Painting and converting Dapol figures

[user=1360]vulcanbomber[/user] wrote:

Couldn't find your tutorial in the forum, could you put a link to it please

I think this is the one:

http://yourmodelrailway.net/view_topic.php?id=1098&forum_id=73

Bob

that`s the one,
:thumbs;-):cool:

Thanks a lot very useful

Great figures Bob. :thumbs

Terry

Inspired by this post I am currently modifying a set of Dapol platform figures in a similar fashion (my first set was already painted which I purchased from Ebay). I doubt my mods/painting will be as skillful mind!
I will post pictures when I finish them.
I also found an old 1980's set of Airfix Luftwaffe Personnel in my box of bits which I am hoping i can mould into suitable railway workers/platform figures. Again, I will put up pics if I succeed!!!!

Ian

[user=1986]IanLMS[/user] wrote:

Inspired by this post I am currently modifying a set of Dapol platform figures in a similar fashion (my first set was already painted which I purchased from Ebay). I doubt my mods/painting will be as skillful mind!
I will post pictures when I finish them.
I also found an old 1980's set of Airfix Luftwaffe Personnel in my box of bits which I am hoping i can mould into suitable railway workers/platform figures. Again, I will put up pics if I succeed!!!!

Ian

Looking forward to seeing the results. With the Luftwaffe set you may need to pin the parts together as the plastic on the Airfix bendy figures is very hard to glue together securely. Also, the paint readily flakes off and it may help to paint the figure with a thin coat of PVA glue prior to painting. Finally if you carve the soft plastic figures, great care is needed to prevent them going 'furry' as they cannot be filed or scraped like the trusty old Dapol figures.

Bob

Thank for the advice. I found out the other night about the furring the hard way lol. Hopefully i will have results next week. Ian

Here is a picture of a re-modelled Airfix Lufftwaffe crew man kneeling down saying goodbye to his daughter and wife (Dapol). As per the advise given by Bob K, i sealed the figure with PVA before painting. Cleaning up the figure was very difficult due to the soft plastic. Its not a great picture but I just have a camera phone!

You made a nice job of it Ian  :thumbs Good idea with the figure kneeling in front of he child .

Cheers Reg. He was originally holding up a bomb lol

Hi Bob.  Very good indeed. But, how on earth do you paint their faces so they have a bit of life in them? As much life as one can have in a plastic figure? Some “Modellers “ seem to have trouble with this. And I think that if I went to the trouble of painting suitable figures and it went wrong I would be choked.  Best wishes Kevin PS can you remove the base and fit a pin up a leg? Or somewhere inconspicuous?????