Our very good friend Greg Liska has sent us photos of the conversions he has done with the Ideal reissue figures he has gotten. The first photo shows how he has changed the Mexican stabbing into a Revolutionary War stabbing.
Here two more conversions of Mexicans into Revolutionary War figures.
SWEET ! Nice job, if you don’t mind me asking Greg , what is your technique for getting the waxy plastic to hold together, I got a soldering iron on my table I’am going to try out ?
I used to use contact cement, but it’s difficult to use and often messy. I accidentally discovered Goop. It was left in my home when somebody did a minor repair in my home while I was deployed. I was out of contact cement, it made big claims on the label, so I tried it. It worked great and all the conversions and repairs I’ve done since then (2 years ago almost) have held fine. DON’T get it at a craft store! Get the big tube for less at the hardware store. I’ve successfully joined metal to plastic, vinyl to plastic, all different types of plastic to each other. One other great thing about it – it peels off of YOU easily, but not plastic. Cleaning your fingers up is not a big deal.
Important to add: It states it has a 4 hour drying time. It seems dry to me in less than half of that. Oddly positioned objects stay in place after just a few minutes. It dries crystal clear and is paintable. I can’t ask for better.
Sounds great Greg , I will be trying it !
Good job man.
Great idea. I shall give it try. I am often trying to stick metal, plastic & wood.
Who makes Goop? (I am in Canada so I may need to find the manufacturer.)
Thanks
Michael
Michael, you can get Goop on Amazon.com. I’ve even used it to repair comfortable old shoes (still too good to throw out). Fairly inexpensive.
http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Agoop
Thanks Andy
I shall go on a mission to find some.
Michael