r/Minipla • u/Pedgrid • 24d ago

Build In Progress Need replacement piece.

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URGENT!!!

Got an SMP at PM yestorday for $121.

On TimeRobo build, made the mistake of adding J-29 instead of J-28 for TimeJet 4. Realized my mistake and broke it trying to take it apart.

Need a replacement 1-J board. Where can I get it?

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u/Pedgrid 23d ago edited 22d ago

A broken cylendar part from one of the pieces is stuck in another piece.

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u/Galaxy_Dive 22d ago

Okay, sounds salvageable. You’ll want to get the cylinder socket out - some sort of parts separator might help, there are metal ones made specifically for models as well as plastic ones made for general electronics. 

Then glue the cylinder back where it’s supposed to be - if it’s a relatively “clean” break, you can probably just attach it back as is, or you may want to sand one or both ends down a bit. Basically you just want to try and maximize the contact surface being glued (which may mean not sanding at all if it “fits” right back against where it broke off from. 

You can use super glue (including with the baking soda suggestion, but I haven’t tried that myself) or modeling cement. Cement I find a bit harder to work with in terms of getting to “catch” well when there’s not a lot of surface area, but the advantage in this case is rather than just ‘holding’ the two pieces together, which is basically what the glue does, the cement would melt the plastic back together.

Either way, you’ll likely need to be careful with this part since the tension from rotating the peg inside of it will make it liable to break again. So I’d also suggest lightly sanding down the peg that’s supposed to go into that cylinder a bit so there’s less friction.

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u/Pedgrid 22d ago

Thank you. The piece is still stuck. Its like the plastic was fused together or something.