Repairing an Invicta

[EmmaLVV]

Anyone have any tips for repairing this Invicta Cetiosaurus's tail? It's a painted one, so would really like to try and restore it.

[Shenuday the Great]

Do you still have the rest of the tail (I assume you don't)? If you do, you could glue it on and fill in the cracks with some type of hardening clay, and sculpt it to match the skin texture. If you don't you could either sculpt a new one, or if you have another of the same figure you could make a mold of the tail, and cast a new one.

[Libraraptor]

Yes, that would be possible. We have many experts in here, who could answer and share their best solutions. -  @Kayakasaurus ?

[RobinGoodfellow]

Sometimes I receive resin figures with small broken parts (usually tails or claws).
I repair them using cheap figures (knock-off / bootlegs from China).
I use a surgery knife to cut a claw or part of a tail from the cheap figure.
Then I use a proper glue to fix it to the resin figure.
And eventually I paint the small fixed part to match the model.
It works very well (but just for small parts).

[EmmaLVV]

Do you still have the rest of the tail (I assume you don't)?

No, it was like this in the listing, but for £5, it was a steal!

[Justin_]

It looks as if it is only missing a few millimeters. The first thing I would try is to just model it with a bit of blue tack. If it sticks ok you can paint that when it gets firm but make sure the figure is handled very carefully from then on. If blue tack doesn't hold on its own try inserting a metal pin or bit of paper clip into the end of the tail, cut that to the right length and add the blue tack to that.
If you want something stronger you need to use an epoxy modelling putty on the wire, such as greenstuff or milliput. However, it will be just a tiny amount so might not be worth buying these unless you are likely to use the rest for something.

[Libraraptor]

Do you still have the rest of the tail (I assume you don't)?

No, it was like this in the listing, but for £5, it was a steal!

A steal indeed!

[SidB]

Sometimes you can cannibalize a tip of a tail from a cheap figure that's a good textural match, insert a rod, glue, fill the gap with compound, then paint.

[Dinoguy2]

Sometimes you can cannibalize a tip of a tail from a cheap figure that's a good textural match, insert a rod, glue, fill the gap with compound, then paint.

In this case, it might be worth finding a beat up plain Cetiosaurus and cutting/gluing that? They don't tend to be very expensive in my experience, but since the plastic is different between the painted and unpainted versions, I'm not sure how well it would work.

[Shonisaurus]

Honestly it is better to buy a Invicta cetiosaurus in good condition, they are not rare vintage dinosaurs thankfully and they are not overly expensive. Strongly agree with Dinoguy2