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[Guest]

A quick and easy question for you experts. I have my Tank Crew and want to put them together and have a go at painting, Can you tell me what glue to use please, i have about every type but i dont want to use something that will react badly.

Thanks

Andy

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[Guest]

If styrene or plastic then model cement will be fine, if they're resin then superglue.

Figure builders please correct me if i'm wrong but as I understand that's about it.

 

[Guest]

Thanks, ill take my time trimming them first, i will know shortly when i go into the workshop what they are made of and ill confim.

Thanks

Andy

 

[tr1ckey66]

Hi Andy - those figures are resin - use superglue and you'll be fine. Be careful when removing the casting plug and sanding the resin the resultant dust is harmful.

How does the resin look? Verlinden stuff is normally pretty excellent and Iexpect no less from these figures.

All the best

Paul

 

[Guest]

Also when trimmed up give them a proper good wash with soapy water before you start glueing them together

Richy

 

[Guest]

Brilliant, thanks guys. I started giueing them together now, though i did think of leaving the hands, head and other bits like holster , ammo bags etc till i have painted them seperatly. Not sure if this is the right way to go about it though.

Andy

 

[Guest]

I would leave off as much as you can until all the bits are painted up. Certainly the head and hands if you can. Not the arms though as it may be that you have to run a bit of filler in the joins and this is not possible after painting. Well, it is but defeats the object.

 

[Guest]

Thanks Graham, Gees, so much to learn. Me thinks me better get a book or video.

Andy

 

[Guest]

Another question, sorry guys. Having glued a few parts together, i can see some slight gaps. What is the best filler recomented, i use evergreen myself but i have to keep telling myself that i am in a different world here and you gus do thinngs different to what i do.

Thanks

Andy

 

[Guest]

if its only small gaps I use tipex it drys quick and is easy to sand , but any modelling puttys fine

Richy

 

[Guest]

Thanks Rich. I would have never thought of Tipex as a filler. Its amazing what you learn here.

Andy

 

[tr1ckey66]

Hi Andy

Squadron, Humbrol, Tamiya... there all fine. I even use gap filling superglue (thick) and zap it with some accelorator.

All the best with the figures

Paul

 

[Guest]

Thanks Paul,

All good stuff this. I might turn this into a full thread so you guys can follow and correct me or laugh at me, whatever takes your fancy lol.

Andy

 

[Guest]

I love using puttys to fill gaps. I stick in as much is required, wet my finger, then scrape off any unwanted bits. gte a lovely fill that way. As for soemthing you mentioned earlier, definately leave off as much detail as possible. Before you paint such details, make sure you know they fit on your soldier. The last think you want is to have a figure which has taken you weeks to paint only to smear glue over the nice paint job.

One way i've got into doing my soldier to make building and painting easier: I dry fit all pices and sand until the parts fit perfectly. I then drill into the arms and torso in which i insert some stiff metal wire. On some figures the arms are all over the place and getting the brush in to paint a tunic is bloody impossible. I paint the parts, glue the body together and give the joints a lick of paint to blend in the colours and shodows if needs be.

Cheers

Paul

 

[Guest]

Thanks Paul,

I have ordered a couple of books and a DVD from Amazon. I should get them in a couple of days. Would be better than keep asking loads of questions. Thanks again for your sound advice, i have noted it down in my little book.

Andy

 

[Guest]

I thought i would show you my progress so far with the Tank Crew i brought for the Tiger 1. As i said recently, this is all new to me so if you feel im doing something wrong, please tell me. I appreciate everyones in-put and costructive guidance.

I think i got it right so far. Im really pleased with the figures, the detail is spectacular and its only when you get up close you can see the true effect. If i can paint these correctly they should look fantastic. Just hope i can do a decent enough job.

I've followed the advice about glueing and filling also Grahams advice on leaving off as many parts as possible before painting the bodies.

Andy

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[Guest]

They are very nice looking figures Andy. Make sure you get a good primer on them, you can use a rattle can on these, just dust it on and don't get too close or you could flood them. Even in grey primer, you will see stuff you didn't know was there. Have you downloaded Rays face painting guide from the "Members Contributions" section? Button on the right of the menu bar at the top.

 

[Guest]

Thanks Graham,

I have just been looking at Rays tutorial again. I will print it off soon and give it a go. You say use Grey primer rattle cans on these. Are these the ones you get from Halfords or are the Tamiya ones.

Andy

 

[Guest]

I use Halfords when I rattle can but if you have a Tamiya one it would be fine as would the very good Games Workshop primers, quite a bit cheaper at Halfords though I would have thought.

 

[Guest]

Andy, they are both acrylic sprays but you may find the Tamiya is that little bit thinner and, for subjects as fine as these, may be more suitable.