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Post by hobbybobby on Dec 11, 2020 14:32:33 GMT -6
I paused with this build for a long time because I just didn't know how to make the roof I wanted... Then I recently saw the right one at playmobil online shop:  ... and because it was not so expensive, i ordered two at once...  Well, the part is huge, here is a size comparison:  ... and it doesn't fit at all...  ... my build fits more into it...  But that's what we model builders are known for, what doesn't fit is made to fit ...  So i start to separate the roof into individual parts...  More to come... |
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Post by chromecop on Dec 12, 2020 8:46:10 GMT -6
Nice find !
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Post by davemarek on Dec 14, 2020 12:25:46 GMT -6
Love it-How is the Butcher and do you need anything from me?
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Post by kabdriver on Dec 14, 2020 13:55:27 GMT -6
... and it doesn't fit at all... Not sure why but that huge roof on the car made me laugh out loud!  I know you'll make something cool with it though Bobby! |
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Post by hobbybobby on Dec 20, 2020 18:28:23 GMT -6
Thank you very much!  Love it-How is the Butcher and do you need anything from me? Well, a pair of the rear wheels with the piggy profiles... |
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Post by hobbybobby on Dec 20, 2020 18:42:20 GMT -6
Since it is still much too big, the roof parts have to be separated a lot more...  ... this is the rest that is not needed at the moment...  ... and these are the parts that are absolutely needed...  ... with a lot of adaptation work from these parts...  ... i created the new roof...  |
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Post by rocketeer on Dec 21, 2020 0:46:52 GMT -6
Man, that's doin' it the hard way! Nice to see you working on this model again!
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Post by stevielewis on Dec 21, 2020 8:01:17 GMT -6
Nice work getting that roof to fit your build.
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Post by davemarek on Dec 21, 2020 11:12:36 GMT -6
Thank you very much! Love it-How is the Butcher and do you need anything from me? Well, a pair of the rear wheels with the piggy profiles... Soon as I print a couple! Hopefully I will try in the next couple of weeks as soon as I finish all the Race Car Graphics I'm working on |
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Post by hobbybobby on Dec 23, 2020 15:41:56 GMT -6
Thank you very much! Well, a pair of the rear wheels with the piggy profiles... Soon as I print a couple! Hopefully I will try in the next couple of weeks as soon as I finish all the Race Car Graphics I'm working on That would be wonderful Dave! |
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Post by hobbybobby on Dec 23, 2020 16:32:54 GMT -6
Since the new roof no longer fits 100% with the previous plan, I have to remove the rain gutter...  In order to center the roof and later fix it on the rest of the structure, I create this from a 5mm PS- plate...  ... that is his position...  ... and this is how it will look...  ... and on the vehicle...  |
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Post by hobbybobby on Dec 23, 2020 16:50:59 GMT -6
Playmobil items are manufactured in large series with injection molding machines from an acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer (ABS). Unfortunately, the low-energy ABS cannot be glued with conventional adhesives without any problems and this is usually only possible after a surface treatment. So, many of the usual superglues "flower" and form unsightly white edges, and only very few adhesives have the ability to effectively bond this plastic to itself and other materials. For example, ABS can be glued to ABS using a solvent such as Methyl Isobutyl Ketone and it can also be glued with Methyl Ethyl Ketone (MEK), or Butanone and Dichloromethane (Methylene Chloride). Yes, it sounds complicated, it's irritating and flammable and it has to be soaked in order to then fully dry out well fixed, which takes about 10 hours at 20 ° C. Because I want to keep the structure of the roof tiles and they may deform, and since this takes far too long for me and my adhesives are not sure that they will hold this together, I opt for another method, welding. It is not possible to weld different plastics together, only the same types as here, ABS with ABS and I weld with a soldering iron. Now that takes a bit of practice... ... I fix the parts with the help of the new 5mm PS- frame, and by melting them with the soldering iron at first only with a few points... ... in order to then weld the entire groove...  ... then the other two corners...  ... and in the end everything together, the plastic, which becomes liquid through the heat, flows into one another and holds as if it were cast...  ... the frame still fits perfectly...  ... and from the outside it looks just as good...  |
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Post by hobbybobby on Dec 26, 2020 8:22:14 GMT -6
From the outside, I also tried to use the wide tip of the soldering iron to preserve the roof structure or to create a new one where necessary. The whole thing still has to be deburred and sanded...  Now the recess for the chimney is missing...  ... and the roof is a little too high and too narrow at the top...  ... and that is now implemented...  ... and looks like this on the vehicle...   |
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Post by plastimatic on Dec 27, 2020 14:56:55 GMT -6
I've done some welding on modifications to styrene kits (my Drudge Vapor, for example). It takes some patience, and the plastic tends to get brittle if you fiddle with it too much (probably from cooking out the oils).
Your efforts to overcome problems with the roof seems to have brought you to a fabulous solution.
It fits well with the build.
Lookin good!
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Post by kabdriver on Dec 28, 2020 15:15:42 GMT -6
Man, that's off the chart - just incredible And you welded it! Amazing - it looks KILLER! |
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Post by hobbybobby on Dec 30, 2020 17:01:53 GMT -6
Thank you very much for the kind words! |
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Post by hobbybobby on Dec 30, 2020 17:02:48 GMT -6
So, here's another try with the canopy. Since the last time my canopy broke into two parts, I've been looking for something with the right pre-bent diameter to make a new one out of it. And I found this one, a little rubbish bin...  I roughly drew the desired shape on it, to be on the safe side, two parts...  ... and cut it roughly out on the circular saw...   ... and in two parts, and again from the one...  After a little bit of sanding, this one came about...  |
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I know you'll make something cool with it though Bobby!
