Mirei-san; attaching the arms, closing more gaps....

[Jamie Stokes]

Attached the arms, using the super wonder miracle technique, 2-part epoxy resin.

While the arms attached ok, because of the peg & hole system to line them up, there was only so much room to wiggle, jiggle & fiddle the fit. So in the end, got it as close as I could, and glued it.

Top pic shows the line up leaves gaps, and a "bump" where the sleeve meets the shoulder. Bit much, even for a figure/ anime/ cartoon where historical accuracy is non-existent.

So I reached for some Pro-Create putty, nice stuff, mixed as per directions, and applied thin snakes to the gaps.

To avoid excess sanding work, applied talcum powder to the sculpting tool, works a treat at preventing the putty sticking to the tool (or fingers) and lets a smooth surface be achieved. (2nd pic)

3rd pic shows how I re-masked the face to help protect the finished face from errant files, scalpels and clumsy fingers. I swear, this poor little lady has spent so much time bound with rubber bands, or swathed in masking tape......

I also built up the edges of the jacket collars, and will carve/ shape new ends next, before I lay down paint again.

I am glad I did pre-paint, as trying to get an even paint on the insides of the arms and jacket - testing, to say the least.

Just the fit issues are slowing down the last stages of this project.
Mind you, I have heard it said that the last 20% of a project seems to require 80% of the effort.

Plus, I should get off my butt, and take action more often,. then be brain dead in front of the TV.

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[gordy]

I can see the extra mile of effort paying off, are the larger kits like this normally this challenging construction-wise ?

 

[Jamie Stokes]

Hiya Gordy,
larger kits being difficult to assemble - no, not really. I think that after the professionally put together kits of the lager companies, this little limited run/ garage kit does a great job of trying to have good fit.

The only things I have done slightly differently is to move up a size in the wire to pin the parts, where possible.Where a paper clip would suffice for a smaller figure, I used some brass rod.

And as for the putty filling handling, well, those are techniques I picked up here at the global digital club house, aka Planet Figure.

Cheers

 

[gordy]

Great to hear Jamie

 

[redhorse]

This is fun following this, I do enjoy these larger figures!

 

[theBaron]

I'm finding this project very educational, too, thanks for sharing it, Jamie! I have some larger resin kits in my stash, some animes and other figures, and I'm learing a lot of things to consider/prepare for.

Prost!
Brad

 

[Jamie Stokes]

Hi James, Brad,

thanks for looking in....

I did this as a SBS on my blog, so that others can hopefully pick some good ideas of mine (rare) and learn how not to do it ( quite common)

any questions, feel free to ask.

Cheers