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Author: | Howard [ Mon Aug 04, 2014 5:42 pm ] | ||
Post subject: | toy train figurine "plastic surgery"... | ||
good evening... here is a project i started for another forum...but it seems to fit in here as well... first...let me say that i did not discover the process of turning a cheap, imported plastic figurine into toy train piece... the method is not new or innovative...but it is fun...and the cost of the figurine will be only a quarter or so... i started with a figurine from an imported "construction set"...it included about a dozen figures and a few vehicles... the "before" and "during" picture is shown below...the axe head is folded cardstock...the hat is a cardboard doughnut... there are two wires inserted into holes i drilled in the legs...epoxy was used to assemble and hold the pieces... i'll post a pix of the "finished" piece later... my very best regards...howard...
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Author: | paulrace [ Mon Aug 04, 2014 9:08 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: toy train figurine "plastic surgery"... |
Pretty cool, Howard. Thanks for sharing. |
Author: | javinda [ Mon Aug 04, 2014 10:41 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: toy train figurine "plastic surgery"... |
This IS cool! how clever! |
Author: | Howard [ Fri Aug 08, 2014 9:22 am ] | ||
Post subject: | Re: toy train figurine "plastic surgery"... | ||
good morning... finished painting the man with the axe figurine yesterday...then gave him a coat of of clear which will slowly yellow and age a bit and add a vintage look... my very best regards...howard...
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Author: | paulrace [ Fri Aug 08, 2014 4:47 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: toy train figurine "plastic surgery"... |
Very nice, Howard, thanks for sharing. |
Author: | Howard [ Thu Aug 14, 2014 8:56 am ] | ||
Post subject: | Re: toy train figurine "plastic surgery"... | ||
greetings to all... while we're on the subject of figurines...here's another one i did a year or so ago for a fellow toy train friend...i needed a snow blower operator for a small structure i built...but couldn't find the right one... so i added wheels, a discharge stack, impeller and sort of a motor block to a wheelbarrow man from the same construction set...the gray dot on the wheel is the head of a large straight pin...there's another wheel on the other side as well... my very best regards...howard...
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Author: | paulrace [ Fri Aug 15, 2014 5:31 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: toy train figurine "plastic surgery"... |
Well, the snowblower is a lot more believable than the wheelbarrow was. |
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