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- Category: Toys
- Founded: Oct 15, 2004
- Language: English
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A place to display, discuss and enjoy the art of converting 54 mm plastic figures. If you like to convert stock figures into one of a kind works of art, then this is the place for you. We invite you to photograph and display your work and we encourage you to explain to the group how you did it. If exacto knives, razor blades and sliced fingers are your friends, then this is the place for you. C'mon show us what you've created.
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Great work, Jeff! The photography was good too. Welcome aboard.  Ty "Worry about the carrot. The stick will take care of itself." Steve Caudill Great
Posted - Fri May 25, 2012 12:52 pm
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Ty Bevington
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Hi guys. Posted some photos of one of my conversions in the photo section under "Jeff's Stuff". The figs are of The Bombay European Fusiliers, 1857. The
Posted - Thu May 24, 2012 7:35 pm
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Thanks, Mike. You are correct, these techniques do, indeed, work on metal. Looks like we use both similar methods and materials. Great to know! Cheers, Jeff
Posted - Tue May 15, 2012 11:14 pm
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I'm sure there are various ways to convert, so this is just "food for thought:" I use a DREMEL tool to drill a small hole in both pieces, apply a little Quick
Posted - Tue May 15, 2012 8:32 pm
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Mullins Mike
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Thanks for the tips, guys. I'm going to pick up some Quickgrip today. I've used a hotknife on hard plastic figs, but usually only to enhance details such as
Posted - Tue May 15, 2012 4:30 pm
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