John Bowery
A Fixture
Phew!!!!! Done
This has been a loooong haul.
First dreading doing the patterns on the figure and then the three point joint that has to be done all at once. When I got to it, I found an easy way to do the joints and perhaps will help someone who had the same fears that I had about assembly.
First carefully drill and put copper pins in the loose hand with sword and loose elbow with sword hilt. Drill larger deeper holes in the corresponding mating surfaces. Completely paint the parts before assembly. After the rest of the figure is painted and assembled and dry, lay the figure on his back. Now insert the two parts into the holes. Align the sword hand and the hilt hand so that the sword end will fit in the recess of the sword hilt. This is easy to do as the copper pins will easily bend to accommodate the pose. Remember the sword exiting the outside of the hand should be straight and not curved as nothing is making it curved. When you have this adjusted to your satisfaction just Super glue the sword into the recess and let the glue cure.
You can now gently remove the glued unit and using 5 minute epoxy glue it back in and voila........ Easy. I had to fill with Aves epoxy putty and build up the sleeve a little at the elbow/hilt end, and then paint to look like the shirt. My fears were over.
There is no side light effects on him as this is not his final resting place as he will be placed into the Tavern scene when the other two figures are completed and the lamp will be somewhere else.
The post was also drilled and pegged with a hard paper clip and the post was positioned with a square to make sure it was perfectly upright.
The lamp is from the Model Shipways line and is large but will work O.K I think.
The label is from an SBS by Del and my thanks to him. It is misspelt but since this is not his final resting place I am not going to replace it . This base is for exhibit at this time only.
All comments are welcome and gratefully accepted
Cheers
John
This has been a loooong haul.
First dreading doing the patterns on the figure and then the three point joint that has to be done all at once. When I got to it, I found an easy way to do the joints and perhaps will help someone who had the same fears that I had about assembly.First carefully drill and put copper pins in the loose hand with sword and loose elbow with sword hilt. Drill larger deeper holes in the corresponding mating surfaces. Completely paint the parts before assembly. After the rest of the figure is painted and assembled and dry, lay the figure on his back. Now insert the two parts into the holes. Align the sword hand and the hilt hand so that the sword end will fit in the recess of the sword hilt. This is easy to do as the copper pins will easily bend to accommodate the pose. Remember the sword exiting the outside of the hand should be straight and not curved as nothing is making it curved. When you have this adjusted to your satisfaction just Super glue the sword into the recess and let the glue cure.
You can now gently remove the glued unit and using 5 minute epoxy glue it back in and voila........ Easy. I had to fill with Aves epoxy putty and build up the sleeve a little at the elbow/hilt end, and then paint to look like the shirt. My fears were over.There is no side light effects on him as this is not his final resting place as he will be placed into the Tavern scene when the other two figures are completed and the lamp will be somewhere else.
The post was also drilled and pegged with a hard paper clip and the post was positioned with a square to make sure it was perfectly upright.
The lamp is from the Model Shipways line and is large but will work O.K I think.
The label is from an SBS by Del and my thanks to him. It is misspelt but since this is not his final resting place I am not going to replace it . This base is for exhibit at this time only.
All comments are welcome and gratefully accepted
Cheers
John
