My Huey ...

[Peter Gillson]

Hi Guys

thank for the kind words and the support.

I think that epoxy adhesives' bond strengthens wiht time so I have re-fixed the leg and put the whole thing (with remaining figures etc) in a box and safely on a shelf out of the way where it can stay for a couple of weeks. At the end of the month I will come back to it when, hopefully the glue has really cured hard. I may even add a couple more figure on the ground.

in the mean time, its back to my Sarnia Miniatures busts - I am finalising something quite different to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Dunkirk.

Peter

[Richard48]

Very wise as Captain Mainwaring would say,Be big shame to trash this one Peter,A break and return later on with fresh eyes is a good tonic.

[Jim R]

Hi Peter
Been following without comment but just have to say I'm so glad this is still going as it was just so, so good. I'm sure that in a couple of weeks the glue will have set solid.
Jim

[Peter Gillson]

Hi Guys

Before I really start Work on my WAAF bust fof the BofB GB I thought i would give this one another chance. If you remember the figure jumping out of the helicopter has metal pins going through it to support the chopper. Disaster struck - the leg snapped just below the knee, just at the top of the metal peg.

my original intention was just to glue the leg together, but giving it more thought I think I need to really strengthen the joint.

Step one was to cut off the are of the shin to expose the metal pin. Fortunately I was able to cut off a nice chunk of the leg in one piece.



the next step was to carve a quite deep groove in the leg of the figure which is deep enough and wide enough to take a small length of copper tube. Thie hole in this was widened so it will fit over the metal pin sticking out of the boot.

the photo below shows the chunk of the leg above the figure, while below the figure is the length of copper tube:



This next 2 photos shows the tube in place:





And the next with the 'chunk' of leg back in place:


the next clearly shows the tube which will fit over the metal pin


And the last photo The metal tube has been fixed in place with some Araldite epoxy glue and will be allowed to cure for a few days.


When the glue has cured therd will be a bit of filling and re-sculpting so that when re-painted the figure can be easily fitted over the pin sticking out of the boot. Well, that's the plan.
Peter

[JR]

That's some serious surgery there Peter. Impressed at your drilling of that lower leg section.

[Peter Gillson]

John - here are the 3 tools I used - drill, knife and chisel. I do like using a set of Jewelers/mini-screwdrivers as chisels. Not what they are designed for but they work.

Peter

[scottie3158]

Peter,
Lovely work.

[Neil Merryweather]

A man after my own heart!
Excellent work,Mr Gillson!

[Jason Crausby]

Great modelling!!!

[Guest]

Good to see you’re continuing on this one after all, and it looks like that fix should be enough.

However, I have to ask: how far does the wire go into his other (right) leg? I couldn’t find that on a quick read through the earlier parts of this thread, but if it doesn’t also go at least into his torso, I have a feeling that leg is likely to snap next.

[Peter Gillson]

thanks for the support Guys - nice to see your seats are pulled up again.

Good to see you’re continuing on this one after all, and it looks like that fix should be enough.

However, I have to ask: how far does the wire go into his other (right) leg? I couldn’t find that on a quick read through the earlier parts of this thread, but if it doesn’t also go at least into his torso, I have a feeling that leg is likely to snap next.

jacko - Not to worry - that metal rod does go up into the torso. My original plan was to bend a single rod to go up one leg and down the other and into the helicopter skid, but that started to get a bit complicated.

Peter

[Guest]

Ooh, that looks painful! Great to see this continuing Peter.

[BigGreg]

One hell of a conversion...well done

[Peter Gillson]

Hi guys

it's back to this one.

i'm going to spend the rest of the year trying to finish off some Stalled builds, and the first to progress ix this one, partly because my local model club has a helicopter themed group build.

I have changed tack a little and am going to finish the base before returning to the 'copter. To put the dismounting figure into some sort of contexI am including these two figures by Bravo-6. They are nicely detailed and fit the scene nicely. The only minor change is the dirdction of the head of the standing figure to it will be a little more toward the 'copter rather than away from it.

here is a photo of the partly painted figures.

Peter

[scottie3158]

Peter,
It's good to see this back on the go.