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Post by monstermodelman on Mar 7, 2014 19:14:16 GMT -5
Been grabbing some missing parts and bases and things for some original kits that I've had for years.
Some of you on this board have helped me in doing that!
I am deeply appreciative to you for helping me!
I will be planning on which kits to begin assembly on. I have not decided if I will glue and putty them or if I will leave them articulated with moving parts. I won't be able to remove any seams that way.
Kind of torn as to what approach I should use.
My thoughts are if it is a reissue...glue and putty them no problem. If it is an original...leave it original.
With that, I have a tar pit model that has been glued already so...not sure at this point.
Any comments on this?
MMM
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Post by prescenes2 on Mar 7, 2014 22:20:32 GMT -5
That is a tough question for sure! With the age of some of my originals, the articulation is so loose, they'll unfortunately have to be glued at some point. My Allosaurus is sitting on his stand, not standing. He can't stay up! I've thought about putty and pinning him to the base but still want him removable without being permanent. If I did have an original again, he would stay movable, unglued and unpainted. Since my sitting Allo has some damage repair, he is for the most part glued so the putty part I don't have a problem with. I just don't want to damage the base with holes in it. I agree, reissues are a great replacement for the originals. The originals are priceless! Use the reissues if you can. Use the glue bombs for sure and make it into the best you can. My two cents!
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Post by artdecovampire on Mar 8, 2014 2:24:38 GMT -5
Hi Monster, I agree on principle with using the re-issues to experiment with, hack to bits and assembly 'correctly' using putty and filler, even gluing them static. My original kits if not already assembled stay that way I'm sad to say, in the box. Those I have which are already assembled and painted are simply glued in to their sub assemblies and the main parts slotted or clipped in to place to maintain the articulation. That's the point of the original kits so I like the bits that should move to move and swap the parts where its designed that way. Otherwise we could all build vintage lindbergs for our fun! LOL. Since I don't play with them like I did as a kid (Honest, well now and then!) they will stay in position. The horned Dinos are great at this except for the raised leg, just like on my mammoth. Also like like Prescenes says my Allosaurus and the Rex have a habit of suddenly collapsing. My technician at work, who is a skilled engineer solved the horned dino leg by milling a nylon bar and paring off a very thin nylon washer off the profile that slips over the leg spindle. This spaces the leg and can hardly be seen and it forces the leg in to position and acts as a sticky bearing surface. The two leggers have the spindle glued from the inside and the leg won't come off and short of gluing it in to place I still cant think of a solution. Though my 3d printer may one day be pressed in to service to help when it eventually works right!
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Post by scooke123 on Mar 8, 2014 13:34:23 GMT -5
I try to keep the originals able to articulate but will fill the other seams on them like the leg and body halves. I know what you mean on the Allosaurus - tough to keep that one standing upright on its own. The same with the T-Rex although it does have some tension on its legs.If I have an original with no paint at all I'm on the fence about any putty. The started ones are the best to build for me - no guilty feelings with them!
Steve
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Post by monstermodelman on Mar 8, 2014 16:15:20 GMT -5
..............short of gluing it in to place I still cant think of a solution. I was thinking of may be using "magnets" of some kind...not sure how to attach them to the kit without using glue. : / MMM |
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Post by andymoscarts on Mar 8, 2014 16:30:12 GMT -5
Its a good question,but I guess it comes down to choice,I am in the process of radically re-working a spiked dino,its a revell re-issue,not sure I could do that to an original,however I have glued and filled the seams on some of my originals,But I see myself as more of a "builder" than a "collector".
Regarding magnets you could try adhesive pads?
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Post by TAY666 on Mar 9, 2014 11:39:56 GMT -5
For me, it can go either way.
Generally, I putty everything. And I mean everything. (even the inside of the cave walls)
But I also plan on keeping a set unpainted and movable. As they were meant to be.
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