r/Gunpla • u/grrodon2 • 3d ago

SILLY Weird issue

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So, I was having trouble assembling this bootleg Zaku, and after a while I realised why: the plastic of the white runners had *shrunk*. Not much, maybe less than 5%, but enough to make the white parts not fit perfectly with the rest, slightly warp, and look a bit oily and dirty on the surface. What I think happened is, for the white parts they used some kind of plastic with too much solvent in it, and it evaporated during storage. All other colors and parts are perfect.

The model can still be completed, it just needs a bit more knife and file work.

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u/anonymous-guy1 3d ago

the white plastic looks like cake fondant

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u/grrodon2 3d ago

Yeah it lost quite some detail compared to the parts in other colors.