Frankenstein

[ochoin]

One of the benefits of using 1/72 plastics is the relative ease of modification.

I often exchange a head but rarely do much more. However, as my ACW 83rd Pennsylvania Regiment (uniformed as Chasseurs) needed a standard bearer, I did this:



Head from an Italeri figure, torso from an IMEX confederate infantryman, legs from a HaT zouave & the right arm from a Napoleonic Landwehr Prussian.

....time on my hands (though back to work on Monday! Yay!)

donald

[MarshalNey]

and the gluable soft plastics that Hat produce.

[grizzlymc]

How are they gluable?

[MarshalNey]

Special plastic and then a special two part glue.

http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Sho ... aspx?id=44

[ochoin]

How are they gluable?

A pal of mine actually solders the bits together.
I'm not nearly so advanced or skilful. I pin the pieces (using cut up bits of staples) which, frankly, is enough. However, with belt AND suspenders thinking, I use super glue, as well. The type I use has the activator in a pen-like object.
https://www.bunnings.com.au/loctite-2g- ... e_p1210073
Any gaps have wood glue rubbed in & even the undercoat/primer adds to the union of the pieces.

I have never had any bits fall off (my figures, that is).

donald

[MarshalNey]

But around that time I made the move from plastics to metal.

The pinning method referred to by Donald is the best way to ensure a good bond.

[Essex Boy]

Splendid work, Donald.

Way, way back when I last converted plastic figures, I made pins from very fine piano wire - thinner even than pins, and with a decent pair of pliers I could work the 'pin' well into the plastic for a permanent bond. PVA filled any gaps.

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[goat major]

That is a top conversion!