I am having a problem with these carrier deck figures that I bought. Here is a pic of them:
The problem I’m having is I need 2 white shirts one on the right and one on the left side of the aircrat for troubleshooting with thumbs up in the air saying ready to go. I can’t figure out which to cut to make the opposite side figure. Also the yellow shirt I like the way the yellow shirt that is position to go on the right side is. But for cats 3 and 4 the shooter is in between them. So I can’t figure out how to cut apart a figure and make a shooter that would look like the right sided one look like a shooter for the left. Any suggestions?
I think I’m following what you’re wanting to do, although the phot’s kinda small to see the figures well enough to give you exactly what I’m thinkin’… But the best way to cut figures is to cut them at the normal joints, drill holes in each end and insert a piece of wire to “articulate” it into the right position… Then just fill and sand the joints to shape and paint… Making the “thumbs up” should be easy enough with a fist and small piece of stretched sprue for a thumb…
Sometimes you have to cut apart three or four figures to get the parts for the one figure you need, BTW…
So you’re saying drill a hole in the figure you want and add the correct arm or leg, and fill the small gaps with puddy?
Correct. You’ll need to cut elbows, shoulders, hips, knees, wrists and ankles as possiby the neck then drill as hole in each part at the cut. Insert a piece of wire and reattach as needed. You may have some trouble in that the torsos are sculpted to a particular pose. You’ll want to use a two part epoxy putty to fill the gaps, regular filler putty will be too likely to eat the palstic and not cure well. Epoxy will allow you to belnd in folds before the putty fully cures.
Expanding on what AJ said, the best way to handle a torso that you want to bend is do it in two sections, an upper & lower, rather than trying to articulate the “spine”. Cut at the waist and just below the shoulder blades, insert the wire, and putty… You’ll have to some sculpting into the putty, but it’s pretty straightforward once you get the hang of it…