Bending white metal

Started by Sunray, 04 June 2017, 11:10:36 AM

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Westmarcher

Some good ideas, there (I once tried heating a figure - nothing happened initially then suddenly it turned into a T-1000.  :o ). I think I might experiment on a 15mm ACW Peter Pig officer figure that leaves me puzzled (not sure if the current pose is meant to be directing traffic or about to do a cartwheel). Question: should I get Mrs Westie to phone A&E first or just be on stand-by? 
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.

paulr

How far away is your local A&E :-\
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Sunray

Just to let the forum know, I have successfully bent a few Aussie arms.

Taking the Aussie Vietnam officer, I now have a section on urban patrol with SLR at high port, and a few spares for emerging from the top of Landrover or Saracen.

The best result was to grip figure in vice, apply a few seconds heat (count of 123) with gas fire lighter on the shoulder, and bend with pliers.

d_Guy

Congrats!

Thanks for including the data. There is an LoA officer figure holding his hat in the air - I'll give this method a try at some point.
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