Lee Bullock
Jedi Knight
Hi guys,
I have two grey limbed troopers in hand now after FF5. I do have some ideas what to look for - but I am going to talk to a surface scientist at work who actually is also a comic book and TV toy collector - so he will understand the context of this work too and not just look at me like a saddo!
Paint is the first thing to consider as is dye or ink - and once we can rule out any tampering my feeling would be UV inhibitors in the PVC. Again I need some discussions here (remember I am a physicist and not really a chemist - and not a polymer chemist) - but I am confident that I may have somewhere to go with this. It may cost some money and will need booking in properly to the company I work for. On a related note - does anybody have a normal white YPS/scarred COO snowtrooper they can donate to do comparatives on? I can't guarantee that it will comeback in one piece so a junker is preferred. Any questions, enquiries, or donations of said white trooper - just PM me.
In closing I can do some standard investigations after hours, but more indepth analysis like for instance FTIR will have to go on the books.
Cheers fellas
Lee
I have two grey limbed troopers in hand now after FF5. I do have some ideas what to look for - but I am going to talk to a surface scientist at work who actually is also a comic book and TV toy collector - so he will understand the context of this work too and not just look at me like a saddo!
Paint is the first thing to consider as is dye or ink - and once we can rule out any tampering my feeling would be UV inhibitors in the PVC. Again I need some discussions here (remember I am a physicist and not really a chemist - and not a polymer chemist) - but I am confident that I may have somewhere to go with this. It may cost some money and will need booking in properly to the company I work for. On a related note - does anybody have a normal white YPS/scarred COO snowtrooper they can donate to do comparatives on? I can't guarantee that it will comeback in one piece so a junker is preferred. Any questions, enquiries, or donations of said white trooper - just PM me.
In closing I can do some standard investigations after hours, but more indepth analysis like for instance FTIR will have to go on the books.
Cheers fellas
Lee