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Collecting => Customs => Customizing Tips and Tricks => Topic started by: Gregorbian on December 7, 2005, 08:59 PM
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I know I haven't been posting much lately, but hopefully that'll change soon. Anyway, I started getting into Gentle Giant Mini-Busts and I've been slowly expanding my collection. Obviously, Jango Fett and Boba Fett are way out of my price range right now, but I was able to score a Chrome Jango Fett for $50 shipped.
Here's where the "Customs" Section comes into play. I want to paint my own version of Jango Fett (it's gotta be cheaper than shelling out $200 for GG's version)
Has anybody stripped the chrome off of the Chrome Mini-Busts or does anybody know of an effective way of doing so without damaging the mini-bust? I talked to some of the NJSWCC members and they recommended acetone or finger nail polish remover, but I thought I'd double check with you guys. Any recommendations?
As of right now, I think I might try a bit of nail polish remover on a small part of the mini-bust to see how that goes, but I'm not really expecting it to work very well.
Any help would be most appreciated! Thanks guys ;D
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Hmmm, interesting question. I seem to remember someone talking about doing this to a 3 3/4" 3PO, and removing the gold "chrome" from it. I believe they said acetone as well. Did you check FFURG? There might be a tutorial for this sort of thing.
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Hmmm, interesting question. I seem to remember someone talking about doing this to a 3 3/4" 3PO, and removing the gold "chrome" from it. I believe they said acetone as well. Did you check FFURG? There might be a tutorial for this sort of thing.
Good point, I totally forgot to check there!
I found this:
Paint/Chrome Removal (http://www.ffurg.com/painting/paint%2Bchrome_removal.htm)
but it sounds pretty hardcore, I think I might try the acetone first and use that as a backup method...
Thanks!