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rdagger:

I picked up a pair of Operation Thunderbolt positional guns.  One of them has a smashed grip (see the pic).  Anyone have any repair suggestions?

DYNAGOD:

(assuming you still have the pieces)
super glue, and other acetates leave an undesirable frost on plastics. especially black plastic..





Kremmit:

JB Weld has a product called JB Stik- it's an epoxy putty, you mash it up and mold it into shape.  It dries pretty darn hard, probably harder than the gun's original plastic.  The trick will be getting it to stick.. I wouldn't try to mold it into a thin piece like the existing shell, but just mash a bunch of it inside, so it contacts more surfaces.  Then, sand down the outside after it's dry.  Oh, and mabye melt some wax or something over parts you DON'T want it to stick to, so you can dissasemble it afterward.

Good luck!

rdagger:


--- Quote from: DYNAGOD on November 22, 2004, 04:48:20 pm ---(assuming you still have the pieces)
cyrano-acetate (super glue) leaves an undesirable frost on plastics. especially black plastic..

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No the "good condition" gun arrived smashed without the broken plastic pieces.

DYNAGOD:

jb weld may actually react with the plastic and cause it to melt..
the activator is  pretty caustic ..(if its the stuff im thinking of ,if im wrong i appologize)
id do a sample piece first..

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