Re: Micromachine Conversions

At 07:21 AM 1/21/97 -0500, Mike wrote:
>I'm working on converting a disassembled Narn dreadnaught into three
smaller
>ships.  What paints or glues have you folks found effective/ineffective
on
>the Micromachine's flexible plastic?

I haven't tried it on the Micromachines, but the best glue I've found
for
plastic is called _Goop_. Goop comes in a couple of different forms. I
have
Goop and Crafter's Goop. 

The first thing I tried to glue was a Norman cavalry man from the Revell
Norman set of HO figures. These are made of similar soft plastic as
Airfix,
Matchbox, ESCI, etc. figures. I put a spot of glue on it and let it
stand
overnight (as suggested). I've tried cyanoacrylite (super glue), model
glue
(liquid and tube) and two-part epoxy before, and none of them held the
plastic together for any length of time. After the Goop cured overnight,
I
picked up the model by the rider. It stayed together. I ended up shaking
the
figure violently and tugging it. It's still stuck together (a year
later). I
would suggest that this might be your best bet for the Micromachines.

As far as paint, that could be a bit difficult. Someone on
rec.games.miniatures.historical was talking about coating plastic
figures
with polyurethane. The polyurethane, while thick, hardens and protects
the
figure. Check out the newsgroup and/or Deja News for more info.

Allan

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