The trebuchet is awesome Steve! I think I said I’d love to have one to hurl jelly beans at our Dungeons & Dragons figures but it probably would only get used once or twice and I’ve got enough stuff gathering dust. Still awesome video clip there!!!
How bout that Big Boy sling shot……
Mutt i’m all about the metal barrels too. I don’t mind sanding seams, but it’s one thing that everybody looks at so you have to careful as to not remove to much material and in the end they just don’t look as good. Cool gun…
Terry
So, here’s what I’ve got in store for me with this Italeri kit. SOFT HDPE plastic, so gotta figure out how to glue it, that’s gonna be an issue. I’ve read about roughing up the surfaces to be glued and use 2 part epoxy, so, I’ll give that a try. Anyway, the kit comes with 10 figures, but, they are just 5 figures x 2 each, so, I’m not going to use the second set. There will be only 1 officer and 2 men per gun. Not true, but, the other guys will be just ‘off set’ at the exact moment of my dio. Here’s some dry fitting to see what I’m in for and the TON of clean up needed on the mold lines on almost every single piece:
This 6" howitzer barrel is in two pieces…gonna be tough to glue together. Dunno why they use this plastic for model kits!!!
Here’s the Gribeauval 12 pounder with crew and the officer standing by:
Ouch, good luck with those Rob! I picked up some figures with the same sort of plastic twenty or so years ago without knowing what they were. I hate the stuff, you can’t sand off the seam lines and regular plastic cement won’t work on it. I found that out when I got, yes duplicate figures too, and tried cutting the arms off and repositioning them. Then on top of that they wouldn’t hold paint, it wanted to flake off constantly!
You might use a very sharp new knife blade to shave the seams off and ‘rubber bumper’ paint as a primer. That’s all I know, I’ve avoided these guys like a plague since then. Good luck sir!
Rob,
Sounds like your in for some work, good luck with that. They will look awesome once your finished.
You may need both sets of guys. One for experimentation.
Steve
Thanks for the encouragement guys…I’m probably gonna ‘snap’ on this one, but, I gotta try…
This should get the job done
Hitch her up and lets move it.[Y]
Tony lee
Yep, that should do it alright.
So, yeah, I thought I’d say ‘to heck with it, let’s see what Tamiya acrylic can do’…yeah, wiped it off that soft plastic after first handling. Gotta get creative on this build. Gonna try to decant some Krylon paint and see what happens.
OK, I’m back on track. Krylon Fusion brand paint for plastic did the trick. It’s formulated to stick to slippery plastic, especially this HDPE plastic. So, I’ll use it as a primer then coat with a lighter colour to begin principle painting:
Good job Rob [Y], They look good as is.
Good ole Krylon.
Looks like you nailed it Rob- Krylon Fusion brand? I may have to give this a go myself.
Yes, Gam, works great. Can’t even scratch the paint off with my fingernail. Very impressed with the finish too. Now, I’m going to spray regular Tamiya acrylic over that now, AND, there may be a bad reaction…we’ll see later tonite.
i prime EVERYTHING using gray ACE Hardware NOW. have painted MMA, Vallejo and Vallejo Air, PolyS, and Tamiya over it with no problem.
working on the breech assy, currently running wire for the firing circuits which is quite tedious. have some PE to finish the exhausts on the generator and figure how to rig the crane.
Firing circuits? Holly cow Wayne, how detailed is this monster of your’s?
The Gribeauval 12 pounder is coming quite well already. Hardly any parts so construction was light, just a few pieces. The barrel is painted with enamel brass and the rest is Tamiya (combination of Olive drab and lighter tones). The iron bands are Vallejo black and as it was historically said it rained a tremendous amount before the battle of Waterloo, I’ve muddied up the undercarriage and up the sides and wheels of the gun mount.
I’m going to look for some chains when I’m at the LHS on Sunday. The box art show chain draped on the front of the gun mount. I believe I’ve seen chain in the wooden ship section of the store, so, I’m hoping to get some. More updates later.
N I C E very Nice Rob[Y]
Tony lee
Progress update
Until Monday
Tony lee
Looks great Pvt…love that metal barrel!! Wicked!!
Got some progress in on this project this wknd. Because I’m moving soon, I’ve decided to dispense with doing the dio…I will do that sometime down the road, right now, I just want to get this set done.
Here’s the howitzer…this will be done tonight.
Here’s the figs, primed black first with Krylon and here they are with a light grey acrylic base coat (the other guys’s there to show what they looked like at the beginning)
I got ONE fig done today…I hate him…but, what can you do [:@]…Anyway, here he is posed with his gun. I temporarily ‘grassed’ his base.
I’ll post that howitzer and cannon together later on this eve.