operation Little Plastic Locust is under way! a much-overdue project, i have decided to take the time to repair a 3rd ed plastic LCT-1V from the Settlers Katong shoe box, and record my progress in photos to be made into a little guide. blame Inrepose if you want, that Archer paint guide was t3h r0x. so what do i have to do?
i have on hand:
-1 3rd ed plastic LCT-1V missing both arms
-1 right arm loaned from JT, with a request to make a new left arm for his LCT in addition to the 2 new arms i will be making.
both the locust itself as well as the detachable arm have some pretty impressive flash problems.
predicted steps to be taken:
1) de-flash the parts using
a: burrs
b: scalpel
2) clean up the parts with soap for good bonding
3) sculpt a greenstuff spacer between the left leg and the body to make up the 1mm discrepancy in thickness
4) create a reusable mould system so that i can make 3 of the bloody arm things in decent order, with options for left or right arm usage. deep thought on the bus home has lead me in the direction of a 2-part mould, with a 'male' die-stone member and a 'female' suck-down thermoplastic member. sprues may be required to minimise void formation. damn this is going to be fun!
5) cast the arms in plastic material. plan A is to use clear Orthacryl because of its original fluid state and lack of colour that could interfere with painting. plan B is TBR. plan C is greenstuff, far too stiff for what i want to do.
6) clean-up of the casted pieces, and dry-fitting to the dis-armed LCT mini
so yeah, lets see how this goes!
i have on hand:
-1 3rd ed plastic LCT-1V missing both arms
-1 right arm loaned from JT, with a request to make a new left arm for his LCT in addition to the 2 new arms i will be making.
both the locust itself as well as the detachable arm have some pretty impressive flash problems.
predicted steps to be taken:
1) de-flash the parts using
a: burrs
b: scalpel
2) clean up the parts with soap for good bonding
3) sculpt a greenstuff spacer between the left leg and the body to make up the 1mm discrepancy in thickness
4) create a reusable mould system so that i can make 3 of the bloody arm things in decent order, with options for left or right arm usage. deep thought on the bus home has lead me in the direction of a 2-part mould, with a 'male' die-stone member and a 'female' suck-down thermoplastic member. sprues may be required to minimise void formation. damn this is going to be fun!
5) cast the arms in plastic material. plan A is to use clear Orthacryl because of its original fluid state and lack of colour that could interfere with painting. plan B is TBR. plan C is greenstuff, far too stiff for what i want to do.
6) clean-up of the casted pieces, and dry-fitting to the dis-armed LCT mini
so yeah, lets see how this goes!
Go West - Eldissa
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