Speaking of gluing parts .....

[spanner570]

Well its a high possibility thats what they could be made of because the containment was chosen for its ability to withstand excessive trauma and extremes of weather and temp without losing its physical properties.

Yer wot?!

[Gern]

It was my understanding that they were made out of this type of material so they could withstand the knocks they would get when played with,if a harder plastic had been used you would of ended up with a load of legless and armless soldiers after they had been trodden on or worse!

Malcolm

Hadn't thought of that one, but it makes good sense. Most of these figures are made as toys rather than scale models - but I don't want to go down the road of "What's the difference between a toy and a model?"

Gern

[Gern]

The one we used was a single thinnish liquid, almost laquerish in texture.

Well at least that eliminates the two-part ones. Thanks Col. Back to the web!

Gern

[Gern]

I'm beginning to wish I'd known how many worms there are in this can!

Gern

[Gern]

Yer wot?!

I can sort of follow what Col said, but you should see some of the gibberish on the web!

Gern

[Guest]

Yer wot?!

It don't go 'ard wen its cold

It don't go floppy wen its hot

An it don't brek wen you hit it wi an ammer

[Gern]

Just bought this:

1 x CLEAR ADHESIVE GLUE FOR PP Polypropylene, PE Polyethylene, PTFE, Silicone | eBay

I'll try it out and let you know. If this don't work, I'll try the one Colin suggested.

Gern

[Gern]

To be honest mate, it was only when I read your tale of woe that I remembered it!!

Tried the freezer trick and it didn't seem to make any difference.

Have I got it right? I thought the idea was to get the plastic really cold so it becomes more brittle and therefore scrapes off without leaving those little bits of fuzz you get with soft plastics. Left the parts in the freezer overnight and tried both cutting and scraping off the bits of flash (with a new blade in my knife) and still ended up with all the fuzz.

I'm sure I've heard somewhere that you can use heat to get rid of this fuzz. That sounds risky to me unless there's some trick to it. Doesn't plastic give off all sorts of nasty fumes - including cyanide - when it melts?

Gern