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Ok, I said I will post how to DIY plastic part. And I will show you my method here. The procedure is very simple, as long as you have such special glue. This example is not sucsses on its back side, I know you can do better then I did.
And I personally feel it has simular strength vs. to original plastic part.

This is the plastic part I want to reproduce, because I hate that it got a cut. By doing this, I need to have original part to copy of course.


You have to prepare this glue. I'm sorry it was wrote in Japanese.


The glue contains a bottle powder & a bottle of liquid. If you mix them together, it will be solidify in 5 minutes.


It also contains two pices silicon inside. And we need to create mold by using it.


Just put the silicons into 80 degree hot water, it will become very soft. Maybe that is why my wife don't like me to have a bath.


Now, we can make the mold now~


It is time to make the part~


Scatter some powder in, this is very important procedure to prevent bubble.


Add some liquid~


Add some mixed material which catches by the needle. This is very unique method created by the glue maker. I like it! I'm sorry I can't take photo about how to use the needle to catch the material. Since I have to finish it as soon as I can. It dries cray fast!


Done~ It is a little bit ugly. Since I can't take photos & done this well at the same time.


After 5 minutes, the baby is ready to leave mom.


Believe what you see. It looks very beautiful! Even the "MIP" word.


Trim the edge~


Do it again for another side.


Done. I did very bad job for the back side. However, this is only an example.


Here below is the place you can find the special glue. But don't ask me what it says. Because I don't understand Japanese as well. It even shows an example to repro a gear. I don't know if it is strong enough, I hope someone can try it.

http://www.plarepair.jp/index.html

I make molds and castings using materials from Smooth-On. They have a wide range of mold rubbers and casting resins for nearly every application. It's actually pretty fun to do.

Wouldn't you end up with two separate black pieces, rather than the one MIP piece for example?

Very cool !

fakiee wrote:Wouldn't you end up with two separate black pieces, rather than the one MIP piece for example?

It shows many possibilities. You can try to find the best one. I do not have a better way for both side forming.

I tried another case for reproducing the window frame for my 1/8 sand buggy. And I give a try to its strengthness. As you can see from photo, it has great strength & flexibility.

can you buy this stuff on ebay? or how do I get to a webpage with english to order the stuff?

I've heard of this stuff, but never seen it. Thanks for sharing!

robtaylor2003 wrote:can you buy this stuff on ebay? or how do I get to a webpage with english to order the stuff?

That is the issue for over sea purchasing. I hope there is a Japan friend here could buy it for us.

i reckon it's amazing!! can you get different coloured powder's

thanks for showing us this

GJW wrote:i reckon it's amazing!! can you get different coloured powder's

thanks for showing us this

They provide the powder in below colors:
Black
White
Transparent

I have my mothers Japanese exchange student working on it, I will update when I hear back...

That stuff looks exactly like Plastex (thats the brand name sold here in Australia) and its generally sold by Motorcycle shops for fixing plastic fairings etc.

My plastex kit came with the same tub of powder, the same heat in water mould maker etc... FWIW, it is great for fixing fairings and other plastic parts. I never tried making new parts with mine.

The powder came in 3 different colours when I got mine: Black, White and Grey... the White stuff might be the most popular here

Hope that helps.

Looks like it can be purchased in the US too: http://plastex.net/index.php?pr=Home_Page