The shirt-sleeve gunners for the AIP 7 Pound gun .....
http://ilikethethingsilike.blogspot.com/2010/10/armies-in-plastic-7-pound-gun-2.html
http://ilikethethingsilike.blogspot.com/2010/10/armies-in-plastic-7-pound-gun-2.html
......can make Union and Confederate gunners. I graft AIP "Kepi heads" from their Berdan's Sharpshooter/USMarines (etc) set onto the British gunner bodies with Zap A Gap, 1/16 plastic rod, and a 1/16 drill in a pin vice.
Scott,
ReplyDeleteReally nice conversion of some very handy poses. You got me thinking.
Mannie
I have a had a lot of problems with applying anything to AIP's soft plastic. Might I ask what you did to achieve the durable-looking matt colour blue in the last photo?
ReplyDeleteMajor Bogswallop
I use Zap-A-Gap as an adhesive and craft shop (any brand) acrylic paint. I give the figures a spray of Matt Finish spray . I hope this helps Major.
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