As if 1/700 shipbuiding isn’t painful enough … I recently got some of the North Star three-dimensional resin naval figures. I never have much luck 'bulking up" the usual flat PE people, and thought this would be better.
Well … first off, I can’t figure out how to get these very densely backed guys off of the pour stub. They are all in a little square and the stub is curved to boot! I’m afraid if I dive in with my Xacto knife I’ll end up with a lot of useless bits and pieces. I think I can use Blue Tack or something similar to hold them up while I paint them. If I get that far.
I just signed up because I am considering purchasing the revell bismarck 1/350
I want to add PE(especially railing), wooden deck, brass gun barrels, and some resin parts
I am considering buying them together seperatly. It should cost me around $200 or so…
should I just buy the 1/350 Pontos models bismarck 1941 detail upgrade set for revell. It seems that they are the same…
What most worries me the most is that if I buy the Pontos detail upgrade set, I wouldn’t be able to paint it. Anyone who has used Pontos detail upgrade set please help
this is the detailed set but I want it to look as if it was at its final sortie
I want the ship to look like this…
P.S. A heads up on my experiance- built a few 1/700 ship models, a few gundam models (1/100), a few airplane models (forgot the scale)
Here’s a picture, which makes things look easier than they really are becuase it’s sooooooooo magnified:
My sprue has a very noticeable inward curve to it. I’m thinking of soaking it in hot water to try and flatten it out, but I don’t think there’s enough room for a sawblade in there, even my ultra-thin JLC.
Those little guys really are amazing. I’m not sure my 65-year-old eyeballs could cope with them.
It looks like those attachment points are mighty thin. I’m wondering if the figures could be sliced off with a razor blade. And maybe a way to deal with the “sprues” left on the feet would be to drill holes for them in the deck. That would make the glue joints sturdier; if the sailors are attached with nothing but a tiny dot of adhesive, it seems like any little jar or vibration would shake them loose.
All this is speculation; I’ve never worked with any parts remotely resembling these.
That such guys can be bought at all should be a reminder of the unbelievably sophisticated detail that’s become feasible for small-scale ship models. We really are living in a golden age of scale modeling.
You have some surgery there. I was thinking that you are correct in heating up the array and taking the warp out. Once its flat, I would sand the base to the point that its thin enough to cut the guys out and then finish sanding the leftover base material off their feet.
Or I’d punt and put a slab of tape on their heads and put the whole a array on the belt sander and sand the base off in one step. But that sounds risky, might have little guys everywhere if the tape gives way.
laughs at having little guys everywhere My scenario is that I end up with a lot of guys cut off at the knees. Sometimes I think 1/700 has gotten to simply insane levels of detail, especially for older guys like me.
If those are 3d printed they should pop loose pretty easy. I have been working with 3D Models guns and find they come of the wafer easy. Try wiggling one free it should come off easy
