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Q/A & Help Group 9 years, 6 months ago Hey guys, so I have a bit of a problem with my HG Sinanju. For some reason, the plastic is very brittle (not sure if this is just my problem or it’s a problem with the kit) and parts are literally snapping off randomly. I’ve had both pieces connecting the wings to the backpack snap on the same night, as well as the peg for the shield attachment, and just now the peg connecting the shoulder to the body. I’ve tried gluing the pieces together with super and crazy glue and neither worked. I’m actually a little befuddled, the crazy glue usually works for me. So now I don’t really know how to reattach those pieces, and I was curious to see if this is a problem my kit has developed, or if this was a problem with the kit itself
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I am not sure about the quality of the plastic that HG Sinanju have because I dont have one. Try using plastic cement I think that should work. When applied it somehow melts the plastic and re-bonding the two parts together. Unlike some super glue that just holds the parts together. Hope you get what I mean. 🙂
ill look for some plastic cement and give it a try, thanks for the advice 🙂
Sorry to hear about it :(.
My HGUC Sinanju is frequently posed and only the shield connector has broken because my cork-board that hangs above my desk fell on top of it.
Possibilities I can think of for why it is breaking:
Did you paint your Sinanju? Some paints apparently weaken the plastic, which could result in what you’re seeing.
The only other reason I could think of is if it were a counterfeit kit, as they usually have cheaper plastic to cut down costs. An easy way to see if it is a counterfeit kit is by seeing the box and manual, making sure that they say “BANDAI” (as apposed to “DAIBAN” or something of the sort)on the logo, and making sure all the pictures are good quality.
Afraid to say though that I don’t know how to fix it sorry – I really wish I did, as I could have done with some quick repairs every now and then :P. Sorry that I couldn’t be of more help.
Well, my kit is painted in some parts, but nothing major, only the commader’s fin, the red knee parts and back of the ankle parts that slot into pegs, nothing that should affect the quality of the plastic. It is a legitimate kit, im actually pretty careful about that, but thanks for the advice, i know the counterfeits get pretty close sometimes
I’ll try the plastic cement and see wut happens, at this point tho, i think im going to end up just buying another kit and putting wut i can salvage on that one instead, it is just a high grade after all
thanks for the advice tho 🙂
I believe what Nick was getting at is that some paints themselves can weaken the plastic. So are the parts that are brittle painted parts or unpainted parts? Even if it’s not much paint it can be an issue, in addition to that I’d ask if the parts that are breaking were at one point painted then had the paint removed, cause the thinners that you used if that’s the case could also weaken the plastic.
The painted parts where nowhere near the pegs that were breaking and they were the only parts id painted, it’s actually why I’m so confused ^^; specifically, the peg holding an arm to the chest and both of the grey arms holding the wings to the backpack broke, and the painted parts were just the knee caps, immovable red parts slotted in with just pegs on the back of the legs and the command fin