Saburo Posted May 25, 2015 Posted May 25, 2015 (edited) Hello everyone, I have Yamato 1/60 VE-1 and I have attached the sensor parts onto the arms. I was wondering if anyone knows an easy way to remove them? The clips are pretty much flush with the arm and I can't get a fingernail in to help pry them off. With my super parts on the VF-1 the arm armor parts are fairly easy to remove by pulling it to one side of the arm and the clip on the opposite direction lifts off. I have tried the same technique with and it does not seem work. Any tips would be greatly appreciated. Edited May 25, 2015 by Saburo Quote
Boroboy Posted May 25, 2015 Posted May 25, 2015 Unfortunately, these are really tight as you've indicated. I have a set of metal picks (like dental picks) that I was able to carefully get a corner up with one of the points and then get it clear of the tab without scratching. Think it was more luck than skill, though. After that, I filed a bit of a bevel into the arm tabs to round the bottom part a bit and also put a bit of a bevel on the armor clip itself. That makes it easier to kind of apply pressure to one side of the armor while lifting the clip and act like more of a normal super part. My other unit I haven't had the guts to do that to so it's on there for the foreseeable future. Work slowly and good luck! Quote
spanner Posted May 25, 2015 Posted May 25, 2015 as crazy as it might sound but I have even used a razor blade (very carefully of course not to scratch any of the surfaces) to squeeze in between the arm and the clip part of the sensor to force them apart just far enough to get a finger nail in and pop it off. yes they are a very tight almost completely flush fit.. Quote
Saburo Posted May 25, 2015 Author Posted May 25, 2015 Unfortunately, these are really tight as you've indicated. I have a set of metal picks (like dental picks) that I was able to carefully get a corner up with one of the points and then get it clear of the tab without scratching. Think it was more luck than skill, though. After that, I filed a bit of a bevel into the arm tabs to round the bottom part a bit and also put a bit of a bevel on the armor clip itself. That makes it easier to kind of apply pressure to one side of the armor while lifting the clip and act like more of a normal super part. My other unit I haven't had the guts to do that to so it's on there for the foreseeable future. Work slowly and good luck! as crazy as it might sound but I have even used a razor blade (very carefully of course not to scratch any of the surfaces) to squeeze in between the arm and the clip part of the sensor to force them apart just far enough to get a finger nail in and pop it off. yes they are a very tight almost completely flush fit.. @Boroboy and @spanner76 Thank you for the info. I have had the night to think it over and I have an idea that shouldn't be damaging. I am going to try out to see if it works. Let hope it works. Quote
anubis20 Posted May 25, 2015 Posted May 25, 2015 I got a VE-1 last week and ran into the same problem as you, i thought i was alone and doing something wrong. Sucked the fun out of the toy as i spent the next hour or so fighting those things. It got to the point where i took the arm off so i didnt break anything with all the force that i was applying. I ended up using a guitar pick looking tool from an iphone repair kit and jammed it into the front part you see on this pic. That spread the tabs enough for me to manage to get one side off and it didnt mar the plastic. Im thinking of doing some filing to make easier to take them on and off because this was just crazy. Quote
Saburo Posted May 25, 2015 Author Posted May 25, 2015 I got a VE-1 last week and ran into the same problem as you, i thought i was alone and doing something wrong. Sucked the fun out of the toy as i spent the next hour or so fighting those things. It got to the point where i took the arm off so i didnt break anything with all the force that i was applying. I ended up using a guitar pick looking tool from an iphone repair kit and jammed it into the front part you see on this pic. That spread the tabs enough for me to manage to get one side off and it didnt mar the plastic. Im thinking of doing some filing to make easier to take them on and off because this was just crazy. I am glad I wasn't alone in having issues with the VE-1 arm armor. Yes, and just like you all the fun was gone when trying to get the parts off. My idea did not work, the plan was to use a thin piece of plastic (like the one used in the clear container that the Valks are packed in) and attach some dental floss to it, Thread it between the forearm and part. Then bring the floss around to the clip and use it lift the clip. But the fitment is too tight to thread it between the part and forearm. I did manage to get the parts off using a the smallest of the precision flat head screw drivers I have, from the inner part of the arm in case there was some damage caused. The screw driver did leave a tiny marks, barely noticeable. Thanks for the info on the iphone repair kit. I went ahead and ordered one from Amazon. The small nylon pry tools should come in handy for other things too. Quote
DuffCon Posted June 13, 2015 Posted June 13, 2015 I use wooden toothpicks for a variety of modeling and also for prying tough things off. They tend to be softer than the plastic material Quote
arrow Posted June 13, 2015 Posted June 13, 2015 thats the reason, after having read about it before, I have never transformed mine. & im pretty good about transforming all of my macross at least once. Now I know what it feels like to have something MIB. Quote
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