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Yeah, I was going to receive some ABS models a long while back and looked into how to bond that stuff since I heard it was a bit different.
I found out the main ingredient to weld/melt the material uses MEK (Methyl Ethyl Ketone or Butanone) so settled on the Plastruct weld.
https://plastruct.com/product-category/glues-tools-and-accessories/glues-tools-and-accessories-glues-tools-and-accessories/
I would suggest the orange label stuff since it has some gap-filling properties as well.
It worked very well and I would recommend, just ventilate very well and I would suggest gloves: MEK is a solvent so long term exposure is not good for you.

Tamiya Extra Thin Plastic Cement (Green Cap) works on ABS, and is actually recommended in some kits I have seen made of this kind of plastic.

https://www.amazon.com/Tamiya-87038-Extra-Thin-Cement/dp/B000BMYWYC

It, to me, has a mildly unpleasant odor, but not the worst by far hobby product I've ever sniffed...I mean smelled. And no need for gloves or anything else with this.

There's no telling how many brain cells I've lost to Testor's putting together model airplanes and such during my youth.

I have that Tamiya glue and I've had no luck with it working on my models for whatever reason. I just can't get it to hold things together with any sort of strength.

On the other hand (literally), superglue has become my friend, to the point I now have Nightcrawler fingers from them being stuck together so often. However, with even just a dab, my plastic models won't ever come apart (my metal minis, that's another story).

Maloquinn with second 32mm plasma machine pistol.

Links removed. Sorry.

I made some trials for the monster mini.
Cut the model in several parts.
Made them hollow and sliced them in two.
Saved lots of raw material and decreased the price on shapeways.
To be honest, I will not purchase one as it is still too expensive for me.

Got a link to the shapeways MAC?

Link removed. Sorry.

Guys you may not want to "promote" that here as its technically illegal....

If that's the case, then definitely do NOT promote it here.

Who/what is maloquinn?

So, are there any missing miniatures for Wave Two that haven't made it to Shapeways? I'm thinking maybe the Zent infantry...

Experimental FPA and MPA, Zentraedi Infantry, Glaug Eldare and Armored Valkyrie are missing I believe.

I'm also certain that there aren't any VF-1Ds, VEF-1s, or YF-4 Battloid/Guardians.

edit: I stand corrected. I just found the Battloid and Gerwalk VF-4s and upgrade parts for a VE-1

Plus the resin objectives.

Merijeek wrote:
So, are there any missing miniatures for Wave Two that haven't made it to Shapeways? I'm thinking maybe the Zent infantry...

Wow, that "Monster" is very well done.
Wish I could see it in a complete form (some assembly required).

This does seem to demonstrate a viable means for PB to fulfill the rewards for those who ordered this big guy. You really only ever need one (and maybe a spare if you drop him or something).

Oh please, oh please, just get an armored Valkyrie equivalent somewhere out there and I will be happy.



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 totalfailure wrote:
Tamiya Extra Thin Plastic Cement (Green Cap) works on ABS, and is actually recommended in some kits I have seen made of this kind of plastic.
https://www.amazon.com/Tamiya-87038-Extra-Thin-Cement/dp/B000BMYWYC
It, to me, has a mildly unpleasant odor, but not the worst by far hobby product I've ever sniffed...I mean smelled. And no need for gloves or anything else with this.

I swear by the Tamiya for normal models but found it not quite aggressive enough for ABS.

Hey Jeffar, I'm calling for a test of faith.
I'd like you to put up a stickied thread in the main Palladium area of your forum (not the RRT section) with quotes from Kevin about RRT is going into production this year.
It's to remain there until it's actually produced.
If Kevin's true to his word there's nothing to lose.

Merijeek wrote:
So, are there any missing miniatures for Wave Two that haven't made it to Shapeways? I'm thinking maybe the Zent infantry...

I've done them all on shapeways but not for sales but my own private purchase.

Please only discuss things here on Dakka Dakka that are 100% legal concerning this property.

^What he said

I wasn't actually interested in buying any of them,I was just wondering how much the rest had been produced via independent people- apart from the silly crap I never had interest in. You know, the stuff that basically never actually showed up in the show, like the experimental stuff, the VF-4, and such.

You're right about experimental versions.

In wave 2 we mainly need, zentraedi infantry, standard MPA, standard FPA, armored VF, super VF, VEF-1, and monster.

Maybe, gnerl, glaug eldare, ghost, lancers for space and aerial combat.

I purchased the main box, every extension and the special metal minis I was able to get (no FPA). 2 friends of mine did the same. We managed to play 2-3 times a year ,but the lack of new mini, or rules or else... is what makes our interest in the game fade away.

Eh, sorry about the request. Stupid of me.

UPDATE: Robotech® RPG Tactics™ – 2017 release

Nothing new to report this week

Yeah!!! Coming up on the last week of January when the BIG BIG NEWS is to hit...
and nothing to report...

We all know there will be no big news in January. February will perhaps grace us with several Soons or In The Next Couple Of Weeks, sprinkled with For Business Reasons.

They already laid the groundwork for missing that target last week.

We should be able to present you manufacturing details and a timetable in another month or so.

Stated on Jan 13th.

Of course Nate's probably correct regarding the followup, nobody sensible actually thinks they're going to follow through on that.

Though it is funny that on the 13th they actually had a fairly large bit of fluff about the Project, and then a week later we're back to "the name of the project is longer than the info they have to share".

Almaric wrote:
You're right about experimental versions.

In wave 2 we mainly need, zentraedi infantry, standard MPA, standard FPA, armored VF, super VF, VEF-1, and monster.

Maybe, gnerl, glaug eldare, ghost, lancers for space and aerial combat.

I purchased the main box, every extension and the special metal minis I was able to get (no FPA). 2 friends of mine did the same. We managed to play 2-3 times a year ,but the lack of new mini, or rules or else... is what makes our interest in the game fade away.

I disagree, the Gnerl is key and a great boon to the Zentraedi, especially with the Long Range Missile upgrade option. 6 Gnerls with LRM's with Blast and a 48 inch range for 100 points......


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You should just try RRT using some of my rules

Joyboozer wrote:
Hey Jeffar, I'm calling for a test of faith.
I'd like you to put up a stickied thread in the main Palladium area of your forum (not the RRT section) with quotes from Kevin about RRT is going into production this year.
It's to remain there until it's actually produced.
If Kevin's true to his word there's nothing to lose.

If you think this would be a test of my faith, you really haven't gotten what I've been saying.

Jefffar wrote:

Joyboozer wrote:
Hey Jeffar, I'm calling for a test of faith.
I'd like you to put up a stickied thread in the main Palladium area of your forum (not the RRT section) with quotes from Kevin about RRT is going into production this year.
It's to remain there until it's actually produced.
If Kevin's true to his word there's nothing to lose.

If you think this would be a test of my faith, you really haven't gotten what I've been saying.

Not your faith, the ones that keep reminding everybody Palladium do no wrong.

Yeah, go easy on him. He's just enforcing the cultish rules he voluntarily agreed to enforce!

I wonder what motivates a person to voluntarily work for a company they know is crooked and treats customers so badly. Especially in the capacity of quieting the voices of unhappy customers.

He voluntarily volunteers.....

So are you saying you'll do it then, Jeff?