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Billy Mango
11-02-2008, 11:04 PM
Hello, I'm a new member and was hoping to get some advice on how to repair this statue. The right forearm plate and the right shoulder plate are broken off.

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff76/BillyMango/IMG_2103.jpg

I assume the forearm piece can be easily repaired with epoxy, but the shoulder piece is trickier. Here are some detailed pictures.
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff76/BillyMango/IMG_2101.jpg
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff76/BillyMango/IMG_2095.jpg
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff76/BillyMango/IMG_2097.jpg

This is what the right shoulder plate looks like.

For the shoulder, I was thinking epoxy, but it looks very tricky.

Any advice before I attempt this repair?

Billy

Darth Pain
11-03-2008, 02:22 AM
For the shoulder plate, you could drill a hole in both ends were it broke and glue in a pin. Epoxy putty works well. YOu can also use it to fill the seem. A Dremmel or a pencil drill should work for the hole.
Like you said, the forearm piece can be glued on.

Billy Mango
11-04-2008, 01:35 AM
Thanks Darth...I'll try that and see how it works.

CHUCKYBABY555
11-05-2008, 11:18 AM
Darth Pain is right, you need to pin it. If you glue it itwill snap right off as soon as it get bumped into anything. I would remove the peice sticking up from the shoulder and drill under the shoulder armor but not all the way through. You can find a peice of metal tubing to match that peice to the exact size. Paint the metal rod/tube to match , then glue it inside the drill holes with crazy glue. Should last pretty good.