Bill Nevins Civil War Conversions we have some more conversions from Bill Nevins. As you know bill is a big fan of the Civil War and like many others wants different poses. In the series of photos he sent us you can see his handiwork.
Bill Nevins Civil War Conversions Descriptions
In the first photo you can see that Bill Nevins that bill change the headgear if not whole head of the figure.
Photo two shows more confederates. I can see he used the bodies of two Marx cavalry figures and Timpo figure. Once again Bill did head swaps.
The third and final photo for now is a work in process. You can see the different poses in their unfinished state. I like the change Bill did on the Marx 54mm Cavalry advancing with pistol. I would like to see a side pose of the crawling Union now with the legs of the Airfix cowboy firing the pistol.
Update
Bill Nevins has sent us two photos showing side views of the laying figure for you to see how it worked out.
It’s amazing how changing a slouch hat to a kepi, or a kepi to a slouch hat, can so totally alter and create such a brand new figure.
Agree Don,nice figures !
Very nice! Where did you get those excellent Civil War heads? I know some are Marx head swaps but some of the other heads I don’t recognize.
Tom, Some of the heads are metal heads that I painted to match colors. As you see in picture 3.
The rest are just Accurate, Imex, Marx and Timpo heads.
I look for close color matches between figure lines. For instance, if I find a box of Accurate that matches a Marx repo color, I’ll just cut off all the heads at once.
Then I’ll play around with different combinations. When I find one I like, I pin it.
I’ll keep going until I run out of parts or don’t like anything that’s left. I’ll save those for another batch. Simple as that.
Bill what you use to attach the head specifically(what metal piece or from where please?)
I like most the airfix cowboy legs in pose attached
Erwin, I use tiny brads that you can buy in any hardware store.
I drill a hole on the body and force the head side of the brad into the hole with a pair of pliers.
The sharp pin side of the brad is now sticking out of the body.
Line the head up and push down. That will mark the underside of the head. Now drill a smaller hole in the head where the mark is.
Force the head down onto the pin. You can apply whatever glue works for you, on the pin or on the body or head.
Easy enough.
Picture 3, far right, blue(top)/ Gray(bottom)Cavalryman.
Anyone notice that this is the Giant ACW mounted pose in 54 mm?
I have put photos up of the laying civil war figure in the post.
Thank you !!Bill x time explained
I will put that in to work. I suppose in torso parts as well !
Thanks admin I can see it better now!!
How about a 54mm version of the Giant rider in kepi firing rifle? Or would that just be wrong!
Some great stuff, Bill; always an inspiration to see what you’ve done. Thanks for sharing your pix.
Hey Wayne, you go to the Texas show?
Sorry to say I didn’t make it this year, Ed. My wife and I have a cruise planned for later this month. I’m hoping to make it next year, though. We’ve both said how much we missed going if only just to visit San Antonio. Did you make it?
Good stuff! I love ACW conversions and some of these were absolutely inspired.
Greg And not a vegetable to be found, LOL LOL.
Yeah, update on that – it wasn’t lettuce, it was collard greens. That’s what we eat down South.
Erwin, attaching torsos is a two pin process. One brad on each side, near the hips. This will prevent rotating, which is what happens when you only use one pin.
Same process except you push two brads into the bottom half.
For attachign arms and hands I use paper clips because the bend easily and you can position the piece exactly where you want it to go.
WOW,!!THANKS Bill.
A new add to my experiment now.Definettely will do it.
Wayne,
No I didn’t make it either. Now I wish I would have gone.
Bill,
I only use one pin on the torso and I’ve never had a rotation problem, of course I use glue too. The again I melt them a little too with a hot Exacto, which gives an extra bond and smooths out any gaps.
Ed I used to do that, but I found that over time the bond breaks down. The two pins hold the torso firmly in place and won’t allow it to move.