Repairs of shoulder and spine.

We had a photo meet-up not long ago and two of our girls had some damage to them during it.

Seityan broke her shoulder and Mina had a part of her spine broken.

 

Broken shoulder by Migon_, on Flickr

 

This is what broke on Seityan.

Repair process by Migon_, on Flickr

 

Easy fix atleast.

Repair process 2 by Migon_, on Flickr

 

Drilled up the holes as the screw was a little to big for the orginal holes.

Repair process 3 by Migon_, on Flickr

Repair process 4 by Migon_, on Flickr

 

I put the nut in the hole and pressed it in.

Repair process 6 by Migon_, on Flickr

 

Put the plastic ring back to keep the plastic bit that stops the shoulder from rotating.

Repair process 7 by Migon_, on Flickr

 

Have a small washer between the screw and the platic.

Repair process 9 by Migon_, on Flickr

 

And screw it all together.

Repair process 10 by Migon_, on Flickr

 

Seityan can once again move her arm like it should!

Seityan is fixed again! by Migon_, on Flickr

 

 

Now onto Mina's shoulder.

Nasty cracks...

Broken spine by Migon_, on Flickr

 

Take the spine apart to reach the part you want to fix.

Broken spine 2 by Migon_, on Flickr

 

I put the nut back while I applied epoxy and put the parts together and hold them for a bit.

Let it dry for a while until moving it again.

Broken spine 4 by Migon_, on Flickr

 

Screwed the spine back together again and hopes it will hold.

Broken spine 5 by Migon_, on Flickr

 

Also found this on Mina's hip part...

Found this out also... by Migon_, on Flickr

Bent... wonder how this happened?

 

Made this post as the more posts of repairs of DDS and DDIII bodys is always good to have around.

Hi!

 

My Saber has the exact same problem than your Seityan.

 

 

 

I am a little afraid of drilling the girl inner pieces (and in the moment am I lacking the tools.... ), so I was thinking.... Would it be possible to glue the pieces together? Using a "plastic-melding" glue, or it would only bring more trouble later?

Would it be possible to glue the pieces together? Using a "plastic-melding" glue, or it would only bring more trouble later?

It would be possible to join the pieces with epoxy/plastic weld kinds of glues. I believe that would hold it together, but it could cause trouble for later but only way to find out is trying it.

Thanks for the info. Maybe I should borrow some tools and do the job.

For the shoulder damage, you can put a metal plate on both sides to hold it together serving as reinforcement. Some dollfie repairs are similar as to how one manages a custom gunpla. Other damages are beyond repair due to either power strain when used or really just way beyond repair.