1/6 SSC C-3PO Modification Thread

[Rene2D2]

I attempted this mod on the left hand and did the twisting method on the left. All together, they both look good!

 

[Tinman2000]

^ It IS a good looking figure once the thumbs are fixed...well done.

 

[Rene2D2]

^ It IS a good looking figure once the thumbs are fixed...well done.

I love this guy! Don't know what all the fuss was all about

 

[Rambler]

How much heat and for how long to twist the thumbs? Where do I want to direct the heat? The palms? right on the thumb joint?

For those that opened the hand, where did you start to pry it open? I can't seem to get anything in the seam to pry it up.

Thanks in advance!

 

[EVILFACE]

One thumb took about 5 minutes to heat and twist. The other took almost 15. Worth it. Great figure.

 

[JCFETT]

One thumb took about 5 minutes to heat and twist. The other took almost 15. Worth it. Great figure.

did you pop the hand open, or just heated and twisted?

 

[EVILFACE]

Heat and twist. Slow steady twist.

 

[Rambler]

Thanks EF! I'll give it a shot this weekend. I wasn't as patient the first time.

 

[Pro Design]

Thanks EF! I'll give it a shot this weekend. I wasn't as patient the first time.

seems you also could just boil some water in the microwave and submerge that part of the hand for 20 seconds... i bet it would be just the same as cooking it w/ a hair dryer for 10 min... don't see any metal in the area that water would negatively effect...

 

[ZE_501]

seems you also could just boil some water in the microwave and submerge that part of the hand for 20 seconds... i bet it would be just the same as cooking it w/ a hair dryer for 10 min... don't see any metal in the area that water would negatively effect...

Might do weird things to the paint.

 

[McFly]

Might do weird things to the paint.

Hot water (just off the boil) doesn't seem to affect the gold paint – but also doesn't seem to make the plastic as flexible as the hair dryer method.

 

[TaliBane]

So the hands must be disassembled to do the hair dryer twist, right? And the the two halves just come apart pretty easily, or is there a fair amount of glue?

Knowing my luck my hands will have a ton of glue - my Biker Scout helmet had way more glue than others had said when I tried to do the "swing-up" visor thing.

 

[SpaceCrawler]

Guys- I need some help- My 3PO arrived missing the little spike thing in his head (shown in photo below circled in red). I wrote to the store I bought it from but haven't heard back. So to anyone who has gotten a head replacement from Sideshow would you be willing to sell me that little head spike on the head you had replaced? Please let me know!!!

Sean

 

[Wor-Gar]

With heat-n-twist, do the thumbs slowly go back to their original (wrong) position?

 

[TaliBane]

With heat-n-twist, do the thumbs slowly go back to their original (wrong) position?

That's exactly what I was thinking. Vinyl certainly does, not sure on ABS or whatever this plastic is. If the thumb is out of the hand, I may just cut it clean with a scalpel and turn/glue it.

 

[Wor-Gar]

If the thumb is out of the hand, I may just cut it clean with a scalpel and turn/glue it.

That was my original plan. But if the thumb twist works and holds its position...

 

[ZE_501]

Seriously considering buying one, stripping it, modding it, and weathering it to hell and back.

Just treating it like a kit.

*thinkthinkthink*


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[Tinman2000]

I didn't use any heat when I did my mod; one of the hands wouldn't open so I padded the thumb and gave it a twist until something gave. It initially was a little loose so I used a toothpick to put some white glue at the base of the thumb and kept moving it every minute or so until the glue set up; now it seems fine and looks correct. The other hand popped open when I tried to twist the thumb so I did the correct mod, again using white glue to stiffen it up. In the end I think it's crap that we have to do this to a $200+ figure and I'll never PO a SS produced figure again, but I couldn't live with it the way it came. If SS does produce a second run later this year and the hands are correct, we'll have to give them he11!

 

[wax murderer]

Fixed the thumbs,which took about an hour,mostly due to my breaking the wrist pegs trying to rotate them(damned tee-posts!).Actually,I only broke one of them;my wife was kind enough to make sure I had a matched set.Also cleaned off some of the weathering,using torch fluid(Coleman fuel,one of the pro model-makers secret weapons).Interestingly,some of the "dirt"came off very easily,while some of the spots wouldn't budge;weird...PS

 

[Darthrazz]

Fixed the thumbs,which took about an hour,mostly due to my breaking the wrist pegs trying to rotate them(damned tee-posts!).Actually,I only broke one of them;my wife was kind enough to make sure I had a matched set.Also cleaned off some of the weathering,using torch fluid(Coleman fuel,one of the pro model-makers secret weapons).Interestingly,some of the "dirt"came off very easily,while some of the spots wouldn't budge;weird...PS

A little off topic Wax, but YEARS ago you made a fantastic reveal Vader. I remember you from some OLD forum, can't recall the name of the forum. But anyway, do you still have that Vader or any pictures you can share with us?