Samsonator wrote:I was thinking of using a hobby knife to scrape the paint off, or sandpaper to sand it down, or even rubbing alcohol since I'd heard of it before...
It dawned upon me to try something I'd been using in my Gundam model building for years, the Gundam Marker Eraser pen. To my surprise, this instantly began removing the paint from Bee. Finally something completely approved (in fact designed) for use on plastics, that removes factory paint apps from Transformers, and is accurate, being a pen and all... Great if you want to remove certain areas of paint while leaving others intact (as long as you're careful, of course)
The only problem was that I wanted to remove a lot of paint from this toy... And a Gundam Marker Eraser doesn't have a whole lotta juice in it. So I went looking for a similar effect from a product with more volume, and I think I have the answer.
This, as the label no doubt shows, is Tamiya Lacquer Thinner. Again a Japanese modelling supply, I bought some today, on a whim to see if it could stand up to these paint apps like the Eraser pen did... Well it did, I dabbed some paper towel in it, and started rubbing Bee's forearm guard with it, and lo and behold the yellow started coming right off.
Bumblevivisector wrote:BUT, does it get the paint off without making the plastic below more brittle and liable to crack? That's happened when I've used acetone on a Star Wars X-over Cad Bane, and that wasn't even near an angle or joint.
I'd love to be able to use some on heads of the Classics Starsscream mold to build my Seeker army. I'm adverse to alter a limited-run troop-builder like the CHMS Air Warrior anyway, but I absolutely won't risk breaking one's head anyway, so I need to know:
Did you murder any part of Murderbee?
Transformers Hoarder wrote:What will become of him?
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