Adapting Tamiya 1/35 US Troops????

[takeslousyphotos]

I'm looking for some figures to go with the "Hillbilly Gun Truck" ....... and I'm wondering if, with a bit of coaxing, bending the arms an legs on these little guys is possible to change the poses ......... putting them in boiling water or somesuch ???? ........... Has anyone done anything like that on here that can offer a few pointers ????


Thanks

 

[dubster72]

Boiling water doesn't work! Guess how I know?


However, carefully cutting arms & legs at joints is good - a bit of filler might be required though.


What poses are you looking for?

 

[aaron]

Did that this week...cut the legs of another figure superglued then tamiya putty.


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[takeslousyphotos]

I'm looking for a driver and a standing .50 gunner ..........

 

[takeslousyphotos]

Did that this week...cut the legs of another figure superglued then tamiya putty.
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That's a good job Aaron...... I hadn't thought of butchering them.........


Peter

 

[Alan 45]

Ive been told if you heat a scalpel blade and gently push it into the joint you can bend them easier without having to cut and glue back together


Give it a go on a figure your not going to use it couldn't hurt

 

[spanner570]

Give it a go on a figure your not going to use it couldn't hurt

Alan, It bl***y well would if Peter's knife slipped!


Peter I altered some figures for my 'Omaha' dio. I cut mine clean through the limbs, shaped and altered, glued and then filled where required.


Like Patrick, I found out even gentle heating of any sort doesn't work.....It didn't for me anyway.

 

[takeslousyphotos]

Ive been told if you heat a scalpel blade and gently push it into the joint you can bend them easier without having to cut and glue back together
Give it a go on a figure your not going to use it couldn't hurt

........ I'm not sure I really want to go down the hot scalpel route .......... A cold one in the finger is bad enough matey :eek:

 

[Alan 45]

Only passing on what ive been told chaps :D , I don't think you have to go too far in for it to work , ive seen the results of it and it looks better than chop and stick

 

[takeslousyphotos]

Alan, It bl***y well would if Peter's knife slipped!
Peter I altered some figures for my 'Omaha' dio. I cut mine clean through the limbs, shaped and altered, glued and then filled where required.


Like Patrick, I found out even gentle heating of any sort doesn't work.....It didn't for me anyway.

I think major surgery (butchery) is the way forward ....... I have a couple of figures in my "junk box" I'll dig them out and do a couple of practice runs I think........


Tamiya Putty ???? ....... I've always used the "Squadron" ........ Is the Tamiya Stuff better or is it all "much of a muchness ?????


Peter

 

[Ian M]

Any model filler will do the job.


For knees and elbows you need to make a V shape cut both in front and behind the joint. 9 out of ten times they break off. sand and glue the on side then fill the other...job done. well after sanding.


Ian M

 

[takeslousyphotos]

Any model filler will do the job.
For knees and elbows you need to make a V shape cut both in front and behind the joint. 9 out of ten times they break off. sand and glue the on side then fill the other...job done. well after sanding.


Ian M

Thanks Ian ........... I'll give it a go.


Peter

 

[Steve Brodie]

Alan, It bl***y well would if Peter's knife slipped!

Reminds me of when i lived at home, and was building some plane in my room, my arm was itching so gave it quite a good scratch, with what i thought was the back of a no 10 blade, went downstairs and my mom asked "what i had been doing as my shirt was soaked in blood", to which i promptly collapsed onto the floor, when i came round it would appear i had used the cutting side of the blade and had taken of a layer of skin !!!

 

[Tibbs]

Stitching body parts.... Mmmmm the " Human Centipede" springs to mind :eek: :D

 

[takeslousyphotos]

Reminds me of when i lived at home, and was building some plane in my room, my arm was itching so gave it quite a good scratch, with what i thought was the back of a no 10 blade, went downstairs and my mom asked "what i had been doing as my shirt was soaked in blood", to which i promptly collapsed onto the floor, when i came round it would appear i had used the cutting side of the blade and had taken of a layer of skin !!!

........ A while back, after supergluing two fingers together ............ I had a flash of inspiriation........ " If I just gently usie a scalpel and cut the superglue apart where it's sticking to the skin" ......... Donkey!!!!!

 

[dubster72]

There are figure sets out there that would do the job - Masterbox have a US tank crew with a gunner, as do one of the old Tamiya sets.


Bronco do a set of seated figures for their Jeep. You might not need them all, but the others could be used with another model or dio.


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[takeslousyphotos]

There are figure sets out there that would do the job - Masterbox have a US tank crew with a gunner, as do one of the old Tamiya sets.
Bronco do a set of seated figures for their Jeep. You might not need them all, but the others could be used with another model or dio.


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Thanks Patrick ........... But I need some modern US troops (Iraq / Afghan campaigns) ...... and as far as I can tell the choices are a bit limited.


Peter