I've read the entire newbie thread and this is all I found.
Oh no rubber is SEEPING out of my 1/48!! Should I worry?
Depends on who you ask. This happened to me, and I sanded the paint off the diecast ball joints. The rubber no longer seeped out but the friction between the balljoint and leg encasing was decreased. This made the hips on my 1/48 considerably looser. I PM'd graham about this & he thinks the rubber seepage is not a big deal, in many ways I regret even sanding the joints since the rubber wasn't constantly seeping out, just some rubber exposed.
In my case the rubber came out completely so I guess I'm scr*wed.
(thanks for the quick reply )
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no, just take it apart and put it back in after you sand it. use glue to keep it on there.