Since May 2006
Since May 2006
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Step 5 continue...( Pinning ) (pic13) & (pic14)
- Once you drilled in push the arm on, perfect fit! Don't glue at this stage as the arms do get in the way of painting. Its just the legs that needed gluing and greenstuffing in place.
- In the picture 14 you can see i've double pinned the legs and tail parts. I then glued this together and and packed out the joints with greenstuff...
Pinning (pic15) & (pic16)
- The pinning, superglue and greenstuff form a very strong bond and support for the joins. Personally i think you have to assemble in full with this kit rather then paint each part separately. The main reason for this is the poor fit. In the above picture you can see the size of the gap that had to be filled with greenstuff.
- I also pinned the mandibles to the head.
Bending Resin (pic18)
- Whilst holding the part in its new position place the heated part under a cold running tap.
Saftey - Don't play with a hair dryer anywhere near running water. Do the hair dryer stage in a separate room!
Step 6 ( Bending Resin ) (pic17)
- Once the tail and the 4 limbs are on, you need to start worrying about 2 things.
A. The weight of the model bending the limbs.
B. How rigid it is. No one wants a wobbly phant.
- Whilst the front legs seem plenty strong enough after my reinforcing, it appears the rear legs tend to bend rather quickly, because the lower shin part of the leg is at an angle. It was obvious that if this was at a right angle and near vertical it would support the load better. To do this the rear legs needed to be bent.
- First thing i did was steal the fianceé's hair dryer as i don't own a hair dryer...
- I highly recommend the Remmington Performance High Dryer. Heat the area up for a minute or two, you will feel the resin go really plyable and bendy.
Invited Hive Fleets
By: Leech
By: Leech
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