Post by poindizzle on May 21, 2013 5:26:25 GMT -5
I don't really do custom work, I'd love to, but don't have a whole lot of money to spend, plus I'm like a child when it comes to paint. That said, I do fixups somewhat regularly since boiling and popping pieces apart isn't very difficult. Usually I do fixups when I want a different scan.
My latest idea was to fixup an Elite Ezekiel Jackson. Now, there's nothing wrong with the Elite, I just really like the straight-faced scan, too. I fully intended on having both the actual release and my fixup. I've learned in the past to always do a trial run first to see if I like it, so I boiled my water as usual and do the swap. Crap. The Elite's neck pin is shorter. This is the 4th or 5th swap I've tried where the neck pin was either too long or too short. This is why I always try before I buy, because I had picked the two cheapest Zekes (one Elite, one Basic) on Ebay already and placed them in my cart for a combined total of $36.98 that I would have just flushed away.
The varying lengths of neck posts is killing me though, and derailing half my fixups. How do I correct that without a torso crack?
My latest idea was to fixup an Elite Ezekiel Jackson. Now, there's nothing wrong with the Elite, I just really like the straight-faced scan, too. I fully intended on having both the actual release and my fixup. I've learned in the past to always do a trial run first to see if I like it, so I boiled my water as usual and do the swap. Crap. The Elite's neck pin is shorter. This is the 4th or 5th swap I've tried where the neck pin was either too long or too short. This is why I always try before I buy, because I had picked the two cheapest Zekes (one Elite, one Basic) on Ebay already and placed them in my cart for a combined total of $36.98 that I would have just flushed away.
The varying lengths of neck posts is killing me though, and derailing half my fixups. How do I correct that without a torso crack?