RE: [GZG] Converting 25mm Resin vehicles

["McClure, Kent" <kent.mcclure@xxxxxxxx>]

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You can get diamond plate from Plastruct.  They've got 6 different styles in HO, some in O scale (1/48th) but don't know exactly how many.  Might have some in other scales to boot

 

 

Kent M. McClure
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           Lt. Cmdr Justy Ueki Tylor,  Captain of the UPSF Soyokaze
              from Irresponsible Captain Tylor,
              episode 13 - Strategy.....Tactics...or the Lack Thereof

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From: gzg-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gzg-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Roger Books
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 12:56 PM
To: gzg-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [GZG] Converting 25mm Resin vehicles

So maybe just skip the resin pour.  Cut it with a backsaw (handtool woodworking
is another hobby so I'm set there) or my mitre box.  Glue on polystyrene sheets
that look like diamondplate if I can find them.  Attach a RAM mortar launcher and
paint.

Then, when that's done I get to convert some 1/300 Wombats. 

Roger

On 10/17/05, Adrian Johnson <adrian.johnson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi Roger,


>My thought was to fill the void with a resin pour.  Then I would cut the
>troop compartment off and carve the cutoff surfaces.

Too much effort.  Martin pointed out using an epoxy putty.  That would be
much less effort.

I'd consider doing it with plasticard also.


>Is this the best way to go about it or should I make a mold of the wombat
>and fill in the parts I don't want with modelling clay?

Far more effort than it is worth... unless you want more than one of them.


>If I do the hack and grind method what is the best way to cut resin?

Hand saw.  Maybe in a mitre box or a bench vice or something like that.

You could try using a "micro saw" (hand saw with very fine tooth - Xacto
makes them - but I've found they take forever to cut through anything
except thin plasticard and styrene plastic parts)


>   Will a hot-wire cutter cut it?

No.  Not any of the common hobby-type hot wire cutters, anyway.  I have a
couple of hand held models and my friend has a "table" model, and none of
those would do resin.  They're designed for blown-foam material, not for
something as solid as a big block of resin.

>  handsaw?  I'd think a circular saw would be a bit much.

Probably, yes.

You could do it with a band saw if you had one that was precise.  Maybe a
table mounted reciprocating saw (jig saw?) or scroll saw, but I suspect all
of those might cut out more material than you'd want.

And that assumes you have a band saw sitting around...


>Can I carve it with a wood-burning tool or will I need to use a dremel?

Dremel, and a light touch.


Good luck!

Adrian

ps - careful of fumes if you use anything that will cause the material to
get hot, like a dremel.  And wash your hands well afterwards...  (and wash
the resin well beforehand, with dish detergent and a scrubbing brush of
some kind - but you probably know that already...)



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