Out2gtcha Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 8 minutes ago, Tony T said: It's another reason rigging frightens me. What is its assembled shelf life and how much time is needed for repairs rather than modelling? Ive got at least two rigged models that will both be 11 this year. Tony T and LSP_K2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 What about painted rubber? Gigant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigant Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 7 minutes ago, Ryan said: What about painted rubber? Knowing how rubber car tires "dry rot", I would take some nice digital pictures and store them in more then one media/device (I use both storage cards and a website) and don't worry about it looking the same 100 years from now. Ryan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony T Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 1 hour ago, Out2gtcha said: Ive got at least two rigged models that will both be 11 this year. What, you mean they never get broken when you play with them? Tony GusM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 Well... Everything ages. I remember a post a couple years ago on a ship site where the problem was about lead going bad. How many of you guys use white metal? Anyway...plastic. It's relatively stable, but I have seen kits that definitely had inferior plastic. If it wasn't exposed to UV light, I'd put it on the plastic used. Gaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 5 hours ago, Out2gtcha said: UV Light is probably the biggest killer of plastic besides outright crushing it. So who's leaving their kits out with the lids off ? Rick Griewski 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GusM Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 It's the second law of thermodynamics in action, entropy always wins in the end. That's also a reasonable argument against non-linear time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradG Posted August 9, 2018 Author Share Posted August 9, 2018 10 hours ago, Out2gtcha said: I would say the factors and determining variables are pretty high. But at Jennings said, I think UV Light is probably the biggest killer of plastic besides outright crushing it. The way its breaking down sounds like it may have been bad or contaminated from the jump. What was the kit brand/age/storage conditions? It was a Hasegawa kit, stored for the last 12 years in my wardrobe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Clunkmeister Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 (edited) Well, then the solution is simple. Just make our kits out of the same type of plastic they use for soda straws, grocery bags, and drink cups. They tell us that stuff lasts for bloody ever! On a more serious note, yes my older completed models (30 years) are extremely brittle. Edited August 9, 2018 by Clunkmeister Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GusM Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 Good point Clunk. Maybe we should just scoop up all that plastic from the middle of the Pacific and recycle it into kits. Couldn't be worse than some of the stuff some of the manufacturers use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 Three of my vac kit's including one parially built Do335 crumbled. These were 1980s pressings. Others same age stored in low acid boxes are fine. Damp plus crappy boxes can be bad. My 1980s kits are indeed brittle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerhard Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 On 8/8/2018 at 6:15 PM, Out2gtcha said: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iir01CbhDls That makes it , whenever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerhard Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 I have some KP Plastikovy kits that are more than 50 years old, the decals are a no go, but the plastic is still fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony T Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Building a forty year old Hasegawa F-4E hard wing as a blast from the past. Pretty much the way I remember it from 1978, warts and all. This got me thinking about items at home that are more than forty years old. The silver, stoneware and other ceramics are still excellent. The seventy year old aluminium garlic press still works fine. Some of the old books have yellowed a tad, particularly the stuff printed on crappy paper. The wooden stuff is in good shape, as is the scarf I wore at college. But I don't have anything else as old as the aforementioned Hasegawa Phantom in plastic as the ex wife took custody of all my 12 ins vinyl. Think I might take up working in pewter Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardcore Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 On 8/8/2018 at 10:40 PM, Tony T said: What, you mean they never get broken when you play with them? Tony Yeah, best to keep a carefree attitude. Besides, it might be smarter to just toss the oldest kits in the bin because ; 1. it is expensive to make room for them all, 2. building is the fulfilling part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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