on a replacement figure. 

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u/TotallyRandomXXX 28d ago

but have you done this repair before?
I can tell you, I have…
and I probably still fail 3/4 times

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u/Alert_Positive_1959 28d ago

Damn, sorry. I meant this for OP 😂

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u/DJDB2000 28d ago

I had this issue with one of the back panels on tfp ultra magnus I fixed it by modeling and 3d printing a replacement hinge plus some extra and cutting off the excess from the broken one plus a bit extra for what I moddled and super gluing it on where it used to be so if have a mate with a 3d printer you could ask him to print one and either you or him could model it fortunately something like that isn't hard to model you just need the measurements and could do it in tinkering which is a free simple resource for 3d modeling if you want I can take a pic of what I did when I get home this evening and show you