I don't know whether the silver paint made it brittle, or if I just dumbassed it, but I broke off all three of the tabs that go between the fingers in to the assembled hand. Attempts to repair this have not been very successful as its a rather high-stress area and the tolerances are close.
I could try and repair using wire, would need to cut channels in the part and all, but this would be the most durable solution. Also likely to be rather ugly.
of course if someone is doing something silly like swapping out the left hand of a ZakuII for a Gouf's gun-hand, a replacement part wouldn't be missed. For that matter, does the gouf use the same runner and maybe have a normal left hand in addition to its gun-hand? If this is the case I can get a replacement from a gouf box owned by the commissioner here no problem.
If it comes down to it I can probably get a replacement from gundamstoreandmore, but the timeframe on that is rather uncertain.
Anyone have better ideas?
Also, I got my mechaskunk order.
*EDIT*
Turns out the gouf DOES have the spare left hand, but the friend with it dislikes gun-hand and is going to use the spare.
Anyone else here building a gouf 2.0, and doesn't need the non-shooty left hand?