discussion Frustration , had a nightmare

[Guest]

Hi guys , learnt a big lesson today , as most of you know I`m a re-born modeller who`s only really done a few figures and a house since I`ve been back , with figures I normally give a prime then a 1st coat on the sprue then make them and weather etc etc , today going through my normal procedure it went belly up with the figures falling apart , from now on I will be making my figures then priming then painting them ,

You think your coming on leaps and bounds then the modelling god brings you back down to earth

my ardennes figures went wrong so I cracked on with some other stuff :- chassis for Quad tractor (touching in still to do) making and priming mk2 matilda

tomorrow I will reload , clean up the figures to the bare pastic that need glueing and try again

Richy

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[Guest]

I've been there too. Spent a while trying out weathering with pastels, and then washed the lot away with a matt laquer!!!

But i was rescued by Mr Magners, as opposed to the helping hand that you seem to have had from Mr Carling (in the background, pic 4)

Dave

 

[stona]

These things are sent to try us.......and they do!

Steve

 

[Guest]

Did the primer overspray onto where the glue needed to go Richy? That may be why the figures didn't stay together. I've done it myself before so now I always sand or scrape the surfaces before glueing them.

Patrick

 

[Guest]

Yep, we've all been there. With figures now, i clean them up first, glue them together then drill a hole in the feet to stand on a rod to hold whilst painting. One of the challenged i have when starting with a new kit is in what stages i'm going to build, prime and paint etc. I'm building Tamiya's Pibber at the mo for the missus' dad who used to be a naval officer in the Soviet Navy. I've had to prime about 10 different sections which will be painted before gluing. So i'll be using a cocktail stick and maybe a dab of Locktite to keep the pieces together.

Paul