warrenaustin
New Member
This is my first post on RPF, I hope to have a good time here with all of you!
I am from the Netherlands and just bought my first Blade Runner Blaster from a collector for good price. It's illegal to ship a Tomenosuke to the Netherlands so this was one of the few options I had.
When it arrived I realized why he sold it for lower than usual price... the paintjob was very bad and the structural itntegrity of the prop was horrible ( it was shaky and loose ). This did not show on the add ( it showed a modern casting ).
Also, the frame seemed to be broken from the start.
I received what would have been a nice model if it was painted correctly and looked after better..
All things concidered I could have bought something worse and decided to paint it and fix it up.
I was so very pleased by my first results!
here is a before and after shot ( bottom old, top new )
So.. I SHOULD HAVE LEFT IT ALONE.. and I didn't..
The basic frame of the replica was not straight and I did several attempts to straighten it out and make it less wonky ( the barrel would be very crooked and it annoyed me a great deal.
After several attemps with plastic glue the resin got soft and SHATTERED after my last try at correcting the barrel.
Two pics for reference of the part.
Does anyone have any idea If this can be fixed? I am devistated to say the least.
I am from the Netherlands and just bought my first Blade Runner Blaster from a collector for good price. It's illegal to ship a Tomenosuke to the Netherlands so this was one of the few options I had.
When it arrived I realized why he sold it for lower than usual price... the paintjob was very bad and the structural itntegrity of the prop was horrible ( it was shaky and loose ). This did not show on the add ( it showed a modern casting ).
Also, the frame seemed to be broken from the start.
I received what would have been a nice model if it was painted correctly and looked after better..
All things concidered I could have bought something worse and decided to paint it and fix it up.
I was so very pleased by my first results!
here is a before and after shot ( bottom old, top new )
So.. I SHOULD HAVE LEFT IT ALONE.. and I didn't..
The basic frame of the replica was not straight and I did several attempts to straighten it out and make it less wonky ( the barrel would be very crooked and it annoyed me a great deal.
After several attemps with plastic glue the resin got soft and SHATTERED after my last try at correcting the barrel.
Two pics for reference of the part.
Does anyone have any idea If this can be fixed? I am devistated to say the least.