italeri french artillery (1 Viewer)

[danscott]

here is the latest off the work bench ,had to base the howitzer set as it was unstable on its own.nice sets to paint.

 

[plasmapulse]

Your paintjobs are awesome!! I own the 1/32 arty set as well (not the limber) and I also have the Quadriga (which is more in a 60mm scale). I didn't paint the quadriga as it is unstable and I always have trouble trying to heatpin anything in soft plastic. I understand you had similar difficulties (unstability).
The overall fit is excellent.

What I don't understand is that Italeri uses a glueable plastic on their 1/72 figures (since last year) which actually works, but they do not use it on their 1/32 sets.

May I ask how you connected the horses to the base? Any heatpinning involved??

PS a supply convoy will be released soon in 1/32, might be of interest to you.

 

[danscott]

Your paintjobs are awesome!! I own the 1/32 arty set as well (not the limber) and I also have the Quadriga (which is more in a 60mm scale). I didn't paint the quadriga as it is unstable and I always have trouble trying to heatpin anything in soft plastic. I understand you had similar difficulties (unstability).
The overall fit is excellent.

What I don't understand is that Italeri uses a glueable plastic on their 1/72 figures (since last year) which actually works, but they do not use it on their 1/32 sets.

May I ask how you connected the horses to the base? Any heatpinning involved??

PS a supply convoy will be released soon in 1/32, might be of interest to you.

hi i used a hot glue gun,then white glue during flocking so it got a double glueing,they were mounted on balsa wood ,just remember to undercoat (spray)both sides of the wood or it will warp.this wood is easy to cut and work with.
i have 4 of the guard artillery limbers to paint also,if you look in my folder you will see the supply convoy wagon,i have assembled but not painted yet.

 

[plasmapulse]

Ah I see. The wagon looks nice assembled. Need to get me one. I just discovered today it's already released
As for the hot glue, you just blob it onto the balsa and press the horses hooves in? I never knew hot glue was that effective with that hard-to-make-anything-really-stick polyethelene. I will give it a go. Italeri fgures paint up nicely. You have some more cool setups in your album btw.

 

[Ragnar]

Simo they turned out realy good.... Bloody Fantastic