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sundancer 2 years, 2 months ago.
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@pagan8th I’ve only heard it being something that could be done … never actually done it.
’cause mine never clogged except that once … and it was a tiny bottle so I didn’t feel to bad about buying a new normal sized version.The one thing I did try was set a sprue on fire in order to make realistic dark smoke effects …
(let’s just say that they did warn that the fumes were toxic and that you should do this outside … )
This was pre-internet era. I think it was in one of the few dedicated scale model magazines.//
The unboxing I was going to do ?
Well … things didn’t go as planned, because the box didn’t contain the thing that was on the box.It did however containt another box :
bottom reminding us that there was more to buy :
Decals (no Ultrasmurfs) to be seen :
Old skool instructions with a final section telling people to add bits from other kits or even cut stuff to change things :
The sprues :
We have the parts, we have to tools … we can build him 😀
The last multi-piece miniature I assembled were the Mantic ghouls, and they’re horrible. Whatever it is, as a gamer, I’d much rather have integrated miniatures or flush-fit parts, and not need to convert anything. From a gaming POV, any assembly just means more time needed to get the miniatures on the table.
OTOH, As a WYSIWYG miniatures gamer, I do like customizable miniatures that can be made to create units of different game stats. Frex, the Great Escape Games Plastic Gunfighters let you choose your gunfighter’s equipment, important when gunfighters with revolvers have different stats from those with rifles. You can sometimes even hot-swap equipment, such as this guy with the rope, who can alternately hold dynamite, or some other special equipment. Customizable parts also allow you to create miniatures to round out your existing collection of monopose miniatures.
Tamiya Cement sprue glue for gap filling : https://craftknights.com/how-to-make-sprue-goo-for-glueing-and-fixing-miniatures/
Non mono pose – I kit bashed these tank riders for my Rubicon JPanther . Lots of leg swaps , a couple of lower torsos from the plastic German seated set and various arms from pretty much every other Warlord German plastics
While I do have a few single pose minis , mostly metal , if I have 2 or 3 of the same figure I usually head swap or add equipment to make them look different
I have used Tamiya liquid for years building 1/35 scale tanks .
Pledge – hmm , I’m in the middle of building 2 Flak 88 guns , Rubicon and Italeri . Although the Italeri gun is the same one as released in the Warlord plastic kit , Italeri gives you a plastic crew not metal like Warlord . So I have two 7 man gun crews to build and paint . Probably a little kit bashing involved as one gun is emplaced on a shrubbery covered base and the other is going to be firing mounted on its wheel sets . This involves mounting the Italeri gun on the Rubicon wheel sets as the Italeri gun has the ground pegs stowed as would be seen on a vehicle in travel mode not through the trail legs like the Rubicon kit gives you .
Sometimes I wish I didn’t know all the stuff I know now and I could just build the kit straight from the box not caring
> I was aware of sprue goo but I wasn’t aware of how different this cement would be to the Revel stuff 8)
Uh oh — What was your experience with sprue goo like? I’d like to know what you and others think of it, as I haven’t used it yet. Have two tubes of plastic putty still. 😀
Forgot to mention that with multi-piece miniatures, you can have multiple versions of the same character. Frex, if you have duplicate sprues, you can create a miniature with the same head and clothing, but different weapons and poses (eg. fighting vs. relaxed). Plastic sprues also tend to have more heads than bodies, so you can use putty to swap heads (eg. “good guy heads” vs. “bad guy heads”).
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