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I've been hearing nothing but bad things about plastic glue,and how to get it off. I'v been told freezing works, and that just ripping it apart works too. I need to rip off some carnifex scything talons to do some touch-ups,just in case you cared enough.XP

Any tips? Sorry if this has been done >9000 times, I can't really find any help.

I heard it's very very difficult, if not impossible, to get plastic glued pieces apart.

The methods you mentioned seem to be the ones for superglue.

Plastic glue actually melts the two pieces of plastic together. Only way to seperate is to get some clippers or saw.

How to get off plactic glue?......

Hmm.......

A plastic hand and some Deamonettes.

xacto knife or brute strength.. Its like if you used a welding torch on your pewter pieces instead of pinning :p Granted you'd need a very small welding torch!

But yeah.. good luck with getting them apart. its part of the reason I dont use plastic glue on bases or arms I may need to convert when a new book comes out

There is no good way to get rid of plastic cement since it dissolves the surfaces it is put on.

If the parts were not properly cemented then they may come apart but it will likely be in a very ragged way.

The best way to separate the parts is with a thin saw.

Sigh,well,thanks anyways! I guess I've learned my lesson...Never buy models from people who use plastic glue,no matter how good it is... :(

Lesson is to not buy crappy models that weren't cleaned and assembled properly from people who use plastic glue.

Samus_aran115 wrote:Sigh,well,thanks anyways! I guess I've learned my lesson...Never buy models from people who use plastic glue,no matter how good it is... :(

I only use plastic glue on my plastics. Super glue gets brittle and breaks easily. I use resin FW stuff alot and I am forced to use super glue. I have to pin everything and it is a huge pita. Liquid plastic glue with a brush applicator is the best thing since sliced bread. Tamiya Extra Thin Cement is awesome.

With enough force it should give way, but this should only be used on areas that are sturdy or you don't mind accidentally being bent or stressed.

Carnifex claws are large and fairly sturdy.

Try gripping one so that you are holding it just next to the balljoint that it fits into, then giving it a good sharp tug/twist, and see if it comes free.

Providing you dont do it stupidly hard, it will either resist you, or will just pop clean off.


Remember also, that spare parts are an option here, as not everyone uses the talons.

Find somewhere you can get replacements, then give it hell and see if you can rip them free. Worst case scenario, you wreck them, buy new ones and fix the model.

Samus_aran115 wrote:Sigh,well,thanks anyways! I guess I've learned my lesson...Never buy models from people who use plastic glue,no matter how good it is... :(

Plastic glue has the bad habit of glueing plastic parts together quite well.
Try expensive super glue next time that makes parts to easily come off

Personally I love using plastic glue. But you have to know exactly how you want the mini in question posed. Because once it sets, thats it. The only reliable way I know of to separate the parts is good ol fashioned razor blades, and dremeling the area back down and using a different part. Sometimes youll get lucky and itll pop off with little to no damage, but that doesnt happen often.

Kroothawk wrote:
Plastic glue has the bad habit of glueing plastic parts together quite well.

That's what plastic glue is designed to do - it isn't an unfortunate design flaw.

If you want it to stay there permanently, it's great for that. If you want to chop and change constantly because you can't settle on a single design, it's the wrong one.

Superglue is not all that good for styrene, anyway.