Holy shit I cannot get over how you pronounce Barbatos

When they released the MG barbatos lupus, they will just put an actual mace into the box. Not a model- they will just put an actual medieval mace in there.

Nail Varnish? Its sounds like how to lazy tighten the joints with FABULOUS WAY

You should just start calling this " The Lazy Tutorial Series " or something. ...Crank-nii

I'm 4 years late in watching this but I just started building gunpla. Thanks Mecha Gaikotsu for the tip in tightening loose pegs or joints 😁👍

now off we go to get the nail varnish and tighten them balls. i mean the ball joint.

the mace itself can't even hold its own weight. The handle start to bend once you extent it

Well, for me: I use a VERY thin layer of super glue to bulk up the joints(the key is to let it dry BEFORE attaching the connecting pieces) But do not that abs joints can wear out even worst if the joints are bigger than it's intended clearance.

Lol, I second the nails thing! My nails grow at an accelerated rate I cut them and then bam! 3 days later I look like Lupus rex. But they come in handy more than you'd think.

Glad someone else uses clear nail polish! I figured it out years ago, and it hasn't failed me since! Also functions as a kind of glue, as well as the obvious clear coat!

Nice. My Vidar is loose af and this video just popped up. thank you papa

Lmfao I died when he said “but I don’t have all that shot” too relatable

This helped a TON. I have the Heavy Arms Custom HG kit from 97 and one arm joint was too loose to pose. After watching this i got the idea to jam a small piece of scotch tape in the joint and it worked like a charm

I am new at Gunpla building and stuff. So it is great to see that you are making these tutorial vids.

This helped immensely with a trigger hand that wouldn’t stay clasped. After about four coats it’s not coming loose on its own! I’m trying this with the RG RX 78 2 on a lot of joints that just don’t want to stay on. Even the shitty hands have improved, though I’m on like 5 coats and I’m incredulous that’ll truly solve the problem with them.

What we learned today, Big Mace Chan is bad.

Hey, I was googling up how to fix loose joint issue, and this video came up in the search results. Thank you for the advice, I only put together these kits every now and then, and I've a 1/100 Tallgeese to finish, but the joints are way loose, to the point where the arms will fall off under any kind of weight. So, off to the store tomorrow to buy some nail varnish.

loved these lazy tutorials. please make one about painting kits

I loved the display of the lupus smashing down on thin air at the end. But yeah, it seems nail varnish is the way to go, people like Vangelus who builds transformer kits (which are bulkier and heavier) use it all the time in his streams. EDIT: You might want to do 2-3 coats tho, depending on how loose the actual connection is, if the hand is flopping with no weight on it, then tighten the wrist with cement or maybe some thin blu-tac, then try putting nail varnish on it if it persists. Only problem with taking things apart is the Lupus' legs on all of his models, they have a clip just on the inside of the heel that makes it near impossible to take apart without forcing it and breaking the tabs, but the inside of the foot has pegs, so tightening those and a little cleanup should do it.

I like how you hit the highlights in a short period of time. I don't always have 20-40 minutes to find out to use paint or nailpolish to tighten joints. working on my first Gundam now and find your videos helpful. new subscriber here. thanks for the videos.

I would like to thank you for making this video because I got this kit today and seeing this helped me fix the problems of the loose joints as I am assembling it.

Dude - you just saved my HG Psycho Gundam . . . I was about to give up on that sucker, just couldn't hold up that MASSIVE shield. THANKS!

have you ever tried using pledge floor care? it thickens joints really well in comparison to the ones you showed in the video. you just have leave it to dry over night.

i'm building the same kit and did the way you done it, its very useful,its working thanks !

I'm going to try this on my mg exia. Thanks for the tutorials! I lok forward to the next one.

thanks for the tip, picked up a bottle of XF-24 and it's worked wonders for Kshatriya and 00 raiser making them a bit more rigid and stable, thinking of trying the upper arm to shoulder joint on the 00 raiser next see if he has a chance in hell of keeping his sword oriented anyway but down. also seems to be working for sinanju ,he couldn't even hold the empty gun in his hand before without it shooting loose at the lightest touch, now he can hold it with the big bazooka attached but the wrist which i for a moment thought was stiff and strait is actually not and is unable to hold it up but that what the XF-24 is for :P ( update : hand peg tight enough, wrist peg tight enough, connection between hand and wrist giving a little... it never ends T.T i'll get him to hold this stupidly sized machinegun+hyperbazooka combo yet even though it almost clearly seems like a actionbase 4 combo so you can support the thing :P)

thank you for showing as all for tithening the ball joints

Dude. I tried the nail varnish on my EW Epyon Gundam--specifically the heat rod. It worked. I also tried it on my wing tips for MG wing zero custom that kept falling off. And the GN Shoulder Shield for 00 Qanta. All parts are stiff as hell. Though the heat rod is loose beacuse its degined that way when not in Mobile Armor mode. But it works.

Omg thank you my Leo lpd was super loose on the waist and legs and now it's perfect thank you!

Funny since I just started having loose joint problems, great tutorial, thanks

Pretty surprised it actually still works after a few years. But 1 minor complaint is that it causes the plastic to do some weird stuff, or it could be the nail polish/varnish

you can also use elmer's glue for the joints to tighten it up if you don't have paint

Nice tutorial dude. I would love to see more things like this one . .

Another great video for some newer modelers.

Clear nail varnish is what I use, works great.

Thank you I needed this my hg build strike gundam booster pack joints kept falling off now I’m painting it and it’ll work

for a quick... really quick.... fix for balls joints , i put the smallest amount of poster putty, the blue sticky tack stuff in the joint . works awesome. after like a yr it might dry up.

Great tutorial ! Just 1 thing - I use matt clear paint to tighten joins and it works great ( best is Enamel kind, but acrylic works great too)

Oh, I'd definitely like to see more lazy / cheap ways to improve and customize gunpla. Also scratch building if you have done any of that. So far I've only kitbashed and customized using what's in the box, so to speak, and the only paint I have on hand is gundam markers. Given you'd probably end up stiffening all the joints on the FM Rex, I'm supposing you could jut get the HG and paint what needs the detail. The HG can hold up that Mega-Mace no problem, it seems, so an IBO HG finally has an advantage over the FM. But I'll wait for Bandai's final release for the Barbatos to decide which version I will eventually buy. I'm also not sure about the Bael yet. Some people are comparing it to the 1.5 Gundam, which I have. I might get the FM Vidar and do an Arya Stark custom with it when it goes on sale. I'm also curious about the Kimaris Vidar. The drill lance has sort of an _Ea_ vibe to it, and the shields remind me of the Dendronium. Drills, man. These IBO kits and their modelling tools.

Best intro yet

Thanks, gonna try these tricks on my MG Gouf Custom.

I used this and it worked fairly nicely

I like the nail varnish because it made my Force Impulse's joints tight and the Silhouette Flyer's wings and the lower part and also the connector

Say, I just used that nail keratin thingy :I How long do I have to let it sit for?

I'm still fairly new to building and have only done a couple of kits. Mostly Medabots. I find them to have very loose joints which makes posing a nightmare. Thanks for the tips!

It works pretty well. My Rex is holding the Mace up pretty well

I use super that's in a bottle and squeeze out a bit and wrap it around the loose joint. Just a different way if you don't have all the things in the video. If you don't have superglue, I don't know what can

I use superglue.I put some glue on the joint,I stick it inside,then move it around to make sure it doesn't get fixed.Not only does it tighten the joint,but also the polycap/peg hole it was in.

Thanks for this, and it's exactly the Barbatos' joints why I'm here 😅

I put a small dot of superglue/nailglue ontop of the ball and i use the skinny plastic handle piece of a q-tip and spread it thin on the ball and let it dry for 2-3 mins.

When the MG Barbatos comes out, can you use this Baratos Lupus Rex Mace to test the arm strength of the MG? I noticed the original mace got a slimmed-down redesign and I'm wondering if it was to be made lighter or to make it more sleek, cuz the barbatos swung it like a baseball bat, which is hard to imagine at it's original size. So yeah, see if the new MG can hold this behemoth of a Full Mechanics mace

Do I need to topcoat if I wanna use the nail polish? Acetone-free ones, of course.

usually if i have a loose joint or connection in a kit i just put a piece of papertowel... its just to hold it in and it works pretty well.

I had no idea the master grade Barbatos lupus Rex arms were a ball joint connected to a polycap that could be pretty useful for kit bashing with kits like a master grade Exia from Gundam 00 to make a even fiercer mobile suit ^^

Nice video hope this will work for my HG Destiny. Love the kits but I don’t know if I put it wrong or something the joints feel so loose 😂

Cool i will try these on my loose Leo and see if it will stay together.

Do these same techniques work on polycap joints? My old 1/100 Shenlong Gundam is in need of it.

saw somewhere on a reddit to take grocery bags and stuff bits into the joints tried it myself and it works wonders

What i do is i spray paint all the runners that contain frame parts before assembling the kit. Gives it a better look and makes every joint tight.

Will this work with the RG Build Strike's loose waist? I haven't gotten around to actually building it, but your review made me nervous about the build.

Question, in which parts do you need to fix from the Delta Plus and how? I like the design and I would like to buy it, but first I would like to know how to fix its stability issue

im going to use this on my rg Exia and RG Strike Freedom. The GN Sword for my Exia and Rg Qan [T] are loose in some areas but mainly the weaponry

Something I suggest is to look into rc cars parts because there are certain things that are basically fast drying plastic that you can paint on to add friction

You can always use nail polish as well to tighten joints on gundam model kits

does enamel paint work better or does acrylic paint work better for tighting the joint?

I agree mechagaikotsu people always tell me to cut my nails but I think its useful separate pieces on a kit

So how are the joints 6 years later? Does nail varnish cause any degradation or other negative effects on plastic?

- I have tried this at home but the way i see it is to paint on the joints 1 TIME only (paint the joins too much or too many times will leave residue) and then add a small piece of tissue paper (or normal paper) as small as the size of the points, this will make the joints be stiff but movable.

Would it be smart to just do this to all joints or parts that will be moving most for posing just incase and to avoid any loose issues ?

Youre most likely not gonna see this but i have a legit dumb question for the varnish. Does the nail varnish also work for robot spirits joints, especially the metal robot spirits?

What a life saver. Thank you sooooo much!

I have some really old 90s models and the arms are super loose specially on my gundam maxter I’ll give this a go

5 years later, which of your tightening techniques has held up best?

I have already played the 'why' part more than ten times, is that normal?

My 1/100 graze commander/standard type has extremely fragile arm joints to the torso the arms just keep falling off with the slightest touch and it’s very disappointing, do you have any suggestions on how to fix this?

The dark gray paint just literally tightens the joints, but will still be loosen over time. So even though covering a joint on paint, the gunpla wouldn't hold a pose for just even a day.

DUDE PLEASE MAKE MORE GUNDAM BREAKER 3 VIDEOS HUHUHU BEEN WAITING FOR THE NEXT PART

Does adding tamiya plastic cement on the ball joint of the manipulator work?

What is the chemical in certain nail polishes/varnishes that would melt plastic?

Just what i needed right now. My G-Arcane has a problem with the huge ass sniper rifle.

Are we really need to use acrylic paint? What if I use gloss paint instead, is the effect still same?

assuming it would work withe the 1/100 Gusions upper leg joints right?

How about putting adhesive glue on the sucking to mimic a rubbery texture of the polycaps?

How often are joints weak from same model to model? Wouldn't it be determine more from cure times from manufacturing?

My Barbatos lupus rex has a problem with its shoulder joint which it keeps on poping out (the circle joint that makes the arms flap that part you pointed out at 3:14) and also the shoulder guards so how can i fix it?

Dude thank u so much! This helped out so much

Can I use clear nail polish generally? like just thickening everything with just nail polish?

That intro showing barbatos shouting "WWWHHHYY!!??"

Would this work on the hands of the early 2000s 1/144 RX-78 GP02 so they won't fall apart from the wieght of the shield?

Is it possible to use Elmer’s cement for the seam line and ball joints?

Another lazy way is to use 1 or 2 ply paper and put it on the peg or ball. My Exia Dark matter's hip joints became loose and painting seemed to stretched the female end. So I used paper towel and now it does not slip off.

what brand of nail polish do you use to tight the joints ?

I don't know I'm new to this gunpla things, i just use tissue for the loose joint, is it bad idea?

I wonder if you can use a tiny amount of Loctite tread locker on those rotation joints.

I am new to your channel, looking good and am so jealous, great gundam sets.

I've been having problems with My RG exias gn sword. The blade is too heavy.

I learned this stuff because i have no budget to buy tools and paints. Before i bought my nippers, i use nail cutter to remove excess nubs 😀

This guy's voice is awesome

Will these methods work for the MG Nu Ver Ka?

I use tissue paper to put in between the ball joints and sockets